第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
For nearly a thousand years, tea stayed the secret of the East. Then, in the 1500s, the Portuguese 61 (gradual) arrived in China. They’d travelled to the Far East hoping to control the spice trade. But soon 62 tasting the brew for the first time, the 63 (explore)quickly realized its potential and decided to focus on exporting tea instead. The Portuguese called the drink cha, just like the people of southern China did. From the port of Canton, the Portuguese shipped the 64 (process) leaves down through Indonesia, under the southern tip of Africa, and back up to 65 (west) Europe.
But long before the root word “cha” made 66 (it) way across the oceans to Portugal, another trade route called the “Tea-Horse” road 67 (spread) tea westward. 68 bricks of tea packed up high on the carriers’ backs, the leaf travelled to India via Persia, 69 the Chinese “cha” turned into the Persian “chay”. Depending on the region of India, most Indian dialects use some variation of the root word “cha” 70 (describe) tea.
第二节语法填空
61.gradually 62. after 63.explorers 64. processed 65. western 66. its 67. had spread/had been spreading 68. With 69. where 70. to describe
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
For nearly a thousand years, tea stayed the secret of the East. Then, in the 1500s, the Portuguese 61 (gradual) arrived in China. They’d travelled to the Far East hoping to control the spice trade. But soon 62 tasting the brew for the first time, the 63 (explore)quickly realized its potential and decided to focus on exporting tea instead. The Portuguese called the drink cha, just like the people of southern China did. From the port of Canton, the Portuguese shipped the 64 (process) leaves down through Indonesia, under the southern tip of Africa, and back up to 65 (west) Europe.
But long before the root word “cha” made 66 (it) way across the oceans to Portugal, another trade route called the “Tea-Horse” road 67 (spread) tea westward. 68 bricks of tea packed up high on the carriers’ backs, the leaf travelled to India via Persia, 69 the Chinese “cha” turned into the Persian “chay”. Depending on the region of India, most Indian dialects use some variation of the root word “cha” 70 (describe) tea.
第二节语法填空
61.gradually 62. after 63.explorers 64. processed 65. western 66. its 67. had spread/had been spreading 68. With 69. where 70. to describe
