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Units1-5语法专练
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The story of tea started in China around 2750 BCE.During that time,the tea plant was found
to have a number of medicinal properties )Legend says that an emperor 1.
(to
name,named)Shen Nung was sitting under a wild tea tree,boiling some drinking water.
2.
(Blowing.Blown)by the wind,a few leaves from the tree dropped into the pot and
Shen Nung was3.(amazing.amazed)by the taste of the water.He experimented further
and found that it had medicinal properties,as well as a pleasing taste.4.
(Encouraging,
Encouraged)by the emperor,the Chinese people began to plant the tea tree.
5.
(To use,Used)primarily as a medicine and secondly as a 6.
(pleasing.
pleased)drink,tea in its early days was rather bitter )It took over 3,000 years for tea to
become a popular drink throughout the Chinese empire.During the Ming Dynasty,steamed()
and 7.
(to dry,dried)tea leaves became popular.However,this style of green tea did
not keep or travel well outside of China.8.(To protect,Protected)their tea leaves,
Chinese businessmen started to roast(them.The leaves9.(leaving.left)in the air
to oxidize (produced black tea.This tea was made mainly for export,and the Chinese,even
today,continue to drink the native green tea.
Tea itself now has more than 3,000 different variations.The most widely 10.
(drinking.drunk)beverage in the world has both historical and cultural importance.
B
,Around270 pilot whales were stranded(搁浅的)after swimming into shallow(浅的)water
off the island of Tasmania in Australia,1.
(which,where)is the largest whale-stranding
event in years.People 2.
(which,who)are working hard to save the whales are sad
since at least 90 have died.
Every year,around 2,000 large sea animals,such as dolphins and whales,die by swimming
onto a beach or into water 3.
(that,where)is too shallow for them to swim away from.
This is known as“stranding”.
This is the largest stranding 4.
(that,which)has happened in Tasmania since 1935.
The whales were discovered in three d