雅思阅读真题（Part 1）
Part 1 · 考频：中频 · 最近考试：2024.11.2/2022.9.3/2015.3.14/2008.11.15
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The story of tea began in ancient China over 5,000 years ago. According to legend, Shen Nung, an early emperor was a skilled ruler, creative scientist and patron of the arts. His far-sighted edicts required, among other things, that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution. One summer day while visiting a distant region of his realm, he and the court stopped to rest. In accordance with his ruling, the servants began to boil water for the court to drink. Dried leaves from the nearby bush fell into the boiling water, and a brown liquid was infused into the water. As a scientist, the Emperor was interested in the new liquid, drank some, and found it very refreshing. And so, according to legend, tea was created.
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答案：a chance discovery
原文定位：Dried leaves from the nearby bush fell into the boiling water, and a brown liquid was infused into the water. As a scientist, the Emperor was interested in the new liquid, drank some, and found it very refreshing. And so, according to legend, tea was created
答案：France
原文定位：Tea remained popular in France for only about fifty years, being replaced by a stronger preference for wine, chocolate, and exotic coffees
同义替换：「substituted」↔「being replaced」，「after a short period」↔「for only about fifty years」
答案：Russia
原文定位：Still, the journey was not easy. The trip was 11,000 miles long and took over sixteen months to complete. The average caravan consisted of 200 to 300 camels
答案：Holland
原文定位：As the consumption of tea increased dramatically in Dutch society, doctors and university authorities argued back and forth as to the negative and/or positive benefits of tea;the public largely ignored the scholarly debate and continued to enjoy their new beverage though the controversy lasted from 1635 to roughly 1657
同义替换：「despite of some dispute」↔「ignored the scholarly debate and continued to enjoy」
答案：China
原文定位：According to legend, Shen Nung, an early emperor was a skilled ruler, creative scientist and patron of the arts. His far-sighted edicts required, among other things, that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution;As a scientist, the Emperor was interested in the new liquid, drank some, and found it very refreshing
同义替换：「ruler's specialised knowledge」↔「As a scientist」
答案：a connection between tea and religion
原文定位：It was this form of tea service that Zen Buddhist missionaries would later introduce to imperial Japan;The first tea seeds were brought to Japan by the returning Buddhist priest Yeisei, who had seen the value of tea in China in enhancing religious mediation;Because of this early association, tea in Japan has always been associated with Zen Buddhism
同义替换：「a connection between tea and religion」↔「associated with Zen Buddhism（」
答案：tea ritual
原文定位：Tea was elevated to an art form resulting in the creation of the Japanese Tea Ceremony ("Cha-no-yu" or "the hot water for tea;The Tea ceremony requires years of training and practice to graduate in art...yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the making and serving of a cup of tea. The supremely important matter is that the act be performed in the most perfect, most polite, most graceful, most charming manner possible;One of them is Sen-no Rikkyu (1521-1591)-priest who set the rigid standards for the ceremony, largely used intact today
同义替换：「tea ritual」↔「Tea Ceremony」
答案：news of tea going to new continent
原文定位：While tea was at this high level of development in both Japan and China, information concerning this then unknown beverage began to filter back to Europe;The first European to personally encounter tea and write about it was the Portuguese Jesuit Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560;The Portuguese developed a trade route by which they shipped their tea to Lisbon, and then Dutch ships transported it to France, Holland, and the Baltic countries
同义替换：「news of tea going to new continent」↔「information concerning this then unknown beverage began to filter back to Europe」
答案：a luxury thing
原文定位：Because of the success of the Dutch navy in the Pacific, tea became very fashionable in the Dutch capital, the Hague. This was due in part to the high cost of the tea (over $100 per pound) which immediately made it the domain of the wealthy
同义替换：「a luxury thing」↔「high cost」
答案：good or bad of tea
原文定位：As the consumption of tea increased dramatically in Dutch society, doctors and university authorities argued back and forth as to the negative and/or positive benefits of tea. Known as "tea heretics", the public largely ignored the scholarly debate and continued to enjoy their new beverage though the controversy lasted from 1635 to roughly 1657
同义替换：「good or bad of tea」↔「argued back and forth as to the negative and/or positive benefits of tea」
答案：in and out of fashion
原文定位：As the craze for things oriental swept Europe, tea became part of the way of life;Tea remained popular in France for only about fifty years, being replaced by a stronger preference for wine, chocolate, and exotic coffees;Tea quickly proved popular enough to replace ale as the national drink of England
同义替换：「fashion」↔「popular」
答案：difficulties of import
原文定位：Still, the journey was not easy. The trip was 11,000 miles long and took over sixteen months to complete;The average caravan consisted of 200 to 300 camels. As a result of such factors, the cost of tea was initially prohibitive and available only to the wealthy
同义替换：「difficulties of import」↔「journey was not easy」
答案：Japan
原文定位：Such a purity of form, of expression prompted the creation of supportive arts and services. A special form of architecture (chaseki) developed for "tea houses", based on the duplication of the simplicity of a forest cottage
同义替换：「house designed particularly for tea drinking」↔「tea houses」