Reading 2: Cotton

Reading 2: COTTON

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Cotton is a subtropical plant that grows in many warm areas of the world. It started out as a plant of the tropics but today it is grown in other warm areas that have at least 200 frost-free days. The most important cotton-growing countries are the USA, China, India, Pakistan and Australia. Cotton is a plant that produces fibers , which are used to make clothes and other products, like towels , carpets or sheets . Clothes made out of cotton are especially light and comfortable . Every part of the cotton plant can be used. The long cotton fibers are used to make cloth , the short fibers can be used in the paper industry. You can make oil or margarine out of the seeds of the cotton plant. The leaves and stalks of the cotton plant are plowed into the ground to make the soil better. Other parts of the plant are fed to animals​

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Intermediate Reading 2​

Multiple Choice

It is understood that in Scandinavian countries, it is impossible to grow cotton.

• True

•  False

• Not stated

Multiple Choice

Only a few parts of the cotton plant can be used in industry.

• True

•  False

• Not stated

Multiple Choice

We can clearly understand that …………….. .

• Long cotton fibers are used to feed animals.

• Cotton has a variety of uses in industrial production.

•  China is one of the cotton exporting countries.

• Cotton can be grown in any cold place with more than 200 frost free days.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

• High quality towels are produced in Australia.

•  Tropical climates are best to grow cotton.

•  Cotton favors humid and cold days.

• Paper could be purchased very cheaply in bulk in India.

Multiple Choice

"made out of” (Clothes made out of cotton are especially light and comfortable) is similar in meaning to ……….. .

• shaped by

•  manufactured to

•  produced from

•  resulted in