Plantscientistsconsiderthemasfruit.Mostotherpeoplethinkofthemasvegetables.Whateveryoucalltomatoestherearemanydifferentkindsofthispopularandhealthyfood.
Therearetwogroupsoftheplants.Smalltomatoplantsgrowtoaboutonemeter.Theycanbeplantedratherclosetogether.Someshortkindsdonotrequirespecialcareandareoftengottencropbymachines.Largetomatoplantscangrowovertwometerstall.Theyalsoproducelargerfruits.
Peoplewhogrowonlyafewplantscanplacewirecagesaroundeachone.Thecagecanbemadeofwirefencematerial.Thecagehelpstheplantgrowtallerandproduceabettercrop.
Tomatoesoftenneedextracalcium(Ca)orthefruitsmayberuined.Addlimetothesoilcansolvethisproblem.Drylandsmayalsoruinthefruits.Tomatoesneedwaterregularly.Thesoilshouldneverdryoutcompletely.Driedgrassorleavesplacedaroundtheplantcanhelpholdwaterinthesoilandstopthegrowthofunwantedplants.
TomatoesarenativetoSouthAmerica.Thetomatoisamemberofthepotatofamily.Theleavesoftheplantarepoisonousliketheleavesofitsrelatives.Beforethe18thcenturypeoplegrewtomatoesonlyasprettyplants.Theycalledthebrightredfruita“loveapple”butwouldnoteatit.
【小题1】Whichofthefollowingisrightaboutthesmalltomatoplants?
A.Theycangrowtoabout2meters.
B.Theycan’tbeplantedclosetogether.
C.Someofthemdon’trequirespecialcare.
【小题2】Peopleplacewirecagesaroundtheplantinorderto___________.
A.protecttheplantfrombeingtakenbyothers.
B.helptheplantgrowtallerandproduceabettercrop
C.keeptheplantfrombeingeatenbyanimals
【小题3】Theunderlinedword“ruin”probablymeans“___________”.
A.grow B.destroy C.stop
【小题4】Peopleoftengivetomatoesextracalciumby___________.
A.addinglimetothesoil B.wateringtheplantregularly
C.puttingdriedgrassaroundtheplant
【小题5】Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?
A.TomatoesarenativetoNorthAmerica.
B.Theleavesoftheplantcanalsobeeaten.
C.Americansbegantoeattomatoesfromthe