Question

課文填空
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by __________? Although tea wasn’t brought to the Western world _________ 1610, this beverage was __________ over three thousand years before that. __________ to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he was _________ drinking water __________ an open fire. Some __________ from a nearby bush fell into the water and __________ there for some time. The emperor noticed that leaves in the water produced a pleasant __________. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite delicious. And _________ this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

Answer 1

【小題1】accident
【小題2】until
【小題3】discovered
【小題4】According
【小題5】boiling
【小題6】over
【小題7】leaves
【小題8】remained
【小題9】smell
【小題10】in

解析【小題1】固定詞組：by accident“偶然的”
【小題2】not… until…“直到…才…”，句意為：直到1610年茶才被帶到西方國家。
【小題3】句意是：這種飲料在之前3000多年就被發現了，所以填discovered。
【小題4】固定詞組：According to“根據”
【小題5】詞組：boil water “燒水”，時態用過去進行時，填boiling。
【小題6】考查介詞的用法：over“在…上方”
【小題7】句意是：旁邊樹叢的樹葉掉在水里。還有下文也有出現，填leaves（復數）
【小題8】這里remained是不及物動詞，表示“仍然在，留在”
【小題9】這里的smell是名詞，a pleasant smell“讓人舒服的味道”
【小題10】in this way“以這種方式”。