Today, about half of Mongolia' s population is still travelling around the large areas of flat lands. They live in the ger and move their campings several times a year. They live by and for their cattle. Nomadic life becomes better in summer and continues to exist in winter. To the outside world, it seems to be a hard way of living.
These day, the number of nomads is becoming smaller and smaller. Nomads move to the capital city looking for a better life. City life and goods things of city life interest them. After the last terrible winters, many nomadic families lost all their herds. This forced nomadic herders to move to the capital city to look for work.
1. Match the words or phrases:
A:
1. The total number of people living in an area
2. A traditional circular tent
3. Animals like cow, bulls and oxen, often kept for meat and meal
4. To make you feel interested
5. To make you do sth you do not want to do
6. A member of group moving with their animals from place to place.
7. A difficult lifestyle
8. Very unpleasant, making you feel very unhappy
B:
a) cattle
b) nomad
c) population
d) ger
e) to interest
f) to force
g) terrible
h) a hard way of living
2. Complete the sentences with the words from the passage above.
1. What is the __________ of this city? -Around one million people.
2. There are toys lying __________ the floor. I need to collect them.
3. They are moving to the city to look for a ________ life.
4. They harvest their crops_________ times a years.
5. Having a _________ life means they have to move all the time.
6. Modern city life and city entertainment__________ those farmers very much.
7. Life doesn't________ on the moon.
8. The kite became _________ and smaller high in the sky.
1.d
2.f
3.e
4.h
5.g
6.c
7.a
8.b