Before coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that【小题1】(change) to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which【小题2】(consist) of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavored with hot red peppers. However, it cannot tell us much about the Chinese.

The tea culture of China is 【小题1】（amaze） and has a long history． Tea drinking was widespread in China for about one thousand years before 【小题2】（appear） in Europe．

Tea drinking in China enjoys wide 【小题3】（popular）． Many people today go to expensively decorated tea houses to talk business． However， tea drinking is very complex．【小题4】pleasant experience of tea drinking is up to many factors（因素）． It starts with the surroundings． In the past， tea drinking took place in an environment 【小题5】 people can enjoy antique beauty and natural beauty and relax【小题6】（they）． Nowadays， in order to create such atmosphere， tea houses 【小题7】（decorate） with traditional paintings and furniture． Besides， there are often【小题8】（performance） of traditional Chinese musical instruments， such as the guzheng， pipa and erhu．

Black tea together 【小题9】 green tea， Oolong tea and Pu'er tea ranks the top four favourites． The first three types of tea are processed using similar methods but pu'er tea is made with a 【小题10】（total） different method．

If you always hate certain vegetables. you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be a “super-taster”, a person 【小题1】 biter genes(苦味基因). Those people who have the “biter genes” are 2.6 times more likely to eat 【小题2】 (few) vegetables than others, according to a new study 【小题3】 (present)at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.

“We don’t get the taste of food equally,” said Professor Duffy, an export in the study of food taste. “It could explain some of the differences in our food 【小题4】 (prefer)”. About half of us can taste bitter and sweet, so we are not especially sensitive to bitter food. Another 25% are called “non-tasters” to 【小题5】 bitter food might be a bit sweeter. The rest of us are 【小题6】 (extreme) sensitive to the bitterness that some 【小题7】 (plant)develop to keep animals from eating them.

Food scientists are trying to develop ways 【小题8】 (reduce)the bitterness in vegetables, in the hope that we can keep “super-testers” from rejecting vegetables. In fact, some vegetables we grow today 【小题9】 (be)much sweeter than before.

We might also try to use various cooking methods, either by adding me fat, sweetness, strong flavors like garlic 【小题10】 roasting them, to improve the taste of the vegetables.