[phone] Subject Link Karshi-2023 everything grows in spring!

4. What do African elephants NOT use when they dig? 
A) their tusks B) their tails C) their feet 
Check true or false. 
5. Zebras smell and listen for danger. TRUE/FALSE 
 
6. Olive baboons can never find water. TRUE/FALSE 
22. THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION 
Communities in the past were often far apart. Also, transportation was very slow. So, people made new types 
of transportation. In the 1700s, the steamboat was invented. Unlike other boats, it moved by steam, not 
paddles. People could travel faster than before. Next, British people invented trains in the early 1800s. Then, 
they opened the first public railroad. With trains, people could easily move things on land. Soon, many 
communities grew along railroads. Later, Karl Benz made the first car in 1885. It only had three wheels. 
People could drive themselves anywhere. They could also live outside cities and drive to work. In 1903, the 
Wright brothers created the first airplane. These days, millions of people travel by airplane every day. 
1. What is this passage mainly about? 
A) how transportation changed over time 
B) how people traveled between communities 
C) how people built railroads 
2. When was the steamboat invented? 
A) in the 1600s B) in the 1700s C) in the 1800s 

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3. When trains were invented, many communities grew along ... 
A) trains B) highways C) railroads 
4. How many wheels did the first car have? 
A) two B) three C) four 
Check true or false. 
5. The first steamboat moved by paddles. TRUE/FALSE 
 
6. The Wright brothers invented the first airplane in 1903. TRUE/FALSE 
23. THE BACKPACK PROGRAM 
Have you heard of the backpack program? I love it because it made my life better. When I was in elementary 
school, I lived in Arkansas. Many students at my school often felt dizzy and had stomachaches. I was one of 
them. Our school nurse realized we weren’t really sick. We were just very hungry. So, she called a food bank. 
It started the backpack program in 1994 to help us. Each week, community volunteers made food backpacks 
at the food bank. Then they gave them to me and other hungry kids every Friday. On weekends, I wasn’t 
hungry anymore! Now I’m a backpack program volunteer. Every week, 110 food banks give out 35,000 food 
backpacks in the U.S. That makes me so happy!