题文

阅读理解。

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 and bud of each new shoot are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.      In general, there are two kinds of tea. Black tea and green tea. Black tea is fermented (发酵). In the process, the tea loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. Green tea is steamed (蒸炒) right after the leaves are picked. Green tea retains its healthy qualities. For example, it may prevent heart disease.      How did we get tea bag? The answer: by accident. Tea merchants (商人) used to send samples in tin boxes. This was costly. One merchant thought of a cheaper way. He sent samples in small silk bags. Customers would cut open the bag. They would brew the leaves as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured (倒) hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.      Shen Nong was the first to drink tea. (Shen was a Chinese emperor. ) This was about 2737 B. C. Shen had bad digestion. So he drank several cups of hot water dai- ly. 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 sipped 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 Emperor. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

1. The best title for this passage should be ________.

A. Black Tea B. Tea Plant C. About Tea D. Tea Bag

2. One difference between green tea and black tea is that green tea ________.

A. must be pruned B. has a better taste C. is fermented D. is much healthier

3. What does the underlined word "retains" mean?

A. Keeps. B. Makes. C. Produces. D. Loses.

4. We can learn from this passage that ________.

A. tea bag was invented by a merchant B. tea is better than any other drink C. tea is popular in many countries D. tea only grows in warm climates

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1-4          CDAC

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Which country grows the most tea? The answer is ..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。