The author suggests that people have contributed greatly to the advancement of animals
if there were no animals, most people would be hungry and naked
without the help of animals, people wouldn't have progressed so far
animals are generally better at working on farms than people are
it would be impossible to transport machines without the help of animals
The passage tells us that the lions kept in zoos are a different variety to the wild type, altered by selective breeding
are capable of helping out with many jobs difficult for men
are not domesticated, but still wild
do not bear any resemblance to their ancestors in the wild
are not capable of breeding in captivity
The passage implies that, by the process of selective breeding animals are altered so that they are more useful to man
wild animals are captured and kept in cages
normally friendly animals may become very dangerous
any wild bird is changed into a chicken over time
domestic animals are taught to choose their own mates
63 l-HO CH'UAN In the summer of 1900, members of a secret society roamed northeastern China in bands, killing Europeans and Americans and destroying buildings owned by foreigners. They called themselves l-ho ch'uan, or "Righteous and Harmonious Fists." They practised boxing skills that they believed made them impervious to bullets. To Westerners they became known as the Boxers, and their uprising was called the Boxer Rebellion. Most Boxers were peasants or urban thugs from northern China who resented the growing influence of Westerners in their land. They organized themselves in 1898, and in the same year the Chinese government - then ruled by the Ch'ing Dynasty - secretly allied with the Boxers to oppose such outsiders as Christian missionaries and European businessmen. The Boxers failed to drive foreigners out of China, but they set the stage for the successful Chinese revolutionary movement of the early 20th century.
