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People like to eat rice. Rice is a kind of grass. There are about 7, 200 kinds of rice. Rice grows in fields called paddies. Some rice needs lots of water to grow.

In China, rice fields have a history of over 8, 000 years. Chinese people are good at growing and cooking rice. There are many sayings about rice. If you say “I lost my rice bowl”, it means “I lost my job. ” Throwing a rice bowl on the floor means the person is angry. Parents teach their children to eat every grain of rice in their bowls, because it is not easy for farmers to grow rice.

Yuan Longping is called “the father of hybrid rice”. He helped China grow more rice than before. Now farmers grow Yuan’s hybrid rice in many countries. Hybrid rice helps many hungry people around the world. Yuan Longping was a great man and we should all learn from him.

Word Bank:
field n. 田、(作某种用途的)场地；             paddies n. 稻田；              hybrid rice n. 杂交水稻
1．Rice fields have a history of over ______ years in China. (       )

A．7, 200

B．8, 200

C．8, 000

2．In the saying “I lost my rice bowl”, “rice bowl” means ______. (       )

A．food

B．job

C．a small bowl fix eating rice

3．If someone throws a rice bowl on the floor, it means the person is ______. (       )

A．happy

B．worried

C．angry

4．Children should eat every grain of rice in their bowls because ______. (       )

A．it is not easy to grow rice

B．rice is very delicious

C．there are many sayings about rice

5．Which statement (陈述) is NOT TRUE about Yuan Longping? (       )

A．He is “the father of hybrid rice”.

B．He was good at growing rice.

C．He only helped hungry people in China.