Making Chocolate

What sweet treat do you enjoy? For Troy, it was chocolate. That __________why he was so excited when he found out his class was going on a field trip to a chocolate factory.

• would

• is

• who

He would see how his favorite __________was made.

• are

• student

• treat

He could only hope he __________get a sample while he was there!

• saw

• ate

• would

When the students arrived at the __________, they first went into a huge room. On the walls were a lot of pictures of an unusual tree.

• house

• museum

• factory

Troy wondered what a tree had to __________with chocolate.

• already

• do

• finally

As if reading Troy's __________, a guide came in and told them that chocolate begins with the cacao tree.

• screen

• book

• mind

The cacao tree __________in tropical rainforests.

• trips

• chops

• grows

The guide explained that __________on the trees are fruits as large as melons. People pick these fruits and split them open.

• while

• hanging

• blowing

Inside are seeds called cocoa beans, while workers __________out and put in big piles.

• drag

• scoop

• mix

After about a __________, the beans' shells harden. Then they are ready to make their long journey to the factory.

• second

• week

• year