Reading comprehension Home Exercise -06, PASSAGE D

PASSAGE D

An ear of corn on a corn plant is protected by a husk, and at the end of the ear, emerging form the husk, you can see a bunch of silk-like threads. What is the purpose of these threads? Well, each thread is attached to a kernel of corn inside the husk, and each kernel of corn, if it is fertilized by pollen, can become a seed that can grow into a new corn plant. How does pollen reach the kernel? It travels through the silk- like thread, which is a hollow tube.

1.       This story is mainly about=

1.       Threads

2.       New corm plants

3.       The purpose of corn’s silk like threads.

4.       Kernels of corn.

2.        The part of corn that we eat is –

1.       Silk-like threads.

2.       Kernels.

3.       New corn plants

4.       Husks.

                3.       Pollen makes it possible for kernels to become

           1.       Silk-like threads.   2. Seeds    3. Husks.    4. A hollow tube.

               4.       Pollen travels in _

1.       A kernel.

2.       The ear of com.

3.       A hollow tube.

4.       The covering of the ear.

Answer:

1.       3

2.       2

3.       2

4.       3