Rice is known as the most popular food in the world. It is especially popular in Asia. There,1 people eat it every day. Most people boil or steam rice. They like to eat rice 2a little meat or a few vegetables. People also make rice into flour（面粉）. Bread or noodles are made 3this flour. In the West, people like to eat rice cooked in wine and spices（香料）,4 in Asia many people like to white rice.

There are two ways to grow rice. In most of Asia, farmers grow rice in water. However, this way of 5rice is not suitable for many countries with dry weather. Another way of growing rice is in dry fields.