根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從下面A-F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該選項涂黑。選項中有一項為多余選項。
A. The spreading of tea
B. The history of tea growing
C. Changes of tastes for drinks
D. Reducing cancer risks
E. The plant Camellia sinensis
F. A woman’s opinion of tea
小題1:________________
Americans are far more knowledgeable about drinks than they were 20 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where the trend goes. Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar change. Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks.
小題2:________________
Tea is available in more places than ever. The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $4.6 billion from $1.8 billion. “Green tea is seen by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food itself, says Vierhile.
小題3:_______________
Recently published studies point out that only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis have been shown to contain health benefits. Other herbal teas may taste good, yet they do little more than warm up the drinker. But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence is powerful. In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that the antioxidants (抗氧化劑) in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.
小題4:________________
One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC, a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as vitamin C. “When people ask me for something good and cheap they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them to drink real tea,” says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City’s Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center.
小題5:________________
Among those inspired to become a green-tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga, a New York writer who took it up after seeking advice from a nutritionist six years ago. “I’ve never been a coffee drinker,” says Ghilaga, 33. “She told me to start drinking green tea for the antioxidant qualities.” Now Ghilaga and her husband habitually make tea — they order theirs from InPursuitofTea.com, an Internet tea company. And although tea contains about half the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee, “you still get such a kick from it,” says Ghilaga.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:E
小題4:D
小題5:F

試題分析:
小題1:從 Americans are far more knowledgeable…where the trend goes…tea is enjoying asimilar change…tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers considerswitching drinks. 知,該段主要講述美國人對茶葉的需求增加,口味從咖啡向茶轉(zhuǎn)變的趨勢,所以選 C 項。
小題2:從 Tea is available in more places than ever.…annual sales of the drink grew to 4.6billion from 1.8 billion.…知,該段主要講述茶葉的銷量增長,逐漸得到發(fā)展,所以選 A 項。
小題3:從…that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia Sinensis have been shown tocontain health benefits. …But for Camellia Sinensis the evidence is powerful…知,該段主要講述一種野茶樹 Camellia Sinensis,所以選 E 項。
小題4:從…can do to reduce their cancer risk I tell them to drink real tea…at New York City’s DStrange—Cornell Cancer Prevention Center.知,該段主要講述茶葉能減少患癌的幾率,所以選D 項。
小題5:從 Among those inspired to become a green tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga a New Yor kwriter…says Ghilaga 33. …Now Ghilaga and her husband habitually make tea…“you still getsuch a kick from it,” says Ghilaga. 知,該段主要講述了一個叫做 Tess Ghilaga 的女人對茶葉的看法,所以選 F 項。
點評:文章層次結(jié)構(gòu)清晰,上下文聯(lián)系緊密,做題時,先通讀全文,熟悉各選項,填句子的時候注意密切聯(lián)系上下文,認真體會上下文之間的聯(lián)系,填好之后可以代入檢查核對。
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59
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