The Date Palm
The date palm is a
wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the
leaves and wood to build houses. They use the wood
to build boats. They make baskets from the leaves. They burn
the other parts of the tree so they can cook food.
The date palm
came from the Middle East. Seven thousand (7,000) years ago,
people in Syria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of date palms on their stone
buildings. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern
Europe, and other warm parts of the world.
There are more than twenty-seven
hundred (2,700) kinds of palm trees. Most of them cannot grow in the Middle
East because it is too dry. The date palm grows there very well.
Hundreds of
years ago people in southern Europe and Arab countries made pictures of palm
trees and palm flowers on some of their buildings. Today we can see these
pictures in art museums. People think that the palm tree
is beautiful. People thought the same thing a long time ago.
A Vocabulary
Burn date palm southern art
Leaves grow wood museums
Ago buildings baskets stone
1. Today we can see these pictures in _______________ _________________.
2. They use the ________________ and ____________________ to build houses.
3. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia Africa, __________________ Europe, and other warm parts of the world.
4. The ___________________is a wonderful tree.
5. They ___________________the other parts of the tree so they can cook food.
6. Seven thousand years __________________, people in Syria and Egypt ate dates.
7. They make ________________from the leaves.
8. They made pictures of date palms on their _____________________buildings.
B Vocabulary (new context)
Southern palm burn leaves
Museum wood basket art
Think ago dates stone
1. Some trees have very large green ______________________.
2. Argentina is in the ____________________part of south America.
3. Marie started to study English five years ______________________.
4. Stone cannot ____________________. Wood can.
5. People burn ____________________to make a fire.
6. A science ______________________is a very interesting place.
7. There is a _____________________of fruit on the table.
8. Pam has a small __________________in her shoe. It hurts.
9. One kind of ______________________tree gives oil. People make soap from it.
10. People dry ____________________and keep them for a long time.
11. Michelangelo was an artist. His ____________________is very famous.
C Vocabulary Review
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Hearing-impaired each other idea whole
Sign interpreter dance heat
Weigh stomach believe could
1. An ___________________speaks two languages.
2. Do you __________________that there are farms in the sea?
3. There are a lot of ___________________out tonight. The sky is beautiful.
4. They __________________not come to the party last night. They were too busy.
5. How tall are you and how much do you __________________?
6. Palm trees like the ___________________but not the cold.
7. The __________________says “Please use other door.”
8. A piano is a thing. Love is an______________________.
9. The students usually talk to _____________________between classes.
10. Bill cleaned his ___________________apartment on Saturday.
11. The hippo has a very long _____________________.
12. Do you like to __________________________?
D Question
1. How do people use the palm tree?
2. *What is the name of the fruit of the palm tree?
3. Where did the date palm come from?
4. When did Syrians and Egyptians start to eat dates?
5. How many kinds of palm trees are there?
6. Why can’t most of them grow in the Middle East?
7. Where can we see beautiful old pictures of palm trees?
8. *Why did Syrians and Egyptians make pictures of palm trees?
9. *Why do date palms grow in the Middle East?
E Comprehension
1. People make boats from the ________ of palm trees.
a. leaves c. dates
b. wood d. flowers
2. They make baskets from the _________.
a. leaves c. dates
b. wood d. flowers
3. They ________part of the tree to make a fire.
a. enjoy c. burn
b. dance d. grow
4. The date palm came from _________.
a. California c. southern Europe
b. Africa d. the Middle East
5. People started to grow date palms about ___________years ago.
a. a few hundred c. 5,000
b. 100 d. 7,000
6. Date palms grow __________.
a. in the land of the polar bear c. where kiwis live
b. in hot or warm places d. in cool places
7. There are more than _______kinds of palm trees.
a. a few hundred c. 2,000
b. 100 d. 7,000
8. People use ______palm tree.
a. the whole c. almost all of the
b. the leaves and wood of the d. the fruit and leaves of the
F Main Idea
1. The date palm grows in the Middle East.
2. The date palm is beautiful, and people use all of it.
3. People made pictures of the date palm, and these pictures are in art museums now.
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