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Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first ________(drink) about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first ________ (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was _________ (boil) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water, it was _________ (quite) delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few __________(thousand) years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”,mentioned Shen Nong in _________(he) book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea . It also discusses where the_________(fine) tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used. It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during die 6tfa and 7th centuries. In England, tea___________(appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to __________(west) countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the _______ (popular) of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.