1. Edit the following passage by making necessary corrections.
My uncle talked the matter over (a) to Ryan who had farm implement business. Ryan
(b) tells him not to fool with horses. The modern thing was to do was to (c) turned a
good tractor loose (d) in the land and do a year's work in (e) the day. So my uncle
bought (f) an John Deer tractor (g) who was beautiful. A mechanic taught Diego (h) why
to operate the tractor,
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Answer:
1. Have you ever been that far north ?
2. Alaska is a wonderful and wild state .
3. Isn’t it the largest state in the union ?
4. Was the weather hotter than you expected ?
5. Some days were so warm that I wore shorts .
6. In some parts of Alaska, the sun never sets in summer .
7. Summers in Alaska don’t last very long .
8. Are Alaskan winters as cold as they say ?
9. The ground under much of Alaska is permanently frozen .
10. How can animals live in such a cold climate ?
11. All the animals in Alaska are equipped for the cold .
12. Did you see any bears in Alaska ?
13. We saw a lot of brown bears at Katmai National Monument .
14. Male brown bears can be as tall as ten feet .
15. Can an animal that big move very fast ?
16. A brown bear can run as fast as twenty-five miles per hour .
17. Do you think you’d be afraid of a brown bear ?
18. Did you know that the highest mountain in North America is in Alaska ?
19. The mountain is called Denali .
20. What does Denali mean ?
21. Denali is a Native American word that means “the great one” .
22. At one time only Native Americans lived in Alaska .
23. Who were the first white settlers in Alaska ?
24. Russians built a settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784 .
25. Why did the Russians want to settle in Alaska ?
26. They went there to look for furs .
27. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 .
28. How much did the United States pay for Alaska ?
29. Alaska cost the United States $7.2 million .
30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ?
31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ?
32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s .
33. They went there to look for gold .
34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 .
35. What is “black gold” ?
36. “Black gold” is another name for oil .
37. Alaska also has coal, platinum, copper, and uranium .
38. Did you take many pictures during your trip ?
39. I took a great shot of an eagle catching a salmon .
40. Do you want to see some other pictures I took ?