China is the home of _____________. It has more than 4,000 years’ history. People all over the country drink tea daily. _____________the three major drinks--tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by _____________people in the world. Tea from China, along _________silk and porcelain(瓷器), began to be known by the world over a thousand year ago and has been an important Chinese export(出口) ___________.

Tea leaves _____________mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild(温暖的) _____________and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all ___________kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people _______________their unique tea culture. Tea tea culture includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is ______________a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.