Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world．Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world．Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then．
Tea has a history of over 4, 000 years and China is the home of tea．In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily．
Longjing, Pu'er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea．Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces．
The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like "cha'i" in Russian．And the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese．
Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on．Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea．" In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned．loo．
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
(1)
How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?
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A．
Three．
B．
Four．
C．
Five．
D．
Six．
(2)
Tea is produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan because _________．
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A．
they are all big provinces
B．
they are all close to the sea
C．
there are quite a lot of mountains there
D．
the climate ia mild and the soil is rich there
(3)
The underlined sentence “ A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea．" in the last paragraph means _________．
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A．
一个朋友就是一杯茶
B．
君子之交淡如水
C．
看到朋友就会想起茶
D．
绅士才能够喝茶
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Tea, cocoa and silk are important Chinese exports．
B．
Tea has more than 1, 000 years of history．
C．
Japan is the home of tea．
D．
In ancient China, people used tea as a kind of medicine．
When people think of tigers, they think：strong and dangerous (危险的)．But now, the big animal is calling for our help．
There were once eight kinds of 1 in the world, but three died out during the 20th century．In the last 70 years, the 2 of Siberian tigers (东北虎)has gone from as many as 300 to 3 22 somewhere．The Siberian tiger has been 4 dying (死亡)out completely．If the government doesn't make any efforts(努力), it's quite 5 that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years．
In order to double the number of wild tigers in the 6 ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会)has started a program recently．It 7 save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing．China, together with twelve other 8 , has joined in．
Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main 9 of tigers．The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (危险)to tigers．So the most important thing is 10 the animals that tigers eat．To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild ani-mals．
Tom 1 some new colour pencils in his pencil-box．What colour are they? Let’s have 2 ．They are red, black, blue, white, purple, orange 3 green．Tom likes 4 very much．He draws 5 with them．Now he is drawing a house．The door is green．The walls 6 White．The windows are big．It’s very nice．There are many flowers 7 the house．There is 8 black and white sheep behind the house．It is eating grass．Are there 9 other animals in the picture? Yes, there are．
We all like the picture．We want to put it 10 the wall of our classroom．
I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago．I'm the mid-field player in my team．But in fact that's not 1 now．I was the mid-field player because,as I said,this was my 2 game．That's a good way to end a high school football career(生涯),especially if you win,but even though you don't,it's 3 to leave at a high point．
I was eight when I first started playing football．My dad 4 football,and he used to practise with me at home-passing,catching and running．We used to practise almost every evening 5 it got too dark．He tried to teach me everything he knew about the 6 ．“Just remember：don't ever 7 ．”
“Stay in the game．Don't lose your concentration(专注)．”
“Go out there and give 110 percent(百分之……)every time．”Well,that was a long time ago,but I still hear his words 8 in my ears．
I had a lot on my mind 9 the game today．I don't like things to end,I guess,and this was the last game．I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do．I didn't sleep at all 10 ,and when the sun came up this morning,I reached the point where 11 just wanted it all to be over,finished,done．But then when the game started,my mind became 12 ．I just lived in this game,this moment．I didn't hear the crowd;I didn't feel the cold or the pain;I never felt tired．I just kept my eyes on the 13 ,and it was just me and the ball and,inside,a soft,white light 14 me the way to the goal．It was a beautiful,empty feeling．
It's all over now,and it's really getting cold here．It's starting to snow．The sun's almost gone,and I can 15 see the goal．Now it's dark and I'm sitting here all alone．Well,I guess it's time to say good-bye and move on．
Rose didn't see her school IC card at lunch time．She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere．But she couldn't 1 it．Later,one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose's desk．So Rose got very 2 ．
When she met Kate in the afternoon,Rose 3 ,“You have stolen(偷) my card!” Hearing this,Kate began to cry,“No,no,I didn't steal it! I only took it by 4 ．” But Rose didn't think so and they began to fight．
Just then a teacher came up and 5 what had happened．Kate told the whole story．She said her pen pal came to see her in the morning．She was so 6 that she took the card carelessly．Then they went for lunch happily．“I used the card,but I had thought it was mine．I didn't know it was Rose's 7 she asked．I was too afraid to explain it to her．So I decided to put the 8 back with some money secretly．I am sorry,Rose．” Kate said in a low 9 ．
“It's just a misunderstanding(误会) !” said the teacher．Tears(泪水) came into Rose's eyes．Then she said,“I was 10 sorry,Kate! I hope we are still good friends．”
