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READING # 1

Before reading

1. What do you think the article is about according to the following pictures…

Cocoa beans
Seeds

Chocolate
Nuts

2. Now… write your predictions about the reading.

For instance, based on the pictures above, I think the story is about…
I think he is about the use we make of cocoa to make chocolate that serves to satisfy our
___________________________________________________________________________
cravings
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Confirm your predictions reading the following article.

Where does chocolate come from?

Where does chocolate come from? Believe it or not, it grows on trees. Not as a sweet chocolate
candy bar wrapped in foil, but as a cocoa bean.

These cocoa beans grow on a cacao tree, which is found in


tropical areas such as Central and South America. The fruit
of these trees are called pods, and they are long and hard.
Inside the pods is a soft, white pulp that surrounds the thirty
or so seeds. These seeds are what we call cocoa beans.
They are very hard and bitter to the taste.

To make chocolate, people start by carefully taking the


beans out of the pods, still covered in the white pulp, and
leaving them in a bucket. The bucket is often covered with banana leaves and left for anywhere
from a few days to a few weeks. This process is called fermenting. Then the beans are left to
dry in the sun. Fermenting and drying the beans makes them less bitter. Then the beans are
shipped to a factory to be turned into chocolate.

At the factory, beans are roasted in ovens to bring out their flavor. After roasting, the outer
covering of the bean is removed. The inner bean is then crushed to form a paste known as
chocolate liquor.

From this paste, people can either make cocoa powder or the chocolate we buy in stores. To
make cocoa powder, the paste is crushed and pressed repeatedly to remove the fat, leaving
behind only a dry, ground powder. To make chocolate, people need to add other ingredients to
the paste such as milk, sugar, and cocoa butter. They then mix and heat the concoction several
times to create a substance we would recognize as chocolate. It may even have fruit, nuts, or
candy added to it before it is molded into a shape.

Considering all that must happen to turn a bitter cocoa bean into a chocolate bar, a dollar seems
like a small price to pay for such a delicious sweet treat.

After reading stage

PRACTICE READING TEST ANSWER SECTION

This is your Practice Reading Test Answer Section. The questions in this section are based on
the stories in your practice Reading Section (above). You may go back to the Reading Section
to help you answer the questions.
Questions

1) To make chocolate, what is the first thing people must do to the cocoa beans?
A. Leave them in a bucket.
B. Roast them in an oven.
C. Dry them in the sun.
D. Ship them to the factory

2) After reading this passage, what can the reader conclude about chocolate?
A. Chocolate is only made in Central and South America.
B. People could make their own chocolate at home.
C. There are many steps involved in making chocolate.
D. It is too expensive to make chocolate.

3) According to the passage, which of these items is needed to make the chocolate that
is available in stores?
A. Fruit.
B. Nuts.
C. Candy.
D. Sugar.

4) As used in paragraph 5, which of the following best describes a concoction?


A. To make the smoothie, Daryl blended strawberries, bananas, yogurt, and juice.
B. When Jenna left the room, the pot of milk boiled for twenty minutes before boiling over.
C. A sprinkle of powdered sugar on top makes everything sweeter.
D. Elaine heated the lasagna, froze it, and then heated it again before serving it two weeks
later.

5) Based on information in the passage, it can be understood that the chocolate sold in
stores is different from cocoa beans because chocolate is
A. Sweet and cocoa beans are bitter
B. Cheap and cocoa beans are expensive
C. A dry powder and cocoa beans are not
D. Uncooked and cocoa beans are cooked.

William Cuadros 11-1

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