Question

As a Chinese saying goes, “Taste is actually a memory of childhood”. Local specialty food may not be popular among all people, but it offers outsiders a glimpse of local culture and history.

Gongcheng “oil tea” is such a kind of food that would be considered “weird” by many first-time visitors to the remote county in the north of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Many people dislike its bitter and astringent（涩的）flavor when they take a sip.

“It felt like drinking Chinese herbal medicine. I never expected that I would gradually accept it afterwards, and even become addicted to it,” said a traveler surnamed Zhang who comes from Shijiazhuang in northern China’s Hebei province.

Langshan village is said to be birthplace of Gongcheng “oil tea” whose ideal ingredients are green tea and fermented（发酵）tea. The village has preserved well its buildings and roads dating back to late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), as well as its traditional way of making the special tea.

Lin Fengyou, 60, introduced the cooking process. She looks younger than her age, and attributes this to the benefits of drinking “oil tea” throughout the year.

The first procedure is to use a wooden hammer to pound the tea while heating it in an iron pot, and then add edible（可食用的）oil and boiled water afterwards. She filters off the solid residues（余渣）, and pours the glue-like green tea soup into bowls. Then, she adds salt, caraway seed（葛缕子籽）, green onion, dried rice, fried groundnuts, sliced taro（芋头）and fried beans.

The taste of the “oil tea” is a mixture of the distinctive（特有的）flavors of all its ingredients. Local people usually eat it together with glutinous rice（糯米）balls, rice dumplings and glutinous rice cake.

The villagers consume “oil tea” three times a day. The tea soup is a healthy and refreshing food. “The tea soup to us is coffee to Westerners”, said Lin. “But it is tastier.”

1.Many first-time visitors may find “oil tea” ________ when taking a sip.

A. popular    B. beneficial

C. addicted    D. strange

2.What can we learn about Lin Fengyou according to the passage?

A. She thinks drinking “oil tea” throughout the year makes her look younger.

B. She is one of the reasons why the special tea has been preserved.

C. She never expected that she would gradually accept “oil tea”.

D. She drinks “oil tea” three times every day and considers coffee tastier.

3.Which is the correct order of cooking “oil tea” according to Lin Fengyou?

a. pour the glue-like green tea soup into bowls

b. heat the tea in an iron pot and pound the tea

c. add salt, caraway seed, green onion, dried rice, etc

d. add edible oil and boiled water

e. filter off the solid residues

A. acebd    B. dbace

C. bdeac    D. beadc

4.Which column is this passage probably taken from?

A. Culture & Education    B. Entertainment

C. Health    D. Travel

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】本文主要讲了许多第一次品尝“油茶”的游客发现它吃起来味道很奇怪，当地人却认为它吃起来很美味，并且有很好的美容效果。文中对“油茶”的制作，进行了详细的介绍。

1.细节理解题。由第二自然段Gongcheng “oil tea” is such a kind of food that would be considered “weird” by many first-time visitors to the remote county in the north of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Many people dislike its bitter and astringent（涩的）flavor when they take a sip.可知许多第一次品尝“油茶”的游客发现它吃起来味道很奇怪，选D。

2.细节理解题。由第五自然段She looks younger than her age, and attributes this to the benefits of drinking “oil tea” throughout the year.可知Lin Fengyou认为她全年喝“油茶”，所以使得她看起来比较年轻，选A。

3.细节理解题。第六自然段The first procedure is to use a wooden hammer to pound the tea while heating it in an iron pot, and then add edible（可食用的）oil and boiled water afterwards. She filters off the solid residues（余渣）, and pours the glue-like green tea soup into bowls. Then, she adds salt, caraway seed（葛缕子籽）, green onion, dried rice, fried groundnuts, sliced taro（芋头）and fried beans.描述了制作“油茶”的过程，正确的顺序是C。

4.推理判断题。本文主要讲了许多第一次品尝“油茶”的游客发现它吃起来味道很奇怪，当地人却认为它吃起来很美味，并且有很好的美容效果。文中对“油茶”的制作，进行了详细的介绍，所以这篇文章最可能出现在旅游专栏，选D。