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【題目】 English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero said, “Where there’s tea, there’s hope.” Similarly, a Chinese saying goes that “Firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.”

Tea is, without doubt, welcomed all over the world. According to Statista, a German website for statistics(數(shù)據(jù)）, global tea production reached about 5.8 million tons in 2018. It has become the most consumed beverage(飲品） in the world – after water, of course.

According to the UN, tea is much more than just a hot drink. It’s a big part of many cultures around the world. You probably know that people in China use top-grade tea to show respect when receiving important guests. Meanwhile, the British tradition of afternoon tea is an important part of that country’s identity. Making Malaysia’s pulled tea has become a sort of art form, where drinkers take pride in its entertainment aspects.

Apart from its cultural significance（意義）, tea is also a medicine, used from ancient times to modern day. “Tea is cold and lowers the fire,” Chinese Ming Dynasty herbalist Li Shizhen once said. The health benefits of tea are still being discovered today: preventing heart disease, obesity and cancer have all been linked to drinking green tea, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the US.

Hot or cold, bagged or loose-leaf, tea is more than a drink – it’s a social custom and also a magic medicine, a link to the past and a way of life. (改編自 21 世紀英語網(wǎng)站）

【1】What is the most consumed beverage in the world?

A.CoffeeB.TeaC.WaterD.Beer

【2】What do Chinese do to show respect when receiving important guests according to the passage?

A.Cook a big meal for them.

B.Offer them a cup of top-grade tea.

C.Send them some great presents.

D.Ask them to stay for a longer time.

【3】Which of the following is NOT the benefits of drinking tea?

A.It can help your skin become better.B.It can help lower the fire.

C.It prevents heart diseases and cancer.D.It helps prevent obesity.

【4】The author use the famous sayings about tea in paragraph 1 to

A.Show the importance of tea in people’s life.

B.Show that tea is everywhere in our life.

C.Prove that tea has a long history.

D.Prove that tea is more popular in China than in the western countries.

【5】What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A.Tea is very important because it’s a popular drink.

B.Tea is important in many ways.

C.Everyone drinks tea in their social lives.

D.Tea is actually not a drink.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文談?wù)摬琛２瓒疾粌H僅是一種飲品 —— 它是一種社會習俗、一種靈藥、一種與過去的紐帶，一種生活方式。

【1】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段最后1句“It has become the most consumed beverage(飲品） in the world – after water, of course.（它已經(jīng)成為世界上消耗量最大的飲料，當然，除了水以外。）”可知世界上消耗最多的飲料是水；故選C。

【2】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第3段第3句“You probably know that people in China use top-grade tea to show respect when receiving important guests.（你可能知道中國人在接待重要客人時用高檔茶以示尊重。）”可知“中國人在接待重要客人時給他們一杯上等茶來表示尊重”，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段第2和3句“Tea is cold and lowers the fire,” Chinese Ming Dynasty herbalist Li Shizhen once said. The health benefits of tea are still being discovered today: preventing heart disease, obesity and cancer have all been linked to drinking green tea, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the US.（“茶性寒，能降火，”明代草藥學家李時珍曾如此說道。茶的保健功效如今仍在不斷地被發(fā)現(xiàn)：美國國家生物技術(shù)信息中心認為，喝綠茶能夠預(yù)防心臟病、肥胖和癌癥。）”可知不是喝茶的好處是它可以幫助你的皮膚變得更好。故選A，

【4】細節(jié)題。第一段中使用的名言是“Firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.（柴、米、油、鹽、醬、醋、茶是一天七大必需品）”，可知此名言表明了茶在人們生活中的重要性。故選A。

【5】詞句理解題。此句“Hot or cold, bagged or loose-leaf, tea is more than a drink – it’s a social custom and also a magic medicine, a link to the past and a way of life.”句意是：不論熱飲冷飲，袋裝散裝，茶都不僅僅是一種飲品 —— 它是一種社會習俗、一種靈藥、一種與過去的紐帶，一種生活方式�？芍�“tea is more than a drink（茶都不僅僅是一種飲品）”意思是茶在許多方面都很重要。故選B。