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Somewhere in that field is a path shaped like a giant spider, a tractor, or even a famous face, but you can only see it if you fly overhead in an airplane. Welcome to the corn maze, one of autumn's cleverest puzzles! Every October, farms across the United States cut winding trails into their cornfields and invite visitors to get happily, hopelessly lost.  \nGetting lost is the fun part, but designing the maze is where the real cleverness begins. Long before the first stalk is cut, a farmer often works with a maze designer who draws the pattern on a computer, the same way an artist sketches on a tablet. The computer turns that drawing into a map covered with tiny points, almost like a giant connect-the-dots puzzle spread across several acres. Each point has an exact location, so the design that looks small on a screen can be stretched to fill a field the size of many football fields.  \nTurning those computer dots into real dirt paths is where technology walks right into the cornfield. Many maze makers use GPS, the same satellite system that helps a car find its way, to mark exactly where each path should go. Workers walk the field with a GPS device that beeps when they reach a marked spot, and there they cut or trample the young corn while it is only ankle-high. Asthe summer sun pushes the corn up over your head, the cleared paths stay open, and the hidden picture slowly rises into a living maze.  \nA maze is only one stop, because harvest festivals wrap the whole farm in autumn fun. You might climb aboard a hayride, a wagon piled with straw pulled slowly behind a tractor, or wander a pumpkin patch hunting for the roundest orange giant. These fall celebrations grew out of much older harvest gatherings, when families across many cultures thanked the land for feeding them through the coming winter. Today farmers open their gates in October partly for the joy and partly because welcoming visitors helps them earn money after the crops are picked.  \nThat mix of ancient thankfulness and modern fun is what makes an autumn farm feel so alive. Many people say some giant mazes cover more than 30 acres, an area larger than 20 football fields laid side by side. People can wander such a maze for an hour or more, following twists and dead ends until they finally spot the exit. So the next time you stand lost among the cornstalks, remember that a computer and a ring of satellites in space helped build the very puzzle around you!  \nHarvest Festivals and Corn Mazes  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the main idea of the second paragraph?\u003Cbr>A. A corn maze must be planted before spring begins each year.\u003Cbr>B. A corn maze is designed on a computer before any corn is cut.\u003Cbr>C. A corn maze is safer than other autumn farm activities.\u003Cbr>D. A corn maze can only be enjoyed from an airplane above. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What is a hayride, as described in the passage?\u003Cbr>A. A wagon piled with straw pulled slowly behind a tractor\u003Cbr>B. A machine that maps the field using satellites\u003Cbr>C. A path of straw cut through the middle of the corn\u003Cbr>D. A contest to gather the roundest pumpkins fastest |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) In the article, what does the word 'acres' mean?\u003Cbr>A. A kind of satellite that beeps over a field\u003Cbr>B. A unit for measuring the size of a piece of land\u003Cbr>C. A wagon that carries visitors around a farm\u003Cbr>D. A tool used to cut down rows of young corn |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) Which sentence best explains how the maze design connects the computer to the field?\u003Cbr>A. The computer decides how tall the corn should grow all summer.\u003Cbr>B. 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