China is the home of tea,  1  has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.  2   the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   3  people in the world. Tea from China, along   4  silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export  5  .

   Tea leaves  6  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild  7   and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all  8   kinds of tea.

   Over the past centuries, Chinese people   9  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is   10  a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1. A．who                   B．which             C．where            D．when

2. A．In                     B．For                C．Of                D．By

3. A．the number of                                B．a number of

C．a large number of                         D．the largest number of

4. A．between                B．with              C．except             D．besides

5. A．at that time              B．from now on       C．since then          D．since now

6. A．produce                B．are produced       C．make              D．are made

7. A．climate                 B．weather            C．condition           D．environment

8. A．interesting              B．important          C．famous            D．normal

9. A．had developed           B．have developed      C．developed           D．are developing

10. A．too                  B．as well            C．either               D．also