People love oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They are in sections so it’s easy to eat them. Some oranges don’t have any seeds. Some have a thick skin and some have a thin skin.
The orange tree is very beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green leaves. The small white flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruits at the same time.
There were orange trees forty hundred years ago. The oranges were very small, not like the ones today. The earliest orange trees probably came from China. Many different kinds of oranges are raised there today.
Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to raise oranges from the Chinese. Then they taught Europeans. The Spanish planted orange trees in the New World (North and South America) and took them to Florida first.
“Orange” is both a fruit and a color. The color of oranges is so beautiful that in English we use the name of the fruit for its color

1. 1.

   Why do people like eating oranges?

   1. A.
      No seed
   2. B.
      Its color
   3. C.
      Sweet and juicy
2. 2.

   What’s the reason that people eat oranges easily ?

   1. A.
      Thin skin
   2. B.
      Thick skin
   3. C.
      In sections
3. 3.

   What color are orange flowers?

   1. A.
      White
   2. B.
      Orange
   3. C.
      Green
4. 4.

   Where did the earliest orange trees probably come from?

   1. A.
      China
   2. B.
      The Middle East
   3. C.
      North and South America
5. 5.

   Who took orange trees to Florida first?

   1. A.
      The Chinese
   2. B.
      The Spanish
   3. C.
      The American

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Everybody loves oranges．They are sweet and juicy．They’re in sections（部分），so it is  1  to eat them．Some oranges do not have any seeds．Some have a  2  skin，and some have a thin skin．

      The orange tree is beautiful! It has a lot of shiny green  3  ．The small white flowers smell very sweet．An orange tree  4  flowers and fruit at the same time．

      There were orange trees twenty million years ago．The oranges were very small，not like the  5 today．The orange tree probably came from China．Many different kinds of wild oranges  6  in China today．The Chinese started to raise（栽培）orange trees about 4400 years ago．Farmers in other parts of Asia and the middle East  7  to raise oranges from the Chinese． 8  they taught Europeans．The Spanish planted orange trees in the New World（North and South America）。They took them to Florida  9  ,and oranges are a Very．important crop in Florida today．

      In English，orange  10  both a fruit and a color，we use the name of the fruit for the colour．