Question
Rain showers punctuate daily life. Farmers wait for the rain to water their
paragraph 3?
fields, and city dwellers wait for it to wash down the streets and mitigate the
heat.
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smacks loudly
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As children, we eagerly awaited the rain, as it marked the beginning of the
mango season. "Mangoes only ripen after the first rains," our mothers
* 2. sniffs cautiously
explained. "Mangoes gathered before the rains begin will give you a bellyache,"
cautioned our grandmothers.
• 3. explores eagerly
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For this reason, the spring rains were received with great joy. Now we
could eat the delightful fruit: the perfectly golden mangos de mamey, the large
appreciates deeply
red mangos del Caney, and the stringy mangos de hilacha, which we did not
eat, but rather slurped. Mangos de hilacha are not cut or peeled, but instead
pounded softly and evenly until all the pulp turns to liquid; then one bites away
Part B
a small piece of the peel and slowly savors the flavorful juice.
Which phrase from paragraph 3 best supports the
correct answer from Part A?
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Yet the rainy season also meant having to stay indoors, unless it was just a
gentle shower. Sometimes Mamá decided to join me to play outdoors in the
light rain. Instead of going by myself to the quiet garden and its trees, we
© 1. "delightful fruit"
would run together into the courtyard. There, we would step around the flower
beds to stand directly under the stream of water that poured down from the
• 2. "rather slurped"
gutters. We called this "bañarnos en el aguacero." The strong downpour
landed on our backs as we screamed, our mouths filling with water as our
• 3. "cut or peeled"
hearts filled with joy.
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But whenever the rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning, it was
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"turns to liquid"
not safe to play outside. Tropical storms could last all day, and the long hours