《2025年走进重高培优讲义九年级英语全一册人教版浙江专版》

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They eat wild animals, plants, berries, nuts, and insects. They hunt with bows and arrows. There are lots of dangerous snakes and spiders. It's one of southern Africa's 1. ______ (hot) places, and there is often no water. Then they have to get water from plants. 2. ______ they are ill, there are no hospitals. The people have to get medicine from plants too.
They are the San, 3. ______ last people living in the Kalahari. The San people have another name—"bush people". 4. ______ (they) lifestyle is very simple, but they know more about animals and plants than most people do. The San people live in small groups of 25—50. They live in huts—little "houses". These houses 5. ______ (make) of wood and grass. There are no schools for the children. Children learn from the older people in the group. There are lots of things they have to learn so that they can live 6. ______ a dangerous place like the Kalahari. In the evenings, the group of people often sit around a fire and tell stories.
The Kalahari is a big area of bush land in the southern Africa. It 7. ______ (have) two parts. There is less rain in the southern part than in the northern part, 8. ______ the south is drier. There are fewer plants and animals there, and it's more difficult for people 9. ______ (live). But when it rains at the end of the summer, the land becomes greener and more beautiful. For a few weeks, there are 10. ______ (million) of little flowers and even butterflies!

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