The History of Farming
Before people started farming, they went to the forest to look for plants or fruit they could eat. This meant that people 【C1】______ moving all the time to find food. But about 12,000 years ago, in the Middle East, people 【C2】______ to grow food. These people were the first farmers. Farming made 【C3】______ possible for people to stay in 【C4】______ place and slowly their villages got bigger.
Some people in the villages became free to do other work, like making clothes, 【C5】______ the farmers could grow food for everyone. Unfortunately, farming was difficult when the weather was bad and then some people did not get 【C6】______ food to eat.
Today, farmers 【C7】______ grow more food and it travels thousands of kilometres from where it 【C8】______ grown to our homes.
【C1】______
A.was
B.been
C.were