阅读理解ThefirstpeopletodrinkteaweretheChinesebecausethebushgrewwildalloverthesouthoftheircountry．Theylikedthetasteandfoundthatthedrinkrefreshed(使……振作)th

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　　The first people to drink tea were the Chinese because the bush grew wild all over the south of their country．They liked the taste and found that the drink refreshed(使……振作)them．

　　People living in Europe first learned about tea growing and drinking from a book printed in Italy in 1599．The writer claimed(声称)that tea was a wonderful medicine!Although people in Europe knew about tea in 1599 it was another fifty years before the first cargo(货物)of tea from China reached Holland．

　　A few years later tea was brought overland from China to Russia．The long difficult journey had to be made over mountains and across deserts．

　　The new drink reached England in 1657．It was sold at one of the coffee house．Only the very rich could afford to drink it．

(1)

The Chinese drank tea first because _______．
[　　]
A．	the tea bush grew all over the south of their country
B．	they learned it from their parents
C．	the leaves of the tea smelled good
D．	they happened to know it could be drunk

(2)

The Chinese liked the taste of tea because _______．
[　　]
A．	the tea was a bit bitter
B．	they wouldn’t be thirsty when they smelled it
C．	the drink refreshed them
D．	the tea was the only drink they liked

(3)

People in Europe first learned that tea was _______．
[　　]
A．	a wonderful medicine
B．	beautiful leaves
C．	sweet leaves
D．	a flower

(4)

It was in _______ that the first cargo of tea from China reached Holland．
[　　]
A．	1599
B．	1649
C．	1657
D．	1550

(5)

_______used to drink tea when it reached England．
[　　]
A．	Doctors
B．	Patients
C．	Everybody
D．	The rich people

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．A;4．B;5．D;
解析：
(1) 据第一段第一句话可知：“是由于中国南方到处都是茶树故而人们才开始喝茶。” (2) 据第一段第二句话可知：“人们喜欢茶的味道并且发现茶能使人精神振奋。” (3) 由第二段第一、二句话可知欧洲人首先是从意大利出版的一本书中了解到茶的种植与饮用，并且书的作者声称茶是一种极好的药。 (4) 文章第二段的最后一句话：虽然欧洲人在1599年了解了茶，但又过了50年才将茶运入Holland，故选B。 (5) 本文最后一句“Only the very rich could afford to drink it”即为本题答案依据。