Question

The date palm(海棗) is a wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the leaves and wood （木）to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make baskets from the leaves. They burn the other parts of the trees to cook food.

The date palm came from the Middle East. Seven thousand years ago, people in Syria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of date palms on their stone buildings. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern Europe, and other warm parts of the world.

There are more than 2700 kinds of palm trees, most of which can't grow in the Middle East because it is too dry. But the date palm grows well there.

Hundreds of years ago, people in southern Europe and some Arab countries made pictures of palm trees and palm flowers on some of their buildings. Today we can see these pictures in art museums. People think that the palm tree is beautiful. People thought the same thing a long time ago.

1.People make boats from the _______ of palm trees.

A.leaves B.wood C.leaves and wood D.other parts of the trees

2.The date palm came from __________ .

A.California B.southern Europe C.Africa D.the Middle East

3.Today date palms grow _______.

A.in the land of the polar B.where kiwis live

C.in hot or warm places D.in cool places

4.People use _______ palm tree.

A.the whole of the B.parts of the

C.the leaves and wood of the D.the fruit and leaves of the

5.What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A.The date palm grows in the Middle East. B.The date palm is beautiful, and people use all of it.

C.People made pictures of the date palm. D.There are different kinds of palm trees.

Answer 1