Dogs
Khusniddin Sarsenbaev
Dogs possess a more developed sense of hearing and smelling than men, but they cannot see so well. You may be surprised to learn that dogs are color-blind. A dog distinguishes objects first by their movement, second by their brightness and third by their shape. A dog lives on average for about 12 or 13 years. A puppy aged six months compares in age with a child six years old. A thirteen-year-old child is not yet grown up, but a thirteen-year-old dog is very old dog indeed.
VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS
To possess: To have, to own - bor bo’lmoq, egalik qilmoq.
To distinguish: To see the difference - farqlamoq
Color-blind: Unable to see certain colors - ranglarni ajrata olmaydigan
On average: Normally
Puppy: Young dog - kuchukcha
To compare with: To be similar to
Grown up: Mature man - yoshi katta odam
Indeed: Without a doubt - shubhasiz
EXERCISES
Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined above
1. Experience shows that 80 percent of HIV cases will go on to develop Aids, ......... within eight years.
2. When ......... 1985 figures/ there Was an overall increase of 40%.
3. The 'purpose at hand', to ......... between criminals and decent people, is very difficult to achieve.
4. It is obvious that the manager had the cashier to help him in his fraud; ...., there is documentary proof of that.
5. My own experience of trying to teach and train managers is that it is extremely difficult to teach ......... people anything
READING COMPREHENSION
1. We can understand from the passage that dogs .......
A) see better than other animals
B) are unable to distinguish colors.
C) have a poor sense of smelling.
D) are children's best friends.
E) are loyal animals.
2. Apart from other things, the light reflecting from the objects....
A) causes dogs to be blind.
B) prevents dogs from seeing colors.
C) frightens dogs very much
D) helps dogs see the objects.
E) troubles dogs.
3. Although a thirteen-year- old child is not old, a dog of the same
A) lives longer.
B) can see very well.
C) is very young.
D) has many more years to live.
E) is quite old.