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The following exercise can be completed directly online. Click here for a print version of this exercise.



THE MAIN IDEA

1.   Which of the following phrases best describes the main idea of the article about Maple Syrup?

Maple syrup
The many uses of a maple tree
Sales in the Canadian maple syrup industry
Modern sugar bush operations


2.   What does the passage say the Indians taught the settlers?

to cut down trees and take out the sap
to tap the trees and take out the sap
to tap the trees and boil the sap
to cut down trees and bottle the sap


INFERENCES

For questions 3 & 4, select the option which best completes each sentence based on the article.

3.   Maple syrup collection methods...

are harmful to the trees.
have evolved over the years.
remain top secret.
involve miles and miles of plastic tubes.


4.   Maple sugar...

is sweeter than white sugar.
was precious to early settlers.
replaced real sugar in the settlers' diets.
is exported to the United States, Europe and Japan.


5.   Why was the early method of tapping trees abandoned?

The axes caused too much damage to the trees.
The syrup didn't flow very well through an axe cut.
There was an axe shortage in Canada.
The axes were too expensive.


6.   Canadian maple syrup is only exported to Japan and the United States.

True
False


7.   The syrup is graded according to its colour, flavour and density.

True
False


8.   Owners of modern sugar bushes use axes and buckets to collect sap.

True
False


9.   Maple syrup is the only pure natural sweetener available in a liquid form that comes from Canada.

True
False


10.   Maple syrup was unimportant to early settlers.

True
False


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