(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从下框的A---F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.The spreading tea
B.The history of tea growing
C.Changes of tastes for drinks
D.Reducing cancer risks
E.The plant Camellia sinensis
F.A woman’s opinion of tea
61. _____________________________
Americans are far more knowledgeable about
drinks than they were 20 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll
know where the trend goes. Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it
can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is
enjoying a similar change. Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to
make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks.
62. _____________________________
Tea is available in more places than ever.
The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual
sales of the drink grew to 4.6billionfrom1.8 billion. “Green tea is seen
by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food
itself, says Vierhile.
63. _____________________________
Recently published studies point out that
only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis have been
shown to contain health benefits. Other herbal teas may taste good, yet they do
little more than warm up the drinker. But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence
is powerful. In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that
drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much
as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that
the antioxidants (抗氧化剂) in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.
64. _____________________________
One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC,
a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as
vitamin C. “When people ask me for something good and cheap they can do to
reduce their cancer risk, I tell them to drink real tea,” says Mitchell Gaynor,
director of medical oncology at New York City’s Strang-Cornell Cancer
Prevention Center.
65. _____________________________
Among those inspired to become a green-tea
drinker is Tess Ghilaga, a New York writer who took it up after seeking advice
from a nutritionist six years ago. “I’ve never been a coffee drinker,” says
Ghilaga, 33. “She told me to start drinking green tea for the antioxidant
qualities.” Now Ghilaga and her husband habitually make tea — they order theirs
from InPursuitofTea.com, an Internet tea company. And although tea contains
about half the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee, “you still get such a
kick from it,” says Ghilaga.