TASK 5. Read the text once more and translate it with the help of a dictionary.

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TASK 6. In list B find synonyms to the words from list A:

A. yield, to require, sufficient, cropping, use, at present, type, plant nutrients, to start, forest, poor yield

B. to begin, wood, plant food, low yield, enough, growing, harvest, variety, now, application, to need

TASK 7. Find in the text the nouns with the same roots as the following verbs:

To act, to mean, to cultivate, to breed, to increase, to produce, to fertilize

TASK 8. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words (see text B). Choose from the following:

Proper, manures, impossible, consideration, weeds, management, diseases, nutrients

1. You should take into … the annual rainfall and the soil type.

2. Crop rotation helps to keep the soil in … condition and to control … and … .

3. It is … to obtain high yields if the soil is in poor condition.

4. … and fertilizers should be added to the soil.

5. The supply of plant … varies with the type of soil.

6. The proper … of the soil is very important for keeping it in healthy condition.

TASK 9. In the right column find a word that doesn't correspond to the word from the left column:

III. GET READY TO RENDER THE TEXT

TASK 10. Below are the answers. Ask questions about them:

1. Successful farming means the best use of natural conditions.

2. Moisture conditions, available plant nutrients and the structure of the soil are the main factors of soil fertility.

3. Manures and fertilizers are added to the soil to meet some plant food needs.

4. Cotton requires higher temperatures than wheat.

5. The control of weeds, pests and diseases is necessary to keep the soil in proper condition.

TASK 11. Retell the text. Use the key-words:

human activity, to use, to produce, "ager", to mean, field, crop, to breed animals, branch, soil, basis, high yield, arable land, intensification, knowledge, high-yielding, varieties and hybrids, mechanization, fertilizer, herbicide, to disturb.

TASK 12. Skim Text B and find out if the given statements agree with the text:

1. Developed agriculture includes successful use of soils, high-yielding varieties and hybrids of crops, productive animal breeding, full mechanization and high application of fertilizers.

2. The most important factor about the soil is its fertility.

3. Soil fertility cannot be improved in good farming.

4. The need of nutrients never takes into consideration the soil types.