7 The Rice On Our Plate

Selection 7 GRADE 7
Speed and Comprehension Reading Material
The Rice On Our Plate
We Filipinos are so used to eating rice that whenever we speak of food, we always think of a
plate of rice steaming hot from the pot. A luncheon or a supper is not complete unless there is rice to
go with the other dishes. Hence, any rumor of rice shortage has always caused much alarm not only to
the housewives, but also to everyone who eats rice.
But have we ever stopped to think of a long trip the rice has to make before it reaches our
plate? Have we ever thought of the rice planters” beat from morn till the set of sun”, the harvesters
reaping the green-laden stocks in the sweltering heat of the sun, and a number of other workers doing
their share in providing us with these staple food?
The backbreaking task of rice planting, the hard, but more rewarding job of harvesting, not to
mention the many little chores that have to be done between planting and harvesting time. . . . all this
done by the farmer. But the work doesn’t end with the harvest of the palay. There is the rice miller
powdered with rice dust, as he husk the golden grains called palay and transforms them to white
grains called bigas. There is the stong cargador, bent with the heavy sack, as he loads and unloads
hundreds of sack of rice from the truck to the bodega or from the bodega to the truck. There is the rice
dealer, always thinking of how he could buy a large amount of rice at a low price to hoard it if he can,
and later sell it at a much higher price. There is the rice retailer too, measuring gantas and gantas of
these precious grains or weighing kilos and kilos of them all day, untill he has becom an expert in the
job. And finally there is the ingenious housewife, who has learned a hundred and one ways of cooking
rice - from plain boiled rice to the different kinds of rice cakes like puto, cuchinta, maja, bibingka, and
other delicacies.
What a long trip the grain of rice has to make before it reaches the plate we eat on! How many
hands have taken care of it along the way!
No. Of words: 336

Selection 7 GRADE 7
Comprehension Questions:
1. What is the selection mainly about?

A. the production and the selling of rice C. the people involved in providing us with rice
B. the different ways of cooking rice D. the Filipinos’ fondness for rice
2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the selection?
A. the production of rice C. the cooking of rice
B. the selling of rice D. the importance of rice
3. To what does them in the following sentence refer?
There is the rice retailer, too, measuring gantas and gantas of these precious grains or weighing
kilos and kilos of them all day, until he has become an expert in the job.
A. gantas B. grains C. kilos D. gantas and kilos
4. Which of the following does not appeal to the sense of feeling?
A. sweltering heat of the sun C. bent with the heavy sack
B. whiten with rice dust D. backbreaking task of rice planting
5. Which of the following group of foods are made up of rice?
A. lecheflan, gelatin,lasagne C. puto, suman, bibingka,palitaw
B. spaghetti, pancit, pizza D. ube, cake, ice cream
6. What does the word “hoard” in the text mean?
A. cook B. weigh C. keep for future use D. distribute
7. Who among the following should be considered as heroes of the ricefield?
A. rice planters B. harvesters C. rice seller D. rice miller
8. Which of the following statements supports the main idea of the reading selection?
A. Rice is very expensive.
B. It sustains the healthy lifestyle of every individual.
C. It helps the economic status of many housewives.
D. It is the most significant food for all Filipinos.
9. Which of the following measuring devices is not used in weighing rice?
A. gantas B. kilos C. galloons D. sacks
10. What do you think is the purpose of the writer in writing the selection?
A. to let the readers know the value of rice and the contribution of rice planters
B. to encourage them to be intelligent enough in using rice
C. to keep in mind that without rice, people will not survive
D. to conclude that rice serves as a secondary need of every Filipino next to money.
Selection 7 GRADE 7
Answers:
1. C
2.C
3. B
4.B
5. C
6.C
7. A
8.D
9.C
10. A

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Selection 7 GRADE 7

Speed and Comprehension Reading Material

The Rice On Our Plate

No. Of words: 336

The Rice On Our Plate

1. What is the selection mainly about?

The Rice On Our Plate

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