1. 阅读理解

    Bananas are the perfect snack, because they are not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to carry around. Best of all, bananas can provide different things that the human body needs!

    Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plants can grow as high as 30 feet (英尺).When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the plants. These lowers produce bananas.

    The plants produce fruit twice or three times each year. The bananas grow together. They seem like "hands". A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Farmers sometimes call bananas "fingers". Each bunch (串) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 300 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

    After about three months, farmers are ready to pick the bananas. At this point, they still aren't the sunny yellow color. Farmers pick them when they are green. When travelling to stores, they turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

Americans love the fruit. They eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

1. （1） What's the most important reason why people like bananas?

   A . They are sweet and delicious. B . They look sunny and beautiful. C . People can carry them around easily. D . They are good for people's health.
3. （2） Where can bananas grow best?

   A . In a warm and rainy place. B . In a cold and windy place. C . In a hot place. D . In a cool and dry place.
5. （3） What does the underlined world "They" refer to?

   A . The plants. B . The bananas. C . Farmers. D . Hands.
7. （4） When do bananas turn yellow according to the passage?

   A . When farmers pick them. B . After people buy them from stores. C . When they are on the way to stores. D . Before a banana plant grows to full height.
9. （5） From the passage, what can we know?

   A . The banana plant usually grows as high as30 meters. B . Each banana plant produces at least 200 bananas every year. C . The banana plant produces fruit at least twice a year. D . Americans eat more bananas than any other people in the world.