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【题目】用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，使语篇意思完整，必要时请用否定式。

Did you know that tea, the 【1】(popular) drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first 【2】 (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong 【3】 (boil) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite 【4】(drink) was invented. A few【5】 (thousand) years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also 【6】 (discuss) where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used. It is believed that tea 【7】 (bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea 【8】(appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to 【9】(west) countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the 【10】(natural) of tea.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】most popular

【2】to discover

【3】was boiling

【4】drinks

【5】thousand

【6】discusses

【7】was brought

【8】didn't appear

【9】Western

【10】nature

【解析】

本文讲述了茶，世界上最流行的饮品，是意外发明出来的。5000多年前，神农在树下煮水的时候，飘进去几篇茶叶，茶就这样被发明出来了。然后传到了全世界，在全世界范围内都很受欢迎。

【1】句意：你知道茶，世界上继水之后最受欢迎的饮料，是偶然发明的吗? 根据本题语境，最受欢迎的，the加形容词最高级，popular为多音节词，故填most popular。

【2】句意：据说中国的一位名叫神农的统治者是第一个发现茶作为饮料的人。根据本题语境，第一个发现的人，the first to do sth。故填to discover。

【3】句意：一天神农在明火上正在烧水。根据下文Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. 一些茶树的叶子掉到水里，在那里停留了一段时间。可知，那个时候正在煮水，表示正在用进行时，be boiling。又因为时间是过去，所以用过去进行时，故填was boiling。

【4】句意：它非常美味，因此，世界上最受欢迎的饮料之一被发明了。根据本题语境，drink为名词，作饮料讲，为可数名词。One of 加可数名词复数，故填drinks。

【5】句意：几千年后，“茶圣”陆羽在《茶经》中提到神农。Thousand 后直接加可数名词复数，前面不管是几，都用其原形，故填thousand。

【6】句意：它还讨论了最好的茶叶是在哪里生产的，用了什么水。根据本题语境，它讨论的内容为书的内容，是客观事实，故用一般现在时，it做主语，谓语动词用第三人称单数，故填discusses。

【7】句意：人们相信茶在6世纪和7世纪被带到了韩国和日本。根据本题语境，被带到用被动语态be brought，时间在6到7世纪，用一般过去时，故填was brought。

【8】句意：在英国，茶直到1660年左右才出现，但在不到100年的时间里，茶就成为了国民饮料。根据本题语境，直到…才…为固定搭配not…until…。时间为1660年左右，用一般过去时，故填didn't appear。

【9】句意：中国与西方国家的茶叶贸易始于19世纪。根据本题语境，西方的国家，故填Western。

【10】句意：尽管现在很多人都知道茶文化，但毫无疑问，中国人是最了解茶的本质的人。根据本题语境，茶的本质，用natural的名词形式nature。故填nature。

这个题目是用所给单词的正确形式完成短文，做题时，应根据句意、单词在句中的作用以及句中使用的句型等，使用单词的正确形式。常考查的知识点包括：名词的复数；动词的时态、语态、非谓语动词；形容词和副词的基本用法以及比较级和最高级的用法等。例如第2小题，第一个发现的人，the first to do sth。故填to discover。