题目内容
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案
All of us like to eat bananas.Bananas are good food for man.The fruit has a thick, soft skin.The flesh is fragrant(芳香的).That's why we call it “香蕉”in Chinese.Banana plants grow in our southern provinces.
The banana plant is called a tree, but it is not like our common trees.Scientifically speaking, it is a tree-like herb(草木植物).Each tree bears one bunch(串)of bananas.The fruit grows in clusters(一丛).Each cluster is called a “hand”in English, and the fruit is called the “finger”.Some bunches have ten hands or more.
The banana blossom(花)is as large as a man's fist(拳).It is bright-coloured and very beautiful.The new plants grow from the roots of the old plants.The banana plants bear no seeds.
Bananas go bad quickly.They must be cut from the trees when they are green.They ripen(成熟)on the way.It is possible to keep them fresh in transportation.
A large banana leaf is sometimes a foot wide and eight feet long.People in the south use them for roofs and for bedding.
(1) Why do we call bananas“香蕉”in Chinese?
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A.Because everyone enjoys eating them.
B.Because they smell fragrant.
C.Because they're good food for us.
D.Because they have a thick, soft skin.
(2) In fact the banana plant is ______.
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A.a kind of tree
B.a kind of wood
C.a kind of grass
D.a kind of flower
(3) Banana plants grow best ______.
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A.in cool places
B.in dry places
C.in hot places where it seldom rains
D.in warm places where it rains often
(4) Which of the following is not true?
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A.Banana plants bloom every year.
B.Banana plants have excellent blossom.
C.Banana plants have no seeds and never bloom at all.
D.The new shoots of banana plants come up from the roots of the old ones every year.
(5) Bananas must be cut from the trees when they are green because ______.
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A.it's impossible for bananas to ripen on the trees
B.bananas can ripen only on the way
C.people don't like to eat ripe bananas
D.bananas get over-ripe easily