Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 33 Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, “How are you” when they met each other or saw their friends. They said,” (33)_____ you eaten your rice today?”. Eating rice (34)_____ such an important part of daily life in China! Rice is still one of the (35)_____ important kinds of food in the modern world. Nearly ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 33

Long ago, Chinese people didn’t say, “How are you” when they met each other or saw their friends. They said,” (33)_____ you eaten your rice today?”. Eating rice (34)_____ such an important part of daily life in China!

Rice is still one of the (35)_____ important kinds of food in the modern world. Nearly half the people that live on our planet eat it every day and in some countries, an adult cats more than 100 kilos of rice each year.

We think that people first (36)______ rice in India. In China, people began eating rice about 5,000 years ago. Rice wasn’t eaten in North America until 17th century, but many Americans prefer to eat pasta these days (37)_________ only eat about 2 kilos of rice per year.