Question

Section -A(Reading & Writing
The river
Nile runs though Egypt, creating a fertile green valley across the desert. The name ‘Nile' comes
from the Greek neilos, which means 'valley'
. The ancient Egyptian called the river Ar (black) because of the
colour of the mud left on its blanks after the river's annual flood.
Egypt could not have existed without the river Nile. Since rainfall is almost Nile in Egypt, the floods
provided the only source of moisture to grow crops. Melting snow and heavy summer rain in the mountains
caused the river to overflow on the flat desert land.
One of the oldest civilizations in the world began by its banks. The ancient Egyptians lives and farmed along
the Nile. It provided water, fish, and excellent soil for growing food as well as transportation. The river was
the quickest and easiest way to travel from place to place. Reeds called papyrus grew alongside of the Nile.
The Egyptians made paper and boats from these reeds. Called papyrus grew alongside of the Nile. The
Egyptians made paper and boats from these reeds.
The Aswan dam built in the 1960's stopped the floods and irrigates the land.
Read the above passage and answer the following questions.
a. Why did the Nile flood?
b. Why does the Nile not flood now?
Did the Egyptians welcome the flood? Why?
d. In what other ways did Nile help the Egyptian civilization?
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

a. Since the rainfall is the mai source of fertilization it rained heavily. So, Nile was flooded.

b.after the Aswan dam was built in 1960 stopped the flood.