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Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. But did you know it was __8__ by accident? About 5,000 years ago, Shen Nong was the __9__ to discover tea as a drink. One day, when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire, some leaves from a tea plant __10__ into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a __11__ smell. So he tasted it and __12__ it was delicious.
Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book, Cha Jing. __13__ describes many things about tea.
Tea didn't appear in England __14__ around 1660. The tea trade from China to Western countries took __15__ in the 19th century. This helped to __16__ the popularity of tea to more places around the world. The Chinese are __17__ doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
8. invented 9. first 10. fell 11. pleasant 12. found
13. It 14. until 15. place 16. spread 17. without

答案： Ⅲ.8. invented 9. first 10. fell 11. pleasant 12. found 13. It 14. until 15. place 16. spread 17. without