Everyone knows that it’s hard to drink in space because of the low gravity, but Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong showed us how they drank tea on a TV show during the month-long trip in Shenzhou XI spaceship last year. They used a specially made tea cup and a special Pu’er cream to drink tea while standing upside down.

The Pu’er tea cream they drank is produced in Yunnan province, which is known for its Pu’er tea industry.

“Drinking hot tea is harder,” said Jing Haipeng. “The difficult part of drinking tea in space is that there should not be anything left after the tea dissolves (溶解) in water, also, the solubility(溶解度)of the tea should be low since water in space can only be warmed to 60 degrees at most.”

The tea cream the astronauts drank is produced by Gongrunxiang Tea Industry Corp in Kunming. Zhang Guanghui, manager of Gongrunxiang, said that the company tries to produce a tea cream that’s a safe, healthy tea product. Tea products are often reported to be polluted by air and heavy metals. “I never imagined that one day our tea cream would help astronauts to drink tea in space,” Zhang said, adding that drinking tea in space can be seen as a turning point for the Pu’er tea industry.

“For us, astronauts’ drinking tea in space means our technology used in the tea industry has had some achievements,” Zhang said. “In the future, more tea producers will use it to improve the tea industry.”

1.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Astronauts are able to enjoy many kinds of tea in space.

B. The tea cream is reported to be polluted by air and heavy metals.

C. The astronauts showed how they drank tea after returning to the earth.

D. The technology used in the tea industry may help the astronauts drink tea.

2.Which is NOT the reason why it’s difficult for the astronauts to drink hot tea in space?

A. Drinking is very hard in the low-gravity situation.

B. The solubility of the tea should remain the same.

C. They have to use a kind of specially made tea cup.

D. There should be nothing left after the tea dissolves in water.

3.Why does Zhang consider drinking tea in space is a turning point for the Pu’er tea industry?

A. He thinks it might help astronauts in space.

B. He thinks it might make Pu’er tea dissolve easily.

C. He thinks it might help improve the production of Pu’er tea.

D. He thinks it might help improve the tea industry and make Pu’er tea popular.

On Thursday October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is a MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very little sleep, so he drinks a lot of coffee—anywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking thus much coffee was making it hard for him to sleep at all. He also began having problems with his concentration(注意力), and complained of stomachaches. Adam’s doctor made this suggestions: stop drinking coffee altogether.

When Adam got up on October 3, he began his day without his morning coffee. By 11:00 a.m., Adam was in a terrible mood. He was tired and had a headache. At 11:30, he had a meeting with his student advisor. In the meeting, he found it almost impossible to continue. What was going on?

Caffeine, a chemical found in coffee, was most likely the reason for how Adam felt. Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts(增加) energy levels and improves concentration- but only for a short time. Lowering caffeine consumption(减少摄取咖啡因) often makes a drop in blood pressure and the result is a “coffee headache”. People who stop drinking coffee often say they feel tired and moody, and find it hard to focus.

The good news is that these feeling usually pass after four and five days. During this time, doctors suggested taking some aspirin for the headache. So, if Adam can wait, in less than a week, he may be feeling much better.

1.We learn from the reading Adam.

A. does researches on caffeine

B. can never be feeling better

C. still drinks 5 to 6 cups of coffee a day

D. had some problems because of coffee

2.How may people feel when they stop drinking coffee?

A. healthier B. uneasy C. energetic D. awaken

3.The good news shows that.

A. coffee can never cause headaches

B. aspirin can stop us thinking coffee

C. more and more people will give up coffee

D. Adam will be better if he stops drinking coffee

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