Eat rice brew(酒酿)in class? You must be joking.But that’s what happened in Hefei Hupo Middle School in Anhui.Junior 2 students there made their own rice brew to learn about fermentation(发酵).
“The students have already learned the lesson in class.But they won’t really understand it until they make their own brew,” said Liang Wen, their biology teacher.
Students made the brew in groups.They first bought yeast(酵母)and cooked the rice.Then they mixed the rice and yeast carefully together in a big, clean bowl.The most important thing is to put the bowl in a warm place.Yeast works best there.That’s the secret of a good rice brew! After about a week, the rice becomes rice brew.
“Our brew looks so delicious.I couldn’t wait to taste it!” said Xi Yiwen, a 14-year-old girl.But Xi had to wait because they had to eat it at the “tasting party”.During the party, the teacher heated up each group’s rice brew for everyone to taste.The students then chose one group as the best brew maker.
Some group’s brew was popular and soon eaten up but some was sour and tasted terrible! Some students even bought new brew because they failed to make their own.
“Working together brought us happiness no matter what the result was!” said Wang Yajun, a 15-year-old girl.Her group was the best in the class.
(1)
Put the following steps in the correct order:
a.the rice becomes rice brew
b.buy yeast
c.put the bowl in a warm place
d.cook the rice
e.mix the yeast and rice carefully in a clean howl
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A.
a-b-c-d-e
B.
b-a-c-d-e
C.
b-d-e-c-a
D.
b-d-a-e-c
(2)
The teacher asked the students to make brew by themselves because ________.
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A.
the teacher liked to eat rice brew
B.
the teacher wanted the students to find out about fermentation themselves
C.
the teacher wanted to make the students work harder
D.
the teacher wanted to find out who makes the best brew
(3)
Some students had sour brew probably because ________.
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A.
they didn’t get the best yeast
B.
they wanted to buy brew from supermarkets
C.
they didn’t put the bowl in the right place
D.
they didn’t cook enough rice
(4)
Besides making brew, the students also learned ________.