Reading Comprehension 2 2022-2023学年牛津上海版英语八年级下学期

Reading Comprehension Unit 2 (8B) Name: Class: (A) Plants give us a lot of different food and drinks. In fact, the most popular drink in the world comes from leaves that grow on bushes grow best on hills, and they like a lot of rain. They also like warm weather. The leaves contain caffeine. This can wake you up when you feel tired. Do you know what the drink is? It's tea! The first person to drink tea was probably a man living in China about 4,000 years ago. According to h____________, he discovered tea when he was camping. Some leaves fell from a tea bush into a pot of b______________ water. The man drank the mixture and thought it tasted delicious. Nowadays, people all over the world drink tea in different ways. For example, the Chinese sometimes a_____________ flowers to tea. The Japanese e______________ plain green tea. Arabs like tea with mint and lots of sugar. In North America, many people b______________ iced tea with lemon is the best drink for a hot summer day. There are so many different ways to drink tea. Why not try a new way? Answer to questions 1. What good is caffeine? _________________________________________________________ 2. What kind of tea do Chinese sometimes drink? _________________________________________________________ Rewrite sentences 3. People all over the world drink tea in different ways. (划线提问) _________________________________________________________ 4. Some leaves fell from a tea bush. (一般疑问句) _________________________________________________________ 5. Why not try a new way? (保持同义) _________________________________________________________ (B) Neil: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil. This is the program in which we look at words and phrases that you may not find in your dictionary. Neil: Today we’re looking at an expression which has become very popular over the past years. Lily: What’s that? Neil: Carbon footprint. Lily: Carbon footprint? What does it mean? Neil: Well, l