17. A. force B. encourage C. beg D. wait

18. A. locked B. moved C. involved D. turned

19. A. grow B. relax C. settle D. help

20. A. unpaid B. unexpected C. unseen D. unknown

语法填空

　　Of the three major drinks of the world-tea, coffee and cocoa-tea is consumed by the 1. (large) number of people.

China is the homeland of tea. Human cultivation of tea plants dates back to two thousand years ago. Tea from China, along 2. her silk and porcelain (瓷器), began to be known to the world more than a thousand years ago and since then it 3.___________(be) an important Chinese export.

At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries，4. (produce) 90% of the world's total output. All tea trees in other countries have their origin directly or indirectly in China. The words for tea leaves or tea as 5. drink in many countries are derivatives(衍生物)from the Chinese character "cha". The Russians call it "cha'i", 6. sounds like "chaye"(tea leaves) as it is pronounced in northern China, and the English word "tea" sounds similar to the pronunciation of 7. (it) counterpart（对应物） in Xiamen. The Japanese character for tea is written 8. (exact) the same as it is in Chinese, though 9. (pronounce) with a slight difference. The habit of tea drinking spread to Japan in the 6th century, but it was not introduced to Europe and America 10. the 17th and 18th centuries. Now the number of tea drinkers in the world is still on the increase.

改错

Once there was a tale tell of a spider with the name Anansi. He wondered what to be more intelligent. He went around the village to collect for wisdom with a basket. Soon his basket was full and he decided to hide it on the top of a tree. With the basket tied to the front part of his body, he found hard to climb up. Then her youngest son walked by, "Why not carry a basket on your back instead?" Following his advice, Anansi climbed the tree easily, and he wasn't happy. "I have collected so many wisdom,