What’sdelicioustoeatandcomesinavarietyofcolors?Eggplant...

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What’s delicious to eat and comes in a variety of colors? Eggplant! And no, it has nothing to do with chickens! This strangely named vegetable is, however, as versatile as an can be steamed, fried, and can be eaten by itself or combined with meats and other vegetables.

Eggplant was first grown in India in the 5th century BC. Its popularity soon spread to China and then throughout lly, during the Middle Ages the vegetable made its way to Europe. At that time, eggplant was not the shiny purple vegetable most people know ead, it resembled a white egg. Due to this egg–like appearance, eggplant got its its early days, the vegetable was so bitter that people often called it a “mad apple.” This nickname started because people believed its bitterness was bad for one’ s health. People actually thought eggplant could cause insanity and cancer.

Fortunately today people know that eggplant doesn’t cause insanity or fact eggplant is so healthy that it may prevent addition, the brain and the heart benefit from this super e it's high in fiber, eggplant can improve digestion.

Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China and Japan are the leading growers of eggplant in the world nding on its location, eggplant may be purple, green, orange or yellow– it can be as small as a tomato or as large as a varieties range from simple to complex, with all of them being delicious.

Today, thousands of people gather in Loomis, Calif, for the annual Loomis Eggplant main activity at the festival is eating delicious eggplant e is plenty more to do and see, pe contests, arts and crafts, performers, races and children's activities all “egg–cite” festival– people at the festival would agree—eggplant is an “egg–cellent” vegetable.

32. Eggplant got its name because of its _____.

r    　　e 　　 arance     　 e

33. Which of the following does NOT belong to the qualities of eggplant?

can be cooked in various ways.   　　　  can prevent cancer.

is valuable and priceless.            is easy to digest.

34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

lant can be eaten to cure cancer.    　　　 lant used to taste bitter.

a produce the most eggplant in the world today.

lant has a history of nearly 1,000 years.

35. Most people come to the Loomis Eggplant Festival to_____.

A. enjoy food with eggplant             B. promote eggplant

C. take part in recipe contests           D. see arts and crafts

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CBA

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