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With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea”in the world£®One is like the English term — té in Spanish and tee in Afrikaans are two examples£®The other is some variation of cha, like chay in Hindi£®

Both forms come from China£®How they spread around the world offers a clear picture of how globalisation worked£®The words that sound like “cha”spread across land, along the Silk Road£®The “tea”­like phrasings spread over water, by Dutch traders bringing the novel leaves back to Europe£®

The term cha is Sinitic (ººÓïÓïϵ), meaning it is common to many varieties of Chinese£®It began in China and made its way through central Asia, eventually becoming “chay”in Persian£®That is no doubt due to the trade routes of the Silk Road, along which, according to a recent discovery, tea was traded over 2£¬000 years ago£®The Japanese and Korean terms for tea are also based on the Chinese cha, though those languages likely adopted the word even before its westward spread into Persia£®

But that doesn't account for “tea”£®The Chinese character for tea, is pronounced differently by different varieties of Chinese, though it is written the same in them all£®But in the Minnan variety of Chinese, spoken in the coastal province of Fujian, the character is pronounced “te”£®The key word here is “coastal”£®

The “te”form used in coastal­Chinese languages spread to Europe via the Dutch, who became the primary traders of tea between Europe and Asia in the 17th century£®The main Dutch ports in east Asia were in Fujian and Taiwan, China£®People of both places used the “te”pronunciation£®The Dutch East India Company's expansive tea importation into Europe gave us the French “th锣¬ the German “Tee”£¬ and the English “tea”£®

Yet the Dutch were not the first to Asia£®That honour belongs to the Portuguese£®And the Portuguese traded not through Fujian but Macao, where “chá”is used£®That's why Portugal is a pink dot in a sea of blue£®

1£®Which statement about the term of “cha”is correct according to the passage?

A£®It is a variation of té in Spanish£®

B£®It is used in coastal­Chinese languages£®

C£®It is based on the Japanese and Korean terms for tea£®

D£®The spread of the version is an example of globalisation£®

2£®Who does the “te”form spread to Europe by?

A£®The German£®¡¡                      B£®The British£®

C£®The Dutch£®                         D£®The Portuguese£®

3£®How does the author mainly develop the text?

A£®By giving examples£®

B£®By rising questions£®

C£®By drawing conclusions£®

D£®By presenting research findings£®

4£®Where is the passage probably from?

A£®A guidebook£®                       B£®A novel£®

C£®A magazine£®                        D£®A book review£®