The early explorers in Australia sometimes ran out of food on their journeys. They almost 8 to death. They did not realize that even though the countryside around them looked bare,
there was plenty of food 9 they just knew where to find it.
Even in desert areas, Aborigines could always find enough food to 10 . They dug in the
banks of streams to find yams and they searched the bush for trees 11 berries. On the plains,
they gathered grass seeds or edible roots.
If there were few big animals such as kangaroos, emus or wallabies in the area, the Aborigines
hunted 12 ones instead. They caught lizards, snakes, rats, bandicoots and small birds. Birds’
eggs were another item on the 13 .
The Aborigines needed to gather food nearly every day because they did not have refrigerators
to store 14 in. They took just what they needed. This was good for the trees, plants and
animals, too. There was no 15 that the Aborigines would take too much and that the species
would become extinct.
【題組】
8. (A) punished (B) starved (C) escaped (D) caught