单选题
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.
The Story of Tea
Tea remained unknown to the western world/until the sixteenth century,/when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries/returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages.
【正确答案】
【答案解析】[听力原文] The Story of Tea Tea remained unknown to the western world/until the sixteenth century,/when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries/returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages./Very soon a thriving commerce in China teas was established./In 1826 the Dutch established plantations on Java,/followed some ten years later by British,/who set up tea estates in India./The production of tea has since spread rapidly./Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen tropical and subtropical plant. 根据关键词tea茶，plantation种植园可知这是一篇介绍茶叶的短文。 ①地名，如Java爪哇；②数字，如the sixteenth century；③难词，如：beverages饮料，subtropical亚热带的。