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Many people in Asia eat rice every day. It is a big part of the Asian diet. People also use rice to make rice 【小题1】 /’nu:dlz/, rice flour (粉), rice milk, rice cake and rice paper. Rice grows in rice paddies (稻田). You can find rice paddies in many 【小题2】 (place). There can be thousands of rice plants in one paddy. Each plant is 【小题3】 (call) a stalk (秆). Each stalk of rice has over one hundred grains (谷粒) on it.
When farmers grow rice, they must take good care 【小题4】 it so that it can grow well. Rice needs good soil, a lot of sunshine and a lot of water. Rice 【小题5】 needs space to grow. This is why farmers usually plant rice stalks in rows. Then each plant has enough space around it. Temperature is very important, too. Rice grows best in 【小题6】 /wɔ:m/ places.
The 【小题7】 (one) step to grow rice is preparing the land. It must be level. When the land is ready, the farmers plant the rice and 【小题8】 (cover) it with water. After the rice starts to grow, farmers move the little stalks to a bigger 【小题9】 /fi:ld/. Then they watch and wait. 【小题10】 takes about three to six months for a rice plant to become ready. Then the rice is harvested by the farmers, so people can eat the rice.