Ⅰ. 完形填空
Would you like to start your day with a cup of tea? If the answer is yes, you may have the same 1 as many people.
You may not 2 how popular tea is. Among all kinds of drinks, tea is one of the top two choices. People like it because it is good for their 3 .
Tea is mostly produced in Asian countries like China and India. Chinese people 4 to drink tea as early as 5,000 years ago. At that time, people made tea in a 5 way. They just put fresh tea leaves into hot water.
Tea wasn’t introduced into Europe 6 the early 17th century. And now it has become popular in Europe and America. People there like to 7 tea with sugar or milk in it. As the population of tea drinkers gets larger, tea business is getting 8 than before.
The first International Tea Day was on May 21st, 2020. 9 , people have celebrated it every year. The day makes people 10 the importance of tea workers and their work.
()1. A. opinion
B. text
C. habit
D. order
()2. A. clear
B. know
C. found
D. grow
()3. A. health
B. peace
C. business
D. victory
()4. A. have started
B. will start
C. start
D. started
()5. A. weak
B. rich
C. simple
D. wrong
()6. A. until
B. before
C. since
D. when
()7. A. push
B. wash
C. drink
D. dig
()8. A. most important
B. the most important
C. more important
D. important
()9. A. From now on
B. Since then
C. Once upon a time
D. At that time
()10. A. regret
B. guess
C. hope
D. realise

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D

【解析】
1. 第1空：前文提到想以一杯茶开启一天，此处表示和很多人有相同的习惯，habit（习惯）符合语境，故选C。
2. 第2空：句意为“你可能不知道茶有多受欢迎”，know（知道）符合语义，故选B。
3. 第3空：人们喜欢茶是因为它对健康有益，health（健康）符合逻辑，故选A。
4. 第4空：根据“5,000 years ago”可知要用一般过去时，started是start的过去式，故选D。
5. 第5空：由后文“把新鲜茶叶放进热水”可知当时制茶方式很简单，simple（简单的）符合描述，故选C。
6. 第6空：“not...until...”是固定搭配，意为“直到……才……”，符合“直到17世纪早期茶才传入欧洲”的语境，故选A。
7. 第7空：句意为“那里的人们喜欢喝加了糖或牛奶的茶”，drink（喝）符合语义，故选C。
8. 第8空：根据“than before”可知要用形容词比较级，more important是important的比较级形式，故选C。
9. 第9空：前文提到2020年是第一个国际茶日，此处表示“从那以后人们每年庆祝它”，Since then（从那以后）符合语境，故选B。
10. 第10空：句意为“这个日子让人们意识到茶农和他们工作的重要性”，realise（意识到）符合语义，故选D。
【答案】
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D
【知识点】
动词时态运用、固定搭配辨析、形容词等级变化
【点评】
本文围绕茶的流行度、历史及国际茶日展开，内容贴近生活，考查词汇辨析、固定搭配与动词时态等基础知识点，需结合上下文语境进行判断。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅱ. 阅读理解
There was a scholar in Yunnan Province. He studied hard day and night on an island for an exam. His wife was very kind. She crossed a bridge to bring meals to him every day. It was far from their home to the island, so the food got cold and tasted less fresh when she got there. As time went by, the scholar was becoming thin and not in good health, so his wife was worried about it.
One day, the scholar’s wife killed a chicken and cooked chicken soup in an earthen pot (砂锅), putting in some rice noodles, some pieces of meat and vegetables. Unluckily, when she crossed the bridge on the way to the island, she fell to the ground and couldn’t stand up for a long time. When she finally arrived, she was surprised that the earthen pot was still hot. The scholar was surprised, too. They found two secrets. There was thick (重的) chicken oil on the surface (表面) of the soup and the earthen pot could keep the heat in. As a result, the soup was hot and delicious.
After that, the scholar ate well and became healthy. Finally he did so well in the exams. Now, Guoqiao rice noodles are famous and popular.
()11. Why did the scholar’s wife go to the island every day?
A. To study with the scholar there.
B. To take food to the scholar there.
C. To eat food with the scholar there.
D. To cook meals for the scholar there.
()12. [代词指代题] What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The bridge.
B. The food.
C. The scholar’s health.
D. The scholar’s exam.
()13. According to the passage, what made the soup still hot after a long time?
a. the earthen pot
b. the hot vegetables
c. the thick chicken oil
d. the special noodles
A. ab
B. ed
C. ac
D. bd
()14. [写作意图题] What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
A. The cooking skill of a kind wife.
B. The way of making delicious noodles.
C. The experience of a scholar’s success.
D. The history of a kind of popular noodles.

11. B 12. C 13. C 14. D

【解析】
11. 根据第一段第三句“She crossed a bridge to bring meals to him every day.”可知，学者的妻子每天去岛上是为了给学者送食物，故选B。
12. 第一段提到“the scholar was becoming thin and not in good health, so his wife was worried about it.”，此处“it”指代前文提到的学者健康状况不佳这件事，故选C。
13. 根据第二段“They found two secrets. There was thick chicken oil on the surface of the soup and the earthen pot could keep the heat in.”可知，砂锅和汤表面的厚鸡油让汤长时间保温，对应a和c，故选C。
14. 文章讲述了过桥米线的起源故事，最后提到“Now, Guoqiao rice noodles are famous and popular.”，作者旨在介绍这种受欢迎的面条的历史，故选D。
【答案】
11. B；12. C；13. C；14. D
【知识点】
细节理解、代词指代、写作意图
【点评】
本文讲述了过桥米线的起源，题目涵盖多种阅读理解常见题型，考查学生抓取细节、判断指代及推断写作意图的能力，能有效锻炼阅读理解综合素养。
【难度系数】
0.7