Of the three major drinks of the world-tea.coffee and cocoa-tea is consumed by the number of people．China is the homeland of tea．Human cultivation of tea plants dates back to two thousand years ago� 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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20．Of the three major drinks of the world-tea，coffee and cocoa-tea is consumed by the （61）largest（large） number of people．
China is the homeland of tea．Human cultivation of tea plants dates back to two thousand years ago．Tea from China，along （62）withher silk and porcelain，began to be known to the world more than a thousand years ago and since then it（63）has been（be） an important Chinese export．
At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries，（64）producing（produce） 90% of the world's total output．All tea trees in other countries have their origin directly or indirectly in China．The word for tea leaves or tea as（65）adrink in many countries are derivatives（衍生物）from the Chinese character"cha"．The Russians call it"cha'i"，（66）whichsounds like"chaye"（tea leaves） as it is pronounced in northern China，and the English word"tea"sounds similar to the pronunciation of（67）its（it）counterpart（对应物）in Xiamen．The Japanese character for tea is written（68）exactly（exact） the same as it is in Chinese，though（69）pronounced（pronounce） with a slight difference．The habit of tea drinking spread to Japan in the 6th century，butit was not introduced to Europe and America till the 17th and 18th centuries．Now the number of tea（70）drinkers（drink） in the world is still on the increase．

分析本文主要介绍中国茶的历史及茶在不同国家的发音．

解答 61．largest 考查形容词最高级．形容词最高级前加定冠词the．
62．with 考查固定搭配．along with意为"与…在一起"，是固定搭配．
63．has been 考查动词时态．根据句中时间状语since then，要用现在完成时态．
64．producing 考查现在分词．countries与produce之间是主谓关系，用现在分词作状语．
65．a 考查冠词．此处drink意为"饮料"，是可数名词，其前加不定冠词a表示泛指．
66．which 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词是cha'i，在从句中作主语，用关系代词which．
67．its 考查代词．counterpart是名词，其前用形容词性物主代词作定语．
68．exactly 考查副词．write是动词，用副词修饰，形容词exact的副词是exactly．
69．pronounced 考查过去分词． it与pronounce之间是动宾关系，用过去分词作状语．
70．drinkers 考查名词．根据句意：现在，在世界上茶客数量还在不断增加．．drinker意为"饮者"．

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