Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处的填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Of the three major drinks of the world—tea, coffee and cocoa—tea is consumed by the   1.(large) number of people.

China is the homeland of tea. Human cultivation of tea plants dates back to two thousand years ago. Tea from China, along 2.  her silk and porcelain, began to be known to the world more than a thousand years ago and since then it 3.  (be) an important Chinese export.

At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries4.(produce) 90% of the world’s total output. All tea trees in other countries have their origin directly or indirectly in China. The word for tea leaves or tea as 5. drink in many countries are derivatives(衍生物) from the Chinese character “cha”. The Russians call it “cha’i”, 6.  sounds like “chaye”(tea leaves) as it is pronounced in northern China, and the English word “tea” sounds similar to the pronunciation of its counterpart in Xiamen. The Japanese character for tea is written ___7.  (exact) the same as it is in Chinese, though 8.  (pronounce) with a slight difference. The habit of tea drinking spread to Japan in the 6^th century, 9.  it was not introduced to Europe and America till the 17^th and 18^th centuries. Now the number of tea   10.(drink) in the world is still on the increase.

Answer

1.largest

2.with

3.has been

4.producing

5.a

6.which

7.exactly

8.pronounced

9.but

10.drinkers

【解析】

试题分析：茶、咖啡和可可是世界三大饮料。茶的消费者最多。本文介绍了与茶有关的事情。

1. 句意：茶被最多人消费。前面有the修饰，故推断用最高级，故填largest。

2.“还有……，和……一起”，故填with。

3.（自从那时起），可知用现在完成时态，it是主语，故填has been。

4.

5.

6.和引导词，故填which。

7. 副词修饰过去分词，故填exactly。

8. 句意：尽管发音稍微不同。此处表示“被发音”，连接词+过去分词，故填pronounced。

9. 句意：喝茶的习惯在6世纪传播到日本，但是直到17、18世纪才传到了欧洲和美国。此处表示转折，故填but。

10.

【知识拓展】

together with/along with/as well as还有，和……在一起；rather than而不是，连接两个主语，后面的谓语动词和前面的主语保持一致。Tom，together with his parents has been to the Great Wall. Tom还有他的父母曾经去过长城。

【名师点睛】

1.Since自从……以来（可作介词和连词），和现在完成时态连用。

He has lived here since he came. 自从他来到这里，就一直在这里住着。

2.It is /has been+一段时间+since 主语+一般过去时态+其他。自从做某事有多长时间了。

在这个句型中如果从句的动作是终止性动词，则表示从动作开始到现在多长时间了；如果从句的动作是持续性动词，则表示从动作结束到现在多长时间了。It is three years since he joined (终止性动词)the army.他参军有三年了；It is five years since he lived（持续性动词）here.他离开这有五年了。

考点：考查语篇理解和词汇、语法知识