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Jane always goes to school early. She likes to talk to her friends before class. After school she does not go home early. She is always late. Jane stops to see the animals in the pet shop. She likes to see the dogs. One of them is a little white dog. She watches the little dog play in the window of the shop. She watches for a long time, so she comes home late.

One day her father and mother ask why she is late, and she tells them about the little dog in the pet shop.

Jane is not late the next day. She stops to look in the window of the shop. But she doesn’t see the dog, and she is very sad. She is also very happy, today is her birthday.

Mother shows her a big birthday cake and Father gives her a birthday surprise(惊奇). He gives her the little white dog from the shop. Jane is very happy. The next day Jane does not come home late. She runs home to play with the white dog.

1.Before class begins, Jane usually ________.

A．talks to her friends                      B．plays with her friends

C．looks at the dogs in the window             D．takes a bus

2.After school Jane _____.

A．comes home early                      B．is always late to go home

C．plays with the dogs                      D．looks at the shops along the road

3.Jane likes _____ best.

A．the big dog        B．the little white dog   C．little animals       D．the pet shop

4.The little dog is not there because it _______.

A．is stolen(偷)                           B．is put away(抛弃) by the shop

C．is ill                                  D．is sold(卖) out by the shop

5.The birthday surprise is _________.

A．a big cake         B．some presents      C．the little white dog  D．a birthday party

   Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It’s neither China nor Japan. It’s Great Britain.

   In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned (修剪). Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves of each new shoot (芽) are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.

   In general, there are two kinds of tea, black tea and green tea. They are made in different ways. When black tea is made, it loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. But green tea retains its healthy qualities. For instance, it may prevent heart disease (病).

   How did we get tea bags? The answer: by accident. People used to send tea in tin boxes. This was expensive. Someone thought of a cheaper way. He sent tea in small silk bags. Customers would open the bag. They would put the leaves into a pot as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.

   Shen Nung was the first to drink tea. This was about 2737 B.C. Shen was ill, so he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen tasted it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the King. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

1. The best title for this passage might be ___________.

   A. An Ancient Drink                           B. Green Tea

   C. A Favorite Drink for Centuries               D. Tea Plant

2. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to__________.

   A. persuade you                                  B. make you laugh

   C. tell you how to do something                        D. give you information

3. In this passage retains means ____________.

   A. keeps            B. makes           C. takes         D. loses