English grade 7 reading test 03

English Grade 7 - Reading Test 03

Questions
1.

2.

Sweet to eat
Pineapple is a sweet fruit that grows only in hot countries. It does not grow on
trees, as some fruit trees. It grows up from the ground. The tops may be cut off and
planted. The pineapple plant grows about two feet high.
The pineapple looks like a large pine cone. It has a hard, brown covering. Its
leaves have points. Inside it is yellow and juicy. The middle part is hard, and it is not
used for canning. But the middle part is sweet!. Next time you have fresh pineapple,
try a piece of the hard middle part. Canned or fresh, the pineapple is a good fruit to
eat.
Question 1:
The story as a whole is about _________.
A.

a vegetable

B.

a pine cone

C.

the fruit of a tree

D.

a sweet fruit

Sweet to eat
Pineapple is a sweet fruit that grows only in hot countries. It does not grow on
trees, as some fruit trees. It grows up from the ground. The tops may be cut off and
planted. The pineapple plant grows about two feet high.
The pineapple looks like a large pine cone. It has a hard, brown covering. Its
leaves have points. Inside it is yellow and juicy. The middle part is hard, and it is not
used for canning. But the middle part is sweet!. Next time you have fresh pineapple,
try a piece of the hard middle part. Canned or fresh, the pineapple is a good fruit to
eat.
Question 2:
Pineapple is a kind of ________.
A.

fruit

B.

plant

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3.

4.

C.

tree

D.

vegetable

Sweet to eat
Pineapple is a sweet fruit that grows only in hot countries. It does not grow on
trees, as some fruit trees. It grows up from the ground. The tops may be cut off and
planted. The pineapple plant grows about two feet high.
The pineapple looks like a large pine cone. It has a hard, brown covering. Its
leaves have points. Inside it is yellow and juicy. The middle part is hard, and it is not
used for canning. But the middle part is sweet!. Next time you have fresh pineapple,
try a piece of the hard middle part. Canned or fresh, the pineapple is a good fruit to
eat.
Question 3:
Which of the following is TRUE? _________.
A.

The middle part of a pineapple is not good to eat

B.

Pineapples do not grow on trees.

C.

pineapples taste good only when they are canned.

D.

We can eat pineapples canned but not fresh.

Sweet to eat
Pineapple is a sweet fruit that grows only in hot countries. It does not grow on
trees, as some fruit trees. It grows up from the ground. The tops may be cut off and
planted. The pineapple plant grows about two feet high.
The pineapple looks like a large pine cone. It has a hard, brown covering. Its
leaves have points. Inside it is yellow and juicy. The middle part is hard, and it is not
used for canning. But the middle part is sweet!. Next time you have fresh pineapple,
try a piece of the hard middle part. Canned or fresh, the pineapple is a good fruit to
eat.
Question 4:
People plant pineapples by ________.
A.

using the seeds.

B.

digging a hole and putting in young pineapple plants.

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C.

burying the middle hart part in the ground.

D.

cutting off the top of a pineapple and planting it.

Sweet to eat
Pineapple is a sweet fruit that grows only in hot countries. It does not grow on
trees, as some fruit trees. It grows up from the ground. The tops may be cut off and
planted. The pineapple plant grows about two feet high.
The pineapple looks like a large pine cone. It has a hard, brown covering. Its
leaves have points. Inside it is yellow and juicy. The middle part is hard, and it is not
used for canning. But the middle part is sweet!. Next time you have fresh pineapple,
try a piece of the hard middle part. Canned or fresh, the pineapple is a good fruit to
eat.
Question 5:
The middle hard part _________.
A.

tastes sweeter when it is canned.

B.

looks like a large pine cone.

C.

is not used for canning.

D.

have points on it.

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