China is the home of tea,  36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.  37  the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   38 people in the world. Tea from China, along   39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export  40  .

Tea leaves  41  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild  42  and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43  kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people  44  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is   45  a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

China is the home of tea,  36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.  37  the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   38 people in the world. Tea from China, along   39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export  40  .

Tea leaves  41  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild  42  and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43  kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people  44  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is   45  a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

Ben and his classmates are watching a DVD about the environment. A long time ago , most towns and villages were very small . The number of people 　36 lived in every country was much smaller than it is today, too. There was 37 heavy industry . People did not use chemicals .There were no motor vehicles and there were no factories . So there was very 38 polution .

Sadly , our environment is much dirtier than 　39 was in the past . This is a 　40 , because the best way for us to be healthy is to live in a clean environment .

　　 The air and water are much dirtier than they 　 41 be . The chemical factories and cars

42 terrible gas .The water 　43 by chemicals from the factories and ships .This means we are destroying our home little by little .

In the DVD we will try to find ways to 　44 our environment cleaner and find ways to stop future pollution .We hope you will learn 　45 you can to help make the world cleaner and healthier.　

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1     When the Beijing Olympics begin this August，the world will be watching．The games have become a huge international event．People will come from around the world to watch 10,500 athletes from 205 countries and districts compete（競爭）to take home the gold．

2     The first recorded Olympics，in 776 B．C．，were an important religious（宗教的）festival．Olympic sports have changed a lot in the last few thousand years．The ancient games began with just one 192-meter race．In later years，the games grew to include a total of six sports．Most of the ancient Olympic sports tested skills soldiers needed．

3    Even the modern Olympics were once far smaller than they are today．The first of the modern games，in 1896，only had 241 athletes from 14 countries．Moreover（此外），the early modern Olympics were not an independent（獨立的）event．Until l 908 the Olympics were part of the world’s fair!

4     At the first modern Olympics，there were 43 events from ten sports．Many of the sports from the early modern games are no longer part of the Olympics，such as golf and tug of war（拔河）．There has always been a lot of disagreement over changing Olympic sports．

5     The number of Olympic sports has constantly increased throughout history．At the Beijing games，athletes will compete in 302 events from 28 sports．Despite（盡管）all the changes over the years，some ancient sports are still part of the modern games．These include running，boxing and wrestling．

1．How many countries and districts will take part in the Beijing Olympics?

2．What did the ancient Olympics begin with?

3．What do Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly tell us about?

4．At least how many gold medals will the athletes compete for in the coming Olympics?

5．What ancient sports are still parts of the modern games?