Question

As a Chinese saying goes, “Taste is actually a memory of childhood”. Local specialty food may not be popular among all people, but it offers outsiders a glimpse of local culture and history.

Gongcheng “oil tea” is such a kind of food that would be considered “weird” by many first-time visitors to the remote county in the north of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Many people dislike its bitter and astringent(涩的) flavor when they take a sip.

“It felt like drinking Chinese herbal medicine. I never expected that I would gradually accept it afterwards, and even become addicted to it,” said a traveler surnamed Zhang who comes from Shijiazhuang in northern China’s Hebei province.

Langshan village is said to be the birthplace of Gongcheng “oil tea” whose ideal ingredients are green tea and fermented tea. The village has preserved well its buildings and roads dating back to late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), as well as its traditional way of making the special tea.

Lin Fengyou, 60, introduced the cooking process. She looks younger than her age, and attributes this to the benefits of drinking “oil tea” throughout the year.

The first procedure is to use a wooden hammer to pound the tea while heating it in an iron pot, and then add edible oil and boiled water afterwards. She filters off the solid residues(余渣), and pours the glue-like green tea soup into bowls. Then, she adds salt, caraway seed, green onion, dried rice, fried groundnuts, sliced taro and fried beans.

The taste of the “oil tea” is a mixture of the distinctive flavors of all its ingredients. Local people usually eat it together with glutinous rice(糯米) balls, rice dumplings and glutinous rice cake.

The villagers consume “oil tea” three times a day. The tea soup is a healthy and refreshing food. “The tea soup to us is coffee to Westerners”, said Lin. “But it is tastier.”

1.Many first-time visitors may find “oil tea” ________ when taking a sip.

A. popularB. strangeC. addictedD. beneficial

2.What can we learn about Lin Fengyou according to the passage?

A. She never expected that she would gradually accept “oil tea”.

B. She is one of the reasons why the special tea has been preserved.

C. She thinks drinking “oil tea” throughout the year makes her look younger.

D. She drinks “oil tea” three times every day and considers coffee tastier.

3.Which is the correct order of cooking “oil tea” according to Lin Fengyou?

a. pour the glue-like green tea soup into bowls

b. heat the tea in an iron pot and pound the tea

c. add salt, caraway seed, green onion, dried rice, etc

d. add edible oil and boiled water

e. filter off the solid residues

A. bdeac          B. dbace          C. acebd     D. beadc

4.Which column is this passage probably taken from?

A. Culture & Education

B. Entertainment

C. Health

D. Travel

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是广西当地的油茶，作者介绍油茶的味道、制作工艺，吸引游客前往品尝。

1. 细节理解题。根据第二段中“oil tea” is such a kind of food that would be considered “weird” by many first-time visitors（油茶是一种被很多初次品尝游客认为的奇怪食物），weird是形容词，意为“奇怪的”，故B项符合题意。

2. 细节理解题。根据第五段中“She looks younger than her age, and attributes this to the benefits of drinking “oil tea” throughout the year”(她看起来要比实际年龄要年轻，她说这是得益于常年喝油茶)，故选C项。

3. 细节理解题。此题属于排序，做此题要回归到原文进行定位，然后对文本区间进行细读。制作油茶的工序集中在第6段，故答案选A。

4. 推理判断题。该文章主要讲述了油茶，目的是吸引游客前往此地进行品尝，故选D项。