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There is nothing like a cup of tea to refresh one’s spirit and India is definitely a nation of tea drinkers. We look at four women merchants who have made their names in the tea space, creating unique flavors to our daily tea.
Mayura Rao
While she was in London in 2016. Mayura was longing to run a business when working at a global advisory firm. She came upon the idea of tea and story-telling. She realized most people knew about some tea such as English Breakfast and Earl Grey but were unaware of good tea and its story. To make tea drinking cool again, she decided to start up in this space. She quit her job, packed her bags and moved to Bengaluru from London and started Ausurm Tea.
Snigdha manchanda
Snigdha Manchanda founded the Goa-based Tea Trunk in 2013. As a tea sommelier (品茶师), she attended professional schools of tea in Sri Lanka and also was trained under a Japanese tea master. Her aim was to provide people with good quality tea and she is doing that with tea trunk, She sources a variety of tea from farmers to create unique and natural tea without any artificial flavors.
Prerna Kumar
Prerna Kumar, was for the first time, out of her job and in bed with a broken foot when everyone kept cheering her up about how they were waiting for her to bounce back so she could enjoy her tea. In her networks and circles, she has always been known for her tea making skills. She started Chaiveda in 2017?
Anamika Singh
Anamika Singh grew up in a tea manufacturing family and learnt about tea from her father. With a desire to introduce tasty tea to people at an affordable price, Anamika started Anandini Himalaya Tea Room in 2013 in Delhi for people to sarnple, learn and talk about tea under one roof.
1. What do we know about Mayura Rao?
A. She cornbined tea with its story.
B. She started Ausum Tea in London.
C. She grew up in a family of tea merchants.
D. She was unaware of the flavor of Earl Grey
2. Who was educated by a tea expert?
A. Mayura Rao. B. Snigdha Manchanda.
C. Prerna Kumar. D. Anamika Singh.
3. What’s the purpose of the text?
A. To advertise some Indian tea.
B. To attract more women to do tea business.
C. To introduce several businesswomen in Indian tea industry.
D. To show four unique stories of tea development in England.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章给读者介绍了印度四个以茶而闻名的女性。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段的She came upon the idea of tea and story-telling.可知，Mayura Rao把喝茶和讲与茶相关的故事结合起来。A. She combined tea with its story(她把茶和它的故事结合起来)符合以上说法，故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段的As a tea sommelier (品茶师), she attended professional schools of tea in Sri Lanka and also was trained under a Japanese tea master.(作为一个品茶师，她在斯里兰卡上职业的茶学校，且师从日本茶艺大师。)可知，Snigdha manchanda受过茶专家的教育。故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段There is nothing like a cup of tea to refresh one's spirit and India is definitely a nation of tea drinkers. We look at four women merchants who have made their names in the tea space, creating unique flavors to our daily tea.(没有什么能比一杯茶让人神清气爽的了，印度绝对是一个爱喝茶的国家。我们来看看四个女商人，她们在茶行业里很出名，为我们的日常茶增添了特有的香味。)可推测，本文主要介绍四个印度茶行业里的女商人。C. To introduce several businesswomen in Indian tea industry.(为了介绍几个印度茶行业里的女商人)符合以上给说法，故选C项。
