Tea is deeply woven into the history and culture of China. The beverage(饮料)is considered one of the seven ⑥__________(necessity) of Chinese life, along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Around 771BC-476 BC the Chinese tea was used ⑦__________(help) treat some diseases.

Most Chinese teas are cultivated and consumed in China. Tea shops and tea houses in the street are easily found in China. Meanwhile, they are also exported internationally due ⑧__________a rise in the ⑨__________(popular) of Chinese cuisine worldwide. Tea has become one of Chinese specific drinks in the world. It is ⑩__________(common) available in Chinese restaurants and grocery shops worldwide.

3、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　A material can be really special when it was named after the place where it 1 (create)originally．That's certainly the case 2 "china"．And of all types of china，white porcelain(瓷)is among the most famous．

　　Nowadays，the 3 (tradition)material has taken on a modern look in the 4 (hand)of four Chinese artists in the Modern White Porcelain Exhibition．And the key word here is"modern"．One of the works 5 (be)a porcelain boat．But look 6 (attentive)and you'11 see that the boat 7 (build)with porcelain looks like a takeout box．Inside the boat is a statue of a baby．The baby stands for humans and the boat is 8 supports life．It suggests we may have done some damage to 9 environment and that we're treating life like fast food．

　　All the four artists gave white porcelain a modem style，each in 10 (they)own way．And this is what the exhibition's theme comes from．It's a dialogue between the past and the present．

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Last week, we visited the world famous Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an. The entire Pit 1 (一号坑) is enclosed within a grand structure, 1. protects the site from weather. What lay in front of us was the awesome