Can We Also Eat Wood and Paper?

王芳茹

Babies love chocolate① and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good， thick paper， old letters， for example. She does not like newspapers very much. Of course， the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees， and trees are plants.

Vegetables and fruit are plants， too， and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood② and paper？

Scientists say， “All food comes in some way from plants.” Well， is that true？ Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants， then bigger fish swim along and eat the...

What food does not come from plants in some way？

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and cheese. And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food， too. Now they have begun to say，? “We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood.”

The next thing is not very difficult. “What is the next thing？ Perhaps it is —food from paper.”

Scientists say， “We can turn paper into food. It will be good， cheap③ food， too， cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.”

So please keep your old books and letters. （Dont feed your cat.） One day， they will be on your plate④， if what scientists say may come true.

Choose the best answer.

1. The underlined word “plants” means “____” in Chinese.

A. 植物??????? ?????? B. 種子????? ?????????????? C. 有機的???????? ??????? D. 綠色

2. The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because ____.

A. they are useful for reading ??????????????? B. They may be used to feed cats

C. We may make food from them soon D. we can read them at breakfast

3. From the passage， we can infer （推斷） that ____ come（s） from plants in some way.

A. our food ?????????? B. chocolates??????????????? C. old books??????????????? D. sugar

4. Which of the following in NOT true？

A. The writers cat doesnt like newspapers very much.

B. Scientists say all food comes in some way from plants.

C. People will like to eat paper one day.

D. Scientists say we can turn paper into food.