Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It’s neither China nor Japan. It’s Great Britain.
In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned (修剪). Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves of each new shoot (芽) are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.
In general, there are two kinds of tea, black tea and green tea. They are made in different ways. When black tea is made, it loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. But green tea retains its healthy qualities. For instance, it may prevent heart disease (病).
How did we get tea bags? The answer: by accident. People used to send tea in tin boxes. This was expensive. Someone thought of a cheaper way. He sent tea in small silk bags. Customers would open the bag. They would put the leaves into a pot as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.
Shen Nung was the first to drink tea. This was about 2737 B.C. Shen was ill, so he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen tasted it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the King. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.
1. The best title for this passage might be ___________.
A. An Ancient Drink B. Green Tea
C. A Favorite Drink for Centuries D. Tea Plant
2. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to__________.
A. persuade you B. make you laugh
C. tell you how to do something D. give you information
3. In this passage retains means ____________.
A. keeps B. makes C. takes D. loses
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A.South Korea. | B.Hong Kong. | C.Finland. | D.Japan. |
A.Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths. |
B.Finnish students were the first of all the tests. |
C.Finnish students did well in the problem solving. |
D.Japanese students were top in science. |
A.the test can make the students lose their interest in learning |
B.the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet |
C.it's hard to tell who the best students in the world are |
D.Finnish students make better use of the Internet and libraries |
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Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (经济合作与发展组织) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 countries and regions (地区) last year. The OECD wanted to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came second to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.
Finns (芬兰人) of your age have done a really good job but don’t have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.
What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?
【小题1】Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?
A.South Korea. | B.Hong Kong. | C.Finland. | D.Japan. |
A.Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths. |
B.Finnish students were the first of all the tests. |
C.Finnish students did well in the problem solving. |
D.Japanese students were top in science. |
A.the test can make the students lose their interest in learning |
B.the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet |
C.it’s hard to tell who the best students in the world are |
D.Finnish students make better use of the Internet and libraries |
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Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (经济合作与发展组织) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 countries and regions (地区) last year. The OECD wanted to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came second to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.
Finns (芬兰人) of your age have done a really good job but don't have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.
What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?
1.Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?
A.South Korea. |
B.Hong Kong. |
C.Finland. |
D.Japan. |
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths. |
B.Finnish students were the first of all the tests. |
C.Finnish students did well in the problem solving. |
D.Japanese students were top in science. |
3.From this passage we know that_________.
A.the test can make the students lose their interest in learning |
B.the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet |
C.it's hard to tell who the best students in the world are |
D.Finnish students make better use of the Internet and libraries |
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Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn't know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discovered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before. Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they're sold in supermarkets all over the world. They don't seem strange any more!
Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America. In 1586, they were taken to Europe by explorers(探险家).In 1719, they were taken to North America. Before 1719, nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato. Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year.
Tomatoes were also first grown by native(本地的)Americans. When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds(种子)back to Europe. Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn't eat them. At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!
Chilies(辣椒)have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8 ,000 years ! In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers. Today, they are grown in hot countries all over the world.
11. How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
12. People in Central and South America have eaten chilies for more than years.
A. 1,500 B. 1,586 C. 8,000
13. The underlined word "poisonous" in the passage means " " in Chinese.
A.有毒的 B.重要的 C.辛辣的
14. According to the passage, we know that .
A. people only ate food grown near their homes after 1719
B. people in Europe were the first to plant potatoes
C. the European explorers took chilies to Europe in the 1500s
15. Which of the following is the best title(标题)for the passage?
A. Traveling to America
B. "Strange" Food
C. The Earliest Explorers
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