Question

Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk 1.(幾乎，差不多) 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese 2.(統(tǒng)治者) called Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was 3.煮沸) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice 4.(氣味) so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious. And so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, 5.(提到) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the 6.(最好的)tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.

It is believed that tea was 7.(帶到) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the 8.(民族的) drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to 9.(傳播) the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without 10.(疑問) the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

Answer 1

1.nearly

2.ruler

3.boiling

4.smell

5.mentioned

6.best

7.taken

8.national

9.spread

10.doubt

【解析】

1.1】考察副詞的用法。nearly “幾乎，差不多”后可加具體的數(shù)字。

2.2】考察名詞。根據(jù)前邊的修飾詞 a Chinese 可知后面用名詞。

3.3】考察時態(tài)的用法。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知使用過去進(jìn)行時。

4.4】考查名詞的用法。a nice ＋名詞。

5.5】考察動詞的用法。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知應(yīng)填謂語動詞，結(jié)合上下文的時態(tài)可知用一般過去時。

6.6】考察形容詞最高級。best 修飾 tea leaves 。

7.7】考察被動語態(tài)。根據(jù)句意：人們認(rèn)為茶是在六世紀(jì)和七世紀(jì)期間被帶到韓國和日本的。take “帶走”，且此處是被動語態(tài)。

8.8】考察形容詞。the national drink “民族的飲料”。

9.9】考察動詞。help to do sth 可知 應(yīng)填動詞原形，傳播 用 spread。

10.10】考察固定短語 without doubt “毫無疑問”。

考點(diǎn)：單詞填空