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Worksheet-5 Reading
Comprehension Passage
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5. Read the following passage carefully:
1. Next to water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the
world. This is good news because tea offers important health benefits.
Its benefits were first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
who declared that it gave one vigour of body, contentment of mind
and determination of purpose. Today there is ample proof that tea,
in its many forms, possesses a number of health benefits - from sup-
porting the immune system to reducing the risk of cancer to helping
prevent tooth decay
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2. What makes tea such a healthy drink? The star compounds are called
catechins. These are antioxidants that help prevent cell damage by
harmful molecules called free radicals
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3. Tea can be black, green and red and is derived from a warm-weather
evergreen tree known as Camelia Sinensis. The more processing
tea leaves undergo, the darker they become. Green tea is the least
processed tea. It is simply steamed quickly and offers the maximum
healing powers because it isn't fermented. It also helps prevent tooth
decay and aids weight loss.
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(a) Complete the following statements :
(1) The most commonly consumed beverage in the world is
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(ii) Benefits of tea were first discovered by
(iii) Tea turns out to be a healthy drink due to the presence
of ........
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(iv) Green tea offers maximum healing powers because it is ..
(v) Camelia Sinensis is the name of a .....
(vi) Tea is said to support our ...
(b) (vii) Find out a word in the passage that means 'a drink' (para 1).
(viii) Give the antonym of 'reducing' in para 1.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The history of tea is long and complex, spreading across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Tea was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in Lebanon during the 16th century.[1] Drinking tea became popular in Britain during the 17th century. The British introduced tea production, as well as tea consumption, to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea.

Answer 2

Answer:

the word tag the last para which means the same as helps