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  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

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科目:初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源:湖北省咸寧市2012年中考英語(yǔ)試題 題型:050

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  LiNa jumps two places in WTArankings(排位)

  China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday despite(盡管)losing the Rome WTA final last Sunday to Russian Maria Sharapova, Yahoo reported.

  Li will begin her French Open title defence next week in Paris.It was the first win ever at a Grand Slam event for someone representing China.

  LiuXiang back toworld top

  With a world fastest time of the season so far, Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang showed the world that he is back to the world top level.

  Running into 13 seconds on a wet track.In spite of running on a wet track, the 28-year-old Liu claimed(宣稱)an overwhelming victory against three American first-class hurdlers at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai last Saturday.

  The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds to claim title of men's 110m hurdle event, and the result bettered(勝過(guò))the previous season best of 13.03s set by America's Aries Merritt two weeks ago.

  David Oliver of the United States finished second in 13.13s whi le another American Jason Richardson, newly crowned world champion in Dague last year, settled third in 13.16s.Merritt was fourth in 13.26s.

(1)

The passage aboveis about ________.

[  ]

A.

a story

B.

an advertisement

C.

sports news

D.

a poem

(2)

Li Na was ________ in the latest WTA rankings despite losing the Rome WTA final.

[  ]

A.

second

B.

ninth

C.

seventh

D.

sixth

(3)

There are ________ players at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai mentioned in this passage.

[  ]

A.

3

B.

4

C.

5

D.

6

(4)

Liu Xiang was first in ________ at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai.

[  ]

A.

12.97s

B.

13.03s

C.

13.13s

D.

13.26s

(5)

Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage?

[  ]

A.

Merritt was fourth in 13.26s at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai.

B.

Li Na lost the Rome WTA final by 1∶2 last Sunday.

C.

The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds.

D.

China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in the latest WTA rankings.

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