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Tea is enjoyed all over the world as a comforting treat. First, choose the type of tea you want to drink. There are various types of tea that offer different health benefits and 【小题1】(flavor). Next, boil a pot of water and pour it over your tea. Allow your tea to soak(泡) thoroughly. Add milk and sugar to increase the flavor of your tea or add honey 【小题2】 your lightly flavored tea if desired.
Green tea is known for 【小题3】(it) high level of a cancer-fighting chemical. However, green tea is high in caffeine and can make you feel 【小题4】(anxiety) and nervous if you drink too much. It is said that oolong tea may promote healthy skin and black tea can 【小题5】(great) reduce the risk of breast cancer in younger women. White tea is helpful in 【小题6】(prevent) holes in teeth and strengthening your teeth. There are many claims about herbal tea(花草茶) 【小题7】 does good to health,but there is limited research or supporting data on these claims.
Most tea can 【小题8】(buy) and transported in tins of loose tea or in small packages of tea bags. Some people believe that loose tea leaves have a 【小题9】(fresh) flavor than tea bags 【小题10】 others prefer tea bags because they' re much more convenient to carry around.

   What’s your opinion on spicy food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili peppers in their dinner while others can’t get enough of them.

Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love the chili while others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating as far back as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chilies is related to childhood experiences, and that cultural influences affect our taste too. But the latest study has found that a person’s love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality (性格) more than anything else, CBC News reported.

“We have always assumed that liking drives intake — we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect personality with intake of chili peppers,” said Professor John E. Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.

But before you look at the study, you should first know that “spicy” is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty taste. It is, in fact, a burning feeling that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by people’s longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster.

In the study, 97 participants, both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires about their personality, for example, whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given a glass of water with capsaicin (辣椒素), the plant chemical that makes a chili burn, mixed into it.

By comparing the answers to the questionnaire and what participants said they felt about the spicy water, researchers found that those who tended to enjoy action movies or take risks were about six times more likely to enjoy the spicy water.

Interestingly, we used to believe that the reason why some people can withstand (耐受) spicy food is that their tongues have become less sensitive to it. However, this latest study has found otherwise. “It’s not that it doesn’t burn as badly, but that you actually learn to like the burning feeling,” Hayes explained.

【小题1】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “loathe” in the second paragraph?

A．Dislike.	B．Fear.
C．Put up with.	D．Adapt to.

【小题2】What did Professor John

A．Hayes and his team discover from their study?

B．What we eat actually helps to develop our personality.

C．Males are more likely to enjoy spicy food than females.

D．Those trying to avoid risks tend to be less interested in spicy food.

E．People are wrong to treat " spicy" as a kind of taste rather than a feeling.

【小题3】Why do some people like spicy food according to the recent study?

A．Because their taste has become less sensitive.

B．Because they love the burning feeling.

C．Because they want to challenge themselves.

D．Because the more they try spicy food, the less it burns.

【小题4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．What one likes to eat mainly depends on one’s personality.

B．Whether one enjoys spicy food depends largely on one’s personality.

C．One’s personal experiences have nothing to do with their taste.

D．Different people have different taste.

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假设你是李华。你的美国笔友Susan要在暑假来中国桂林参加一个文化交流活动。 她想提前了解一下这座城市的相关情况，写信向你询问，请根据以下提示信息，给她回一封信。

自然情况	位于中国的南部，气候温和，风景优美
景点	四面环水，七星公园，漓江，象鼻山等
美食	桂林米粉，辣椒酱
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注意：  1. 词数100左右，开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总数；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇  象鼻山 Elephant Trunk Hill   chilli sauce
Dear Susan,
I’m glad that you are coming to Guilin for an exchange program during the summer holiday.
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Yours
Li Hua

假如你是李华，最近你的美国笔友Robert来慈溪体验中国传统文化。你想邀请他一起去鸣鹤古镇尝一尝当地的特色手工年糕（New Year cake）。请根据以下内容要点写一封邀请信。
1. 活动时间、地点；
2. 鸣鹤年糕的特点；
3. 表达你的期望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Robert,
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Yours,

Li Hua