Lavender Lavender is a type of flowering plant that belongs to the mint family. The name "lavender" originates from Latin verb lavare which means "to wash". There are more than 30 species of lavender that originate from Mediterranean region, northern and eastern parts of Africa and southwestern Asia. Lavender grows in dry, sunny areas on well-drained soils. It grows in the form of small shrub that can reach 3 feet in height. It develops simple, pinnate, or multiple pinnate leaves, depending on the species. The leaves can be grey or green colored. They are often covered with fine hairs. Lavender produces blue, violet, or lilac flowers. They are arranged circularly on top of the floral stalks. Each plant produces 1 to 8 bunches of flowers. Lavender has a fruit. The fruit of lavender is 4-nutlets. They have smooth texture and ovoid or oblong shape. People cultivate lavender mostly because of the essential oils that have application in the industry of perfumes and cosmetics. Chemicals isolated from lavender have beneficial effect on the human health. Unlike humans, pests such as mice, flies, mosquitoes, and moths cannot stand smell of lavender. Many people keep bunches of lavender in their homes to repel those unwanted animals.1) "It grows in the form of small shrub that can reach 3 feet in height." The word "it" refers to ....
A lavender
B the soil
C the small shrub
D the leaf
E. the species
2) Which of the following sentences are passive sentences? (More than one answer)

A Lavender grows in dry, sunny areas on well-drained soils.
B The leaves can be grey or green colored. C They are often covered with fine hairs.
D They are arranged circularly on top of the floral stalks.
E Many people keep bunches of lavender in their homes to repel those unwanted animals.

3) Report texts use some technical terms. A technical term is a word that has a specific meaning within a specific field of expertise. Write three technical terms found in the text and translate them into Indonesian!

4) Chemicals isolated from lavender have beneficial effect on the human health. What is the synonym of the underlined word ?​