Question

课文填空
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by __________? Although tea wasn’t brought to the Western world _________ 1610, this beverage was __________ over three thousand years before that. __________ to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he was _________ drinking water __________ an open fire. Some __________ from a nearby bush fell into the water and __________ there for some time. The emperor noticed that leaves in the water produced a pleasant __________. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. And _________ this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

Answer 1

【小题1】accident
【小题2】until
【小题3】discovered
【小题4】According
【小题5】boiling
【小题6】over
【小题7】leaves
【小题8】remained
【小题9】smell
【小题10】in

解析【小题1】固定词组：by accident“偶然的”
【小题2】not… until…“直到…才…”，句意为：直到1610年茶才被带到西方国家。
【小题3】句意是：这种饮料在之前3000多年就被发现了，所以填discovered。
【小题4】固定词组：According to“根据”
【小题5】词组：boil water “烧水”，时态用过去进行时，填boiling。
【小题6】考查介词的用法：over“在…上方”
【小题7】句意是：旁边树丛的树叶掉在水里。还有下文也有出现，填leaves（复数）
【小题8】这里remained是不及物动词，表示“仍然在，留在”
【小题9】这里的smell是名词，a pleasant smell“让人舒服的味道”
【小题10】in this way“以这种方式”。