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*** Read the following passage , then answer the questions below - :
The Aswan Dam project was very successful and has brought Egypt great
benefits, but it has had major side effects. These effects were well understood
but others were unexpected. Several resulted from holding back the rich
sediments that used to keep the land fertile. Without these farmers have to
spend money heavily on artificial fertilizers.
Some of the sediments had previously traveled all the way to the coast and
had added to the natural sea defenses every year. Moreover, tiny sea
creatures had fed on them and fish had gathered to feed on them in turn.
When the sediments disappeared, this food chain collapsed and so did the fish
industry.
Today, we try to work out effects, before a project starts and 'weigh these
costs carefully against' the likely benefits. In fact, the benefits to Egypt have
been far greater than the problems.

A ) Answer the following questions - :
1.Why do Egyptian farmers have to buy artificial fertilizers?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.Before building the Aswan Dam sediments had three benefits according to
the text . What are these benefits?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………...

B) Do as required:-
A. According to the text what do the following words refer to :
1."others" line(2): ………………………… 2."these" line (3 ) : ……………………
3."them" line(7 ) : ………………………… 4."did" line( 7) : ………………….........
5"weigh these costs against the likely benefits" lines(9,10 ) : ………………..............

B. Find word(s) in the text that mean the following :-
1………………. : not natural 3…………..…….. : advantages
2…………………..…. : system by which living things feed on others.

C. Decide whether this statement is true or false : T F
1.According to the text sediments used to save money for the farmers. T F

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