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데스밸리: 땅, 식물, 동물

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Life in Death Valley National Park

In other parts of Death Valley, there are lines in the rock. The lines are evidence of the past presence of water. The area was deep under an ocean for many thousands of years.

Much of Death Valley is flat and extremely dry. In fact, scientists believe it is the driest place in the United States. In some areas the ground is nothing but salt. Nothing is able to grow in this salty ground.

However, it would be wrong to think that nothing lives in Death Valley. The valley is full of life. Wildflowers grow very quickly after even a small amount of rain. Some desert plants can send their roots down more than 18 meters to reach water deep in the ground.

Several kinds of birds live in Death Valley, as do mammals and reptiles. Visitors might see the dog-like animal called the coyote, or wild bighorn sheep, or other animals like the desert jackrabbit, the desert tortoise, and a large reptile called a chuckwalla. Many different snakes live there too. Some are dangerous, like the one sidewinder rattlesnake. It is an extremely poisonous snake with long sharp teeth, or fangs.

Throughout history, Native Americans found ways to survive in Death Valley. Rock art and other remains show that humans lived in the valley as far back as 9,000 years ago.

Death Valley is a huge place. It extends more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of California into the neighboring state of Nevada. The valley is part of the Mojave Desert.

글 이해하기

글을 읽고 알맞은 답을 고르세요.

  1. What do the lines in the rock show?
    • a) That people once built roads there
    • b) That there was water there in the past
    • c) That the area once had a lot of snow
  2. What do scientists believe about Death Valley?
    • a) It is the largest desert in the world.
    • b) It is the hottest city in California.
    • c) It is the driest place in the United States.
  3. Plants cannot grow in the salty ground.
    • a) True
    • b) False
  4. What happens to wildflowers after even a small amount of rain?
    • a) They grow very quickly.
    • b) They lose their colour.
    • c) They die.
  5. Why do some desert plants have very long roots?
    • a) To hold the sand in place
    • b) To reach water deep in the ground
    • c) To protect themselves from animals
  6. Which animal does the text describe as extremely poisonous?
    • a) The chuckwalla
    • b) The desert tortoise
    • c) The sidewinder rattlesnake
    • d) The coyote
  7. How long ago did humans live in the valley, according to the evidence?
    • a) About 900 years ago
    • b) Only since the 1800s
    • c) As far back as 9,000 years ago
  8. Death Valley is completely inside the state of California.
    • a) True
    • b) False

문맥 속 단어

가장 알맞은 답을 고르거나, 글에서 단어를 하나 입력하세요.

  1. "The valley is full of life." This means that ...
    • a) it is crowded with tourists
    • b) many plants and animals live there
    • c) it is a dangerous place
  2. A coyote is described as a dog-like animal. This means it ...
    • a) belongs to a dog
    • b) looks similar to a dog
    • c) is afraid of dogs
  3. Fangs are long, sharp ___.
  4. Rock art and other ___ show that people lived in the valley long ago.
  5. "It extends more than 225 kilometers." Extends means ...
    • a) stretches
    • b) falls
    • c) moves
  6. Death Valley is part of the Mojave ___.

정답

글 이해하기

  1. b) That there was water there in the past글에서는 그 줄무늬가 과거에 물이 있었다는 증거라고 말합니다. 그 지역은 한때 바다 아래에 있었습니다.
  2. c) It is the driest place in the United States.글에는 "scientists believe it is the driest place in the United States"라고 적혀 있습니다.
  3. a) True글에는 "Nothing is able to grow in this salty ground."라고 적혀 있습니다.
  4. a) They grow very quickly.야생화는 적은 양의 비가 와도 매우 빨리 자랍니다.
  5. b) To reach water deep in the ground어떤 식물은 땅속 깊은 곳의 물에 닿기 위해 뿌리를 18미터 넘게 내립니다.
  6. c) The sidewinder rattlesnakesidewinder rattlesnake는 길고 날카로운 이빨을 가진 매우 독이 강한 뱀입니다.
  7. c) As far back as 9,000 years ago암각화와 다른 유적은 인간이 9,000년 전까지 거슬러 올라가 그곳에서 살았음을 보여 줍니다.
  8. b) False계곡은 캘리포니아 남부를 가로질러 이웃한 네바다주까지 뻗어 있습니다.

문맥 속 단어

  1. b) many plants and animals live there글쓴이는 야생화, 사막 식물, 새, 포유동물, 파충류가 모두 그 계곡에 산다고 설명합니다.
  2. b) looks similar to a dog접미사 -like는 "~와 비슷한"이라는 뜻입니다. dog-like animal은 개처럼 생긴 동물입니다.
  3. teeth글에서 그 단어를 설명해 줍니다. long sharp teeth, 즉 fangs입니다.
  4. remainsRemains는 오랜 시간이 지난 뒤에 남아 있는 것들로, 오래된 도구나 건물 같은 것입니다.
  5. a) stretches여기서 Extend는 "어떤 거리에 걸쳐 뻗다, 닿다"라는 뜻입니다.
  6. Desert마지막 문장에는 "The valley is part of the Mojave Desert."라고 적혀 있습니다.

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