语法填空There is an extremely informative book on baijiu called The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits, by Derek Sandhaus, that 【小题1】(explore)the history and production of baijiu in vivid and lively detail. Sandhaus traces the invention of baijiu back a thousand years, 【小题2】 either traders from the Middle East 【小题3】 invaders from Mongolia introduced the concept of distillation(蒸馏)to the mainland.
Baijiu is identified 【小题4】 smell into four main categories: nong xiang(strong scent), qing xiang(light scent), jiang xiang(sauce scent), and mi xiang (rice scent).
Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of China, was so taken with Kweichou Maotai, a sauce scent-style baijiu, that it 【小题5】 (name) China’s National Liquor, necessary at state dinners. Due to limited production and popularity, Kweichou Maotai can now fetch hundreds of dollars 【小题6】 bottle.
There are a few 【小题7】 (requirement) that unite all of these spirits while also distinguishing them from Western drinks, 【小题8】 (chief)that baijiu is produced in a process known as solid-state fermentation(固态发酵).
When you first drink baijiu, it’s hot enough to make you clutch your chest, 【小题9】(set)your mouth, throat, and nose on fire before leaving you with 【小题10】(it)lingering taste — so fragrant and complex, it reaches into your soul.