Unit 2 Home Sweet Home 第2课时拓展阅读-2025-2026学年人教版英语（2024）八年级上册

Unit 2 Home Sweet Home 第2课时拓展阅读

Lesson 5  Rice

People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America eat it every day of their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice.

Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Farmers grow rice in many countries,even in the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia.

No one really knows where rice came from. Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places.They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world.

There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice（旱稻）grows in dry soil. Most rice grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use fertilizer. Some insects are enemies of rice. Farmers poison them.

People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal feed and rice oil from it. They also make baskets,brooms, rugs, sandals, and roofs for their houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Vocabulary

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

brooms    grass    probably      West         rice          rugs     eastern    soil       sandals     even        roofs      insects

1.They also make baskets,____________, _________,_________, and _______for their houses.

2. Rice is a kind of_________.

3. People all over the world eat _________.

4.Farmers grow rice in many countries,_______ in the southern part of the United States and in _________ Australia.

5. Some _________ are enemies of rice.

6. Another kind_________ grew in _________ Africa.

7. Upland rice grows in dry _____.                                        .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

brooms    grass    probably      West         rice          rugs

1. The sun sets in the ________every evening.

2. My little sister likes to eat _______ with eggs for breakfast.

 

3. My grandma keeps two _________ in the kitchen to sweep dirt.
4. She will ________ come to the party with her best friend.
5. We often have a picnic on the soft ________in the park.
6. My mom bought a new _______to put near the front door.

eastern    soil       sandals     even        roofs      insects

 

2. Questions

1. Where do millions of people eat rice every day?​

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2. What kind of plant is rice?​

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3. What two ideas do scientists have about rice’s origin?

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4. What are the two main ways to grow rice?

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5. How did farmers grow rice hundreds of years ago?​

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6. What do farmers use to deal with rice’s insect enemies?​

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7. What can people make from parts of the rice plant?

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3. Comprehension: True/ False

Write T if the sentence is true. Write F if the sentence is false.              

1. Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America eat rice every day. (  )​
2. Rice is a kind of flower with more than 7,000 kinds. (  )​
3. Farmers can’t grow rice in the southern part of the United States. (  )​
4. No one is sure where rice came from. (  )​
5. Someone in India wrote about rice almost 5,000 years ago. (  )​
6. There are two main ways to grow rice. (  )​
7. Hundreds of years ago, farmers used machines to grow rice. (  )​
8. All farmers use fertilizer when growing rice. (  )​
9. Farmers use water to kill insects that harm rice. (  )​
10. People can make brooms from parts of the rice plant. (  )

 

4. Main Idea

Circle the number of the main idea of the text.

A. How to grow rice in different countries

B. Different facts about rice, like where people eat it and how it’s used

C. Why rice is more popular than other foods in Asia