The Coconut Palm Reading Answers
Answer questions 1-13 based on your reading of the given passage.
The Coconut Palm
Answers
The answers to questions 1-13 are given below along with their explanations.
Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
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1 | furniture | used as a replacement, endangered hardwoods, furniture construction | Para 2, lines 4-5 |
2 | sugar | sap, reduced, boiling, produce, type of sugar | Para 2, last 2 lines |
3 | ropes | ‘coir’, numerous uses, important, manufacturing ropes | Para 3, lines 3-4 |
4 | charcoal | An important product obtained, shell, charcoal | Para 3, lines 5-6 |
5 | bowls | When broken in half, shells, used as bowls, many parts of Asia | Para 3, last 2 lines |
6 | hormones | coconut water, enjoyed as a drink, provides, hormones, encourage other plants, grow more rapidly | Para 4, lines 2-3 |
7 | cosmetics | Dried coconut flesh, ‘copra’, made into coconut oil, coconut milk, widely used in cooking, cosmetics | Para 4, lines 5-6 |
8 | dynamite | glycerine, acquired strategic importance, dynamite | Para 4, last 2 lines |
9 | FALSE | exposed, full glare, tropical sun, coconut seeds, able to germinate and root | Para 5, lines 5-6 |
10 | FALSE | European sailors, moved coconuts from South and Southeast Asia to Africa, across the Atlantic, east coast of America | Para 6, lines 5-6 |
11 | NOT GIVEN | ||
12 | TRUE | large degree of coconut diversity, evidence of millennia of human use, no relatives growing in the wild | Para 6, lines 9-11 |
13 | NOT GIVEN |
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