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Comprehension: (From 143-149) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions based on it. One thousand pounds of cheese for one flower! That may sound like an unfair trade, but it happened once. Tulips were first grown in Holland in the 1600s. Many rich people enjoyed planting them in their gardens. They were willing to pay a lot of money for the tulip bulbs, which looked like small onions. Traders drove up the prices. They began to buy up the tulips to sell them later for more money. Other people enjoyed collecting rare types of tulips. Soon, tulip bulbs were worth thousands of silver coins. People sold everything they had to buy them. The prices went up so quickly that people thought they would be able to get rich by selling the tulips later. The craze for the new flowers soon ended. Traders realized that they were just flowers. The prices came down quickly. Many people lost a lot of money. All they had left were cheap tulip bulbs. Today, people all over the world value tulips, but if you ate one for lunch, no one would become angry. Identify the tone of the given passage.

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