巨型草莓为以色列农民赢得一项吉尼斯世界纪录

A farmer in Israel grows a very big strawberry. It makes a world record. The strawberry is 18 centimeters long. It is heavy, too. It weighs 289 grams. A normal(正常的) strawberry is 24 times lighter. The second biggest strawberry in the world grew in Japan in 2015. That strawberry weighs 250 grams.

How is it possible that the strawberry is so big? The weather is colder than usual. The sun doesn’t shine so much. The fruit doesn’t ripen(成熟) so quickly. So it grows bigger.

The farmer sees that the strawberry is very big. He thinks that it might make a world record. He picks the fruit. He puts it in a freezer(冰箱).

The man takes it out of the freezer. People from the Guinness World Records help weigh the strawberry. It says that his strawberry is the biggest in the world. Now he shows it to everyone.

1.How much does a normal strawberry weigh?

A About 12 grams.

B About 24 grams.

C About 250 grams.

D About 289 grams.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第一段“A normal(正常的) strawberry is 24 times lighter.”可知，普通草莓要比这个轻24倍。因此，普通草莓重量为289÷24≈12克。故选A。

2.Where was the biggest strawberry from before this one?

A Israel.

B Japan.

C China.

D The UK.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段“The second biggest strawberry in the world grew in Japan in 2015.”可知，世界第二大草莓是日本在2015年种植出来的，也就是说，在以色列这个巨型草莓之前，日本那个是最大的，故选B。

3.The strawberry grows big NOT because of _________.

A the weather

B its kind

C the sunshine

D its time of growing

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段可知，当地天气比平常冷，太阳没有给予那么多照射，草莓成熟得不太快，因此，它长大了。故这颗草莓超大与品种无关。故选B。

4.What does the farmer first do after he finds the strawberry big?

A He takes a photo of it.

B He shows it to others.

C He weighs it quickly.

D He keeps it in a freezer.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第三段“He picks the fruit. He puts it in a freezer(冰箱).”可知，这位农民摘了草莓，把它放进冰箱。故选D。

5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A The strawberry is on show now.

B The man wants to sell the strawberry.

C The strawberry becomes the world’s biggest one.

D The Guinness World Records takes the strawberry.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据最后一段“People from the Guinness World Records helps weigh the strawberry. It says that his strawberry is the biggest in the world.”可知，吉尼斯世界纪录宣布他的草莓是世界上最大的草莓。故选C。