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Every time you go shopping, the vegetables and fruit look so tempting that you wish you could buy all of them. Some people are lucky and can grow the fruit and vegetables in the gardens that they have. While getting fresh vegetables, they can also achieve great cost cutting.
Mushrooms are expensive and can also go bad very quickly. Mushrooms can also be grown easily in a dark environment. In fact it’s better than growing other vegetables since you really don’t need an outdoor space. A special type of soil that is good for growing mushrooms is easily available.
Actually mushrooms aren’t even vegetables; they are fungi(菌类) and for this reason, you don’t even require sunlight to grow them. Well how does one go about growing mushrooms? You could always Google “growing mushrooms” and you will find a number of mushroom growing kits(工具) available online that area effective and not very expensive either.
Mushrooms can be added to any dish that you cook. Simply use them in pizzas, salads and anything that you pretty much fancy. Grow mushrooms in your own house and use them whenever you want. Fresh mushrooms are tastier than the ones that are stored in your refrigerator.
If you have had a really good crop of mushrooms, then you can even store them. Ideally you should use the white variety of the mushrooms. Simply pick them, slice them and put them on a cookie sheet in a freezer. When they area frozen, just put them in a zip lock and you can use them when you want to. They give a really great taste to the dish that you are making. Thaw them before you use them.
You should try growing mushrooms, since it’s cost-effective. Furthermore, you can eat the fresh mushrooms any time that you want.
39． What is an advantage of growing vegetables according to the passage?
A. You can eat all kinds of vegetables
B. You are lucky to eat what you like
C. You can save lots of money
D. You can satisfy your desire
40． Mushrooms are different from other vegetables in that .
A. they can be grown where there is no light
B. they can grow well in an outdoor space
C. it is easy for them to go bad in a few days
D. they can grow without soil
41． The third paragraph is mainly to tell us that .
A. mushrooms are not vegetables
B. Internet helps us a lot
C. mushrooms are available online
D. it is easy to grow mushrooms
42．Which of the following is the right order of storing mushrooms?
a. put them on a cookie sheet in the refrigerator
b. place frozen mushrooms in a zip lock
c. cut them into slices
d. choose the white mushrooms
A. a-b-c-d B. d-c-a-b C. a-d-c-b D. d-a-c-b
43． What would be the best title for this passage?
A. It is easy and fun to grow mushrooms
B. We should eat more fruit and vegetables
C. Mushrooms online are very expensive
D. Mushrooms—tasty and healthy vegetables