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63 Read the text on the aboriginal people called the Inuit. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–11). Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 7 0 people 6 1 7 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 11 The inventions of the Inuit The Inuit are an indigenous Arctic (0) (person) who reside in four countries surrounding the North Pole: Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia. Though most Inuit have fully modernised, their ancestors are responsible for many (1) (innovate) we take for granted today. One of the most long-standing pieces of Inuit (2) (cloth) is the parka, which allowed past Inuit populations to survive in some of the coldest environments on Earth. In addition to keeping the (3) (wear) warm, the Inuit parka also has thread patterns that communicate information. Inuit pants, mittens and footwear were made from caribou or sealskin that had numerous layers (4) (depend) on the season. Igloos were used as a temporary shelter on (5) (extend) winter hunting trips, not as a permanent Inuit home. Where the blocks don’t meet, snow was packed in to provide (6) (insulate) , and a hole was cut at the top for air. For sturdy construction, Inuit took snow blocks from snowbanks that had formed in a snowstorm as other snow was (7) (like) to hold together well. One of the traditional ways for the Inuit to travel across the (8) (freeze) ice of the Arctic is via a sledge pulled by dogs. The (9) (tradition) Inuit sledge is composed of two wooden runners on which a platform is built. Its bottom is as smooth as possible to (10) (able) it to glide across the ice. The construction is made of wood as well as reindeer hide and sometimes even salmon skin. Huskies have been used to pull Inuit sledges since around 800 A.D. Prior to that, the Inuit used these (11) (obey) dogs as hunting partners. They also acted as guard dogs, alerting the Inuit to approaching polar bears. Huskies weren’t bred to be racing dogs but are powerful creatures able to pull up to twice their body weight. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv