Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nong  discovered   tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for   22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a   23   smell. Later he decided  24  the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And  25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.

26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27  the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by  28  people in the world. Tea  29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品)  30  .

Tea leaves  31  mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warm climate (氣候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all   33   kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people   34   their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is   35   a popular topic(主題) in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1.A. in               B. by                    C. over                  D. to

2. A. sometimes        B. some time         C. some times           D.some days

3.A. pleasant          B. pleased                C. bad                      D.terrible

4.A. not to taste            B. to taste                   C. tasting           D.taste

5.A. by the way     B. on the way              C. on its way            D. in this way

6. A. Japan                   B. China                     C. America               D.England 7.A. In                        B. For                        C. Of                       D. By

8.A. the number of                     B. a number of          

C. a large number of                                   D. the largest number of

9. A. to                   B. from                   C. in                        D. off

10.A. At that time  B. from now on           C. since then             D. since now

11. A. produce              B. are produced           C. make                   D. are made

12. A. becauuse of       B. because                  C. as                        D. for  

13.A. interesting           B. important        C. famous                 D. expensive

14.A. had developed      B. have developed       C. developed          D.are developing

15.A. too               B. as well                   C. either                D. also

Do you know how many boys and girls are not getting education around the world? If you want to find out what’s happening, have a look at the education information in UNICEF’s report, The State of the World’s Children 2006.

Numbers of Primary—school—age Children

not in School(in millions)

1. The form shows us____________.

   A. girls have more chances to go to school than boys in the world

   B. the numbers of boys and girls who are not going to primary school

   C. the numbers of boys and girls in different countries

   D. there are more boys than girls in the world

2. In industrialized counties, ______________.

   A. there’re less children who are not going to primary school than in other countries

   B. every child has the chance to go to school

   C. the number of girls who go to primary school in smaller than that of boys

   D. most children do not get primary education at the right age

3. The total number of girls in the world who are not getting primary education is __________.

   A. 53.7 million   B. 61.7 million  C. 115.4 million    D. 45.4 million

4. ___________ has the largest number of girls who are not in primary school.

   A. Sub—Saharan Africa                B. South Asia

   C. East Asia and Pacific                D. Middle East and North Africa

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Developing countries have more children who are not getting primary education.

   B. Children in industrialized countries may have more chances to go to primary school.

   C. The number of boys who are not getting primary education in every part of the world is smaller that that of girls.

   D. The total number of girls who are getting primary education is more than 60 million.