THE WORD “CATERING” IN LINE 8 IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO……… . A. SUP...

57. The word “catering” in line 8 is closest in meaning to……… .

A. supplying B. preparing C. mentioning D. helping

III. Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with only one suitable word.

No one really knows ⁽⁵⁸⁾ ……….rice came from. Some scientists ⁽⁵⁹⁾ ……….it started

to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in Southern Asia thousands of

(60) ……….ago. Someone in China wrote ⁽⁶¹⁾ ……….it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind

probably ⁽⁶²⁾ ………. in West Africa. Other ⁽⁶³⁾ ………. think rice came from India, and Indian

travelers took it to other parts of the world.

These are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in dry soil. Most rice grows

in wet ⁽⁶⁴⁾ ………. . People in many countries do all of the work by hand. This is the same

way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. Some countries now use machines on their rice

farms. The farmers all use ⁽⁶⁵⁾ ….…. to protect their rice fields from insects.

PART D: WRITING (2,0 POINTS)

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that its meaning stays the same as the

original sentence.