外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第四册 Unit4_Using_language_能力提升练.docxVIP

PAGE \* Arabic 5 / NUMPAGES \* Arabic 6 Unit4 Using language 能力提升练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 （2020北京房山区高二上期末） A dozen international coffee experts moved around a long wooden table，pausing at each steaming cup，heads dipping，smelling and tasting. In the wings，coffee farmer Yang Fan watches attentively awaiting a decision on her latest. In recent years，China is fast developing a reputation as a top coffee producer. This tasting was a side event to the first ever Pu’er International Specialty Coffee Expo in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, which ran this winter and drew more than a thousand attendees，including industry aficionados（酷爱……者）from across the globe “Coffee has huge potential in China,” says Liu Ying，who is working in private investment in Beijing to grow coffee in Pu’er five years ago. “The younger generation prefers to drink coffee in their offices much more than tea.” Still，Pu’er remains synonymous with tea. In a region of China known for thousands of years of tea growing，a new crop is beginning to change the country’s landscape coffee. This town near the Laos border is surrounded by green hills；it produces a variety of tea which is also called Pu’er. But the regions mild climate is also perfect for growing Arabica coffee. And as Chinas young people move away from traditional tea in favor of the invigorating coffee. Pu’er’s farmers are catering to the demand Yunnan accounts for 98％ of Chinas coffee harvest, with half coming from the misty landscape around Pu’er. Today, China is the 13th biggest coffee producer in the world-rising from zero output three decades ago to 136, 000 tons annually today. In April, Seattles annual Specialty Coffee Expo decided to showcase China as its portrait country of origin. It follows on the heels of Starbucks’, launching its first single-origin Yunnan coffee last year after eight years of partnership with Yunnan farmers. With global coffee prices at record lows Yunnan farmers are processing beans in bespoke(定制的) ways to create distin