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. Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves and bud of each new shoot are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.
In general, there are two kinds of tea. Black tea and green tea. Black tea is fermented. In the process, the tea loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. Green tea is steamed right after the leaves are picked. Green tea retains its healthy qualities. For example, it may prevent heart disease.
How did we get tea bag? The answer: by accident. Tea merchants used to send samples in tin boxes. This was costly. One merchant thought of a cheaper way. He sent samples in small silk bags. Customers would cut open the bag. They would brew the leaves 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 Nong was the first to drink tea. (Shen was a Chinese emperor.) This was about 2737 B.C. Shen had bad digestion. 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 sipped 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 Emperor. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.
【小题1】The best title for this passage should be ________________.
| A．Black Tea | B．Tea Plant |
| C．About Tea | D．Tea Bag |
| A．must be pruned | B．has a better taste |
| C．is fermented | D．is healthier |
| A．Keeps. | B．Makes. |
| C．Produces. | D．Loses. |
| A．tea bag was invented by a merchant |
| B．tea is better than any other drink |
| C．tea is popular in many countries |
| D．tea only grows in warm climates |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
解析试题分析：短文大意：阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要介绍了世界上产茶叶最多的国家，饮茶最多的国家，茶叶袋的由来和茶的由来。
【小题1】标题归纳题。阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要介绍了世界上产茶叶最多的国家，饮茶最多的国家，茶叶袋的由来和茶的由来。故选C，关于茶的一些事情。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文第三段描述，可知绿茶比红茶更健康，故选D。
【小题3】词义猜测题。联系前一句Green tea is steamed right after the leaves are picked.描述，可知绿茶保持了它的健康成分。故选A，保持。
【小题4】推理判断题。阅读短文可知，这篇短文主要介绍了世界上产茶叶最多的国家，饮茶最多的国家，茶叶袋的由来和茶的由来。由此可以推断，茶在世界上很受欢迎。故选C。
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Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price .They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
“I can’t understand why we sustain(蒙受) losses in business while others always profit ,” Uncle Li asked one day.
The tractor was too small,” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”
“I agree!”said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!”
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| A．利益 | B．盈利 | C．送礼 | D．亏损 |
| A．they had sustained losses in business |
| B．they had lost some money in the city |
| C．something was wrong with the tractor |
| D．other people profited in the city |
| A．The two farmers found out why they were poor. |
| B．The two farmers will soon get rich. |
| C．Neither of the farmers is clever. |
| D．The two farmers decided to buy a truck. |
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Ge Garden is very beautiful and peaceful. The ticket has a map on the back of it that I didn’t noticed until I had already left. But to be honest, I don’t think that map is very useful because it isn’t very clear an tailed. In my opinion, it’s better to improve it. Compared with He Garden, the map on the back of the ticket for He Garden is much clearer, more detailed and more useful. However, in the room that has the picture of the family members, there is only Chinese, no English, so my advice is to add English in interesting places. I got lost in the Slender West Lake. I spent about 30 minutes just trying to get out of one area. I think they need more signs posted along the trails. I like the Slender West Lake best, as she is so pretty! The ladies that were sweeping were very sweet. They always smiled at me and said hello, so it was nice.
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| D．The maps on the tickets for Ge Garden need improving. |
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| D．learn everything at school |
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| C．The third Sunday in June. | D．The second Sunday in March. |
| A．China. | B．England. |
| C．America. | D．Italy. |
| A．In June in 1900. | B．In June in 1909. |
| C．In July in 1910. | D．In June in 1910. |
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| A．two | B．three |
| C．four | D．five |
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| B．It is impolite to server a whole fish last at a party in China. |
| C．The program lasts for one hour. |
| D．There are many kinds of Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. |
| A．The writer thinks the program is too long. |
| B．The writer thinks the program has more meanings inside than the story itself. |
| C．The writer thinks everyone can have a good eating habit after watching the program. |
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