t the benefits of drinking Chinese tea for such things as losing weight and staying alert, but the following points may be something new to you.
Chrysanthemum (菊花) tea, made of white chrysanthemums, is a must for office workers in the closed environment with radiation contamination.The white chrysanthemum is regarded as an ideal herb in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs), which can clear away the heat and poisonous substance accumulated in the body.According to TCMs, the herb can aid in the prevention of sore throat and promoting the reducing fever and cooling you down.It is also well known for making people more alert and is often used to waken them.Ancient Chinese adopted the tradition of drinking chrysanthemum wine in autumn, believing the wine would keep healthy.
Since it’s impossible to drink wine in the office, TCMs doctors highly recommend the chrysanthemum tea, instead, especially for those who suffer from serious radiation pollution or experience dry mouth.However, doctors suggest that weak people (who are very sensitive to cold and always have cold hands and feet) should take less chrysanthemum tea, which will make them feel colder.
Mugwort (艾蒿) tea is another popular tea in China.If you drink a lot of water before sleep, you’ll find yourself looking tired and pale the next morning, and you may feel as bad as you look.Mugwort tea will help you eliminate tiredness and recover your high spirits.Only several grams of mugwort are needed for a cup of tea.The tea may also be effective for weight loss.
Unlike other teas, the fruit tea is very flavorful with a light sweet taste.The small red berry is not a common fruit, but a kind of traditional Chinese medicine that helps maintain good eyesight and get rid of the waste in bodies.Watching the lovely cherries swelling up in the glass is an enjoyable process, and adding several white chrysanthemum in the tea can make the tea more tasty and beautiful.
46.Why is chrysanthemum tea necessary for the office workers in the closed environment?()
A.It can help reduce radiation pollution
B.It can provide the weak with warmth and energy
C.It may be effective for weight loss
D.It may be a treatment to cold in autumn
47.What is the medicinal use of the white chrysanthemum?()
A.It makes people stay in shape
B.It keeps people in high spirits
C.It helps reduce a fever
D.It prevents a bad cold
48.According to the passage, the negative effect of chrysanthemum tea is ________.
A.making people look pale and tired
B.getting people addicted to the tea
C.having people experience dry mouth
D.letting the weak people feel colder
49.The function of red berries in the fruit tea is ________.
A.a decoration swelling up in the glass
B.a medicine helping maintain good eyesight
C.a fruit strengthening the immunity to colds
D.a flavor making the tea more tasty
50.What’s the passage mainly about?()
A.The medicinal use of chrysanthemum tea
B.The fruit tea is flavorful with a light sweet taste
C.The drinks we take in the break time
D.The healthy benefits of Chinese tea
Tea is available in more places than ever. "Tea was one of the most prolific beverage categories in 1999," with 24 percent more products offered over the previous year, reports Tom Vierhile of Marketing Intelligence Service, which tracks food and beverage trends. And 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 sustenance," says Vierhile.
Recently published studies point out that not all brews are created equal. Only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis — which, in their raw state are brewed to make green tea, and, with curing, can be turned into oolong and black tea leaves — have been shown to contain health benefits. Other herbal teas and infusions 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 in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.
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 cheep they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them drink real tea." Says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City's Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Centre.
Among those inspired to become a green-tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga. A new York Writer who took it up after consulting 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 properties." Now Ghilaga and her husband routinely brew tea they order theirs from Inpursuitoftea.com, an internet tea company, which sells a variety of ready-made and raw teas. http://www. alitea.com/ — along with green, black, and oolong tea, this company sells a wide variety of herbal teas and offers a "Tea of the Month" club. http://www. Teasofgreen.com/ — this site sells higher-end green, black and oolong teas and has good tips on proper storage and preparation of tea. http://www. tea.com/ — tea drinkers can find links to sites offering tea lore, such as articles about tea ceremonies in foreign lands. An exhaustive "frequently asked question" file found out the site.
What do recent studies reveal about tea drinking?
A.Many tea houses have sprung up to meet the market demands.
B.Drinking tea can cut the risk of lung cancer in particular.
C.Tea is rather a magical drinking material to slow down the aging process.
D.Many die-hard coffee brewers have developed strong sentiments towards tea.
听力原文: Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops. And even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. Many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it. But one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea lasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
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A.Because they liked to cat tea leaves.
B.Because they were curious about the taste of tea leaves,
C.Because they did not know how to do with tea.
D.Because they wanted to make sandwiches with tea.
听力原文:W: Hi, Mike. I wonder if you have time to go with me to the cinema this Sunday.
M: Oh, I planned to finish my term paper that day, but Yamada invited me to a tea ceremony at his home.
W: Really? You’re lucky! The tea ceremony is a special form. of entertainment for distinguished guests.
M: Yes, the tradition of tea ceremony has existed for about six hundred years. But, to be frank, I know little about those special and strict rules of the ceremony.
W: It’s not as hard as you imagine. I happened to have been invited to one tea ceremony once. I think I can give you some suggestions.
M: Oh, that’s good.
W: Remember, no matter what kind of tea ceremony you attend, they have one thing in common, that is, guests are invited to enjoy a moment of peace and calm.
M: Do you mean that the atmosphere is more important than the cakes and the tea itself?
W: Yes. And don’t forget to wash your hands in a rock water basin before entering the tea-room.
M: It sounds interesting. Is there a special room for a tea ceremony?
W: Of course. The room is very simple but very beautiful. The host and the guests will all sit on a kind of bamboo mats named ‘tatami’.
M: I know. I’m practicing to sit on my knees on the floor these days. My knees ached a lot.
W: But I’m sure the tea ceremony will release your pain and make you feel happy and peaceful.
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A.He wants to finish his term paper that day.
B.He has seen the film before.
C.He has another appointment.
D.He wants to go to the cinema with Yamada.
听力原文: The story of silk is a fascinating one. About 4,000 years ago the Chinese discovered the secret of the cocoon. No one knows exactly how or when this was made. One story says that a young princess was drinking tea in her garden and watching the silkworm spin cocoon. By chance one dropped into her tea, and the hot liquid softened it. When the girl tried to take the cocoon out of her tea. She pulled out a long silk thread.
The Chinese learned to weave the silk thread into cloth. For 2,000 years they were the only people who knew how to make silk. The Chinese merchants sold silk cloth throughout Asia and Europe and became rich. Silk was so expensive that it was called "the cloth of the Kings". Everyone wanted to learn how to make silk, but the Chinese kept the secret carefully guarded. Finally the secret was stolen. In the sixth century, two monks learned about the silk worms and their cocoons. They spent several years in China and finally found a way to take some worm eggs out of the country. The monks also carried bamboo canes. One day they hid some eggs in the hollow canes, and walked out of China with them. It is said that the development of the silk industry in other countries came from those few eggs which the monks had carried out of China.
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A.The silk covering made by an insect.
B.The silk covering made by a silkworm.
C.The soft protective covering made by an animal.
D.The hard protective covering made by an animal.
A.Very hot tea may cause prostate cancer.
B.There may be a link between very hot tea and oesophageal cancer.
C.Over-drinking tea is the cause of prostate cancer.
D.Drinking too much tea may worsen oesophageal cancer.
香囊(scented sachet),古代也称“香袋”,通常是用布缝制或彩色丝线编织的 袋子,里面塞满香草(aromaticherbs)。香囊最初用来吸汗、驱虫和避邪。香囊不仅 有用,而且可作装饰品。它们的形状和大小各异,有圆形、椭圆形和其他形状。它 们通常配有精致的图案,每个图案都象征着特别的含义。例如,双鱼或成对蝴蝶 图案象征男女之爱;莲花或牡丹花(peony flower)等图案象征女性;松树和仙鹤 图案象征长寿;石榴(guava)图案象征很多孩子。漂亮的香囊不仅是装饰品,而且 含有丰富的文化和历史内涵。
A. How to diet.
B. Why we should diet.
C. What we should diet.
D. Where we should diet.
听力原文: The office has always been a place to get ahead. Unfortunately, it is also a place where a lot of natural resources start to fall behind. Take a look around next time you're at work. See how many lights are left on when people leave. See how much paper is being wasted. How much electricity is being used to run computers that are left on. Look at how much water is being wasted in the restrooms. And how much solid waste is being thrown out in the rubbish cans. We bet it is a lot.
Now, here are some simple ways you can produce less waste at work. When you arc at the computer copier, only make the copies you need. Use both sides of the paper when writing something less important. Turn off your lights when you leave. Use a lower watt bulb in your lamp. Drink your coffee or tea out of your mug instead of single-use cups. Set up a recycling box for cans and one for bottles. And when you're in the bathroom brushing your teeth or washing your face, don't let the tap run. Remember, if we use fewer resources today, we'll have more for tomorrow.
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A.The disadvantages of working in an office.
B.The waste produced in an office.
C.To save resources when working in an office.
D.How to save water in a restroom.
听力原文:W: Gosh! Have you seen this, Richard?
M: Seen what?
W: In the paper, it says there's a man going round pretending he's from the electricity board. He's been calling at people's homes, saying he's come to check that all their appliances are safe. Then he gets around them to make him a cup of tea and while they are out of the room, he steals their money, handbag, whatever and makes off with it.
M: But you know Jane, it's partly their own fault. You should never let anyone like that in unless you are expecting them.
W: It's all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says electricity or gas, and you aut0matically think they are OK, especially if they flash a card to you.
M: Does this man have an ID then?
W: Yes, that's just it! It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time. According to the paper, the police are warning people, especially pensioners not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment. It's a bit sad. One old lady told them she'd just been to the post office to draw her pension when he called. She said he must have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.
M: But what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.
W: Oh, yes, they have. Let's see. In his thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight northern accent, sounds a bit like you actually.
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A.A notice by the electricity board.
B.Ads promoting electric appliances.
C.The description of a thief in disguise.
D.A new policy on pensioners' welfare.