Cloze TestSoru #8921
The Origin of Olive Cultivation
The olive tree has been an enduring symbol of Mediterranean culture for millennia. Archaeological excavations indicate that wild olives were gathered by Neolithic foragers as early as the 8th millennium BCE. However, systematic cultivation began around 4000 BCE in the Levant, where domesticated strains were propagated through grafting. Olive oil soon became an indispensable commodity, used not only for cooking but also for lighting lamps and medicinal ointments. Throughout antiquity, olive groves were considered so sacred that chopping down a bearing tree was punishable by exile or execution. Today, Mediterranean nations continue to dominate global production, preserving ancient farming traditions alongside modern industrial harvesting methods. Choose the most appropriate option for blank (I) in the text below:
The olive tree has been an enduring symbol of Mediterranean culture for millennia. Archaeological excavations indicate that wild olives (I)---- gathered by Neolithic foragers as early as the 8th millennium BCE. However, systematic cultivation began around 4000 BCE in the Levant, (II)---- domesticated strains were propagated through grafting. Olive oil soon became an indispensable commodity, used not only for cooking (III)---- also for lighting lamps and medicinal ointments. Throughout antiquity, olive groves were considered so sacred that chopping down a bearing tree was punishable (IV)---- exile or execution. Today, Mediterranean nations continue to dominate global production, preserving ancient farming traditions (V)---- modern industrial harvesting methods.
The olive tree has been an enduring symbol of Mediterranean culture for millennia. Archaeological excavations indicate that wild olives (I)---- gathered by Neolithic foragers as early as the 8th millennium BCE. However, systematic cultivation began around 4000 BCE in the Levant, (II)---- domesticated strains were propagated through grafting. Olive oil soon became an indispensable commodity, used not only for cooking (III)---- also for lighting lamps and medicinal ointments. Throughout antiquity, olive groves were considered so sacred that chopping down a bearing tree was punishable (IV)---- exile or execution. Today, Mediterranean nations continue to dominate global production, preserving ancient farming traditions (V)---- modern industrial harvesting methods.
- A)will be
- B)had been
- C)are
- D)were
- E)being
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Doğru cevap: D) were
Çözüm: MÖ 8. binyılda toplayıcılar tarafından toplanması geçmişte tamamlanmış basit geçmiş zaman edilgenidir: "wild olives were gathered". Doğru cevap D'dir.