Rice

Listen and answer the questions.

• How many kinds of rice are there?
• Upland rice grows in _____.

How many kinds of rice are there?

Upland rice grows in _____.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Rice

People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America eat it every day of their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice. 

Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in 3.1 Australia. 

No one really knows where rice came from. Some 3.2 think that it started to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world. 

There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in dry 3.3. Most rice grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use fertilizer. Some 3.4 are enemies of rice. Farmers 3.5 them. 

People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal feed and rice 3.6 from it. They also make baskets, brooms, rugs, sandals, and roofs for their houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking. 

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Rice

People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America eat it every day of their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice. 

Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia. 

No one really knows where rice came from. Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world. 

There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in dry soil. Most rice grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use fertilizer. Some insects are enemies of rice. Farmers poison them. 

People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal feed and rice oil from it. They also make baskets, brooms, rugs, sandals, and roofs for their houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking. 

Source: Facts and Figures

Some scientists think that rice started to grow in two places: 

Why do farmers kill insects?

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

1. Some 7.1 are enemies of rice. 

2. Upland rice grows in dry 7.2.

3. They make animal feed and rice 7.3 from it. 

4. Some 7.4 think that it started to grow in two places.

5. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in 7.5 Australia. 

6. Farmers 7.6 them.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

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2. Viet Nam is located on the 8.2 part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

3. My mom always uses olive 8.3 to cook pasta.

4. Trees must have sun, water, and good 8.4.

5. My father works as a 8.5 in the lab.

6. He 8.6 the rats that got into his house.