完型填空
　　Coffee has been a part of people's lives for (1)_____ years, and it is still a favourite drink in the world. Here is a story of coffee and (2)_____ it was discovered.
　　The story (3)______ us coffee was discovered in Africa (4)_____. One day a farmer (5)_____ his goats, and he saw them (6)_____ some berries(种子) from a plant. The goats became (7)______ after they ate the berries. The man felt tired, (8)______ he decided to try the berries, too. (9)_______, he didn't feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. The coffee (10)______ from Africa to other countries. After that the farmers started to grow coffee plants there, especially in South America.
　　( )1. A. thousand of B. thousand
　　C. thousands of D. a thousand of
　　( )2. A. how B. why C. what D. who
　　( )3. A. says B. speaks C. talks D. tells
　　( )4. A. long, long time ago B. long, long times ago
　　C. long, long time before D. long, long time later
　　( )5. A. watch B. watches C. was watching D. is watching
　　( )6. A. eat B. eats C. ate D. has eaten
　　( )7. A. very tired B. very active C. badly ill D. fast asleep
　　( )8. A. but B. or C. because D. so
　　( )9. A. For his great surprise B. With his great surprise
　　C. To his great surprise D. To his great surprises
　　( )10.A. were taken B. were brought
　　C. was taken D. brought
名师解析
　　这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了咖啡的来历以及在世界各地的传播情况。
　　1.C. 表示不固定的数量时，可以使用基数词的复数形式加上介词of构成。
　　2.A. 根据文章第二段的介绍，我们可知这篇文章介绍的是咖啡的来历。
　　3.D. 表示告诉某人某事应用动词tell。
　　4.A. 这是一般过去时，所以应该用副词ago， 另外，这里的time是不可数名词，不用复数形式。
　　5.C. 这里所指的是当时正在进行的动作，因此应用过去进行时态。
　　6.A. see somebody do something 表示“看到某人做了某事”。
　　7.B. 根据下文的“he didn't feel tired any more”可知吃了这种种子后，人们会感觉不在疲惫，而是感到精神振奋。
　　8.D. “The man often felt tired”是原因，这里应该是结果了。
　　9.C. 表示 “使某人感到吃惊”应用短语to one's surprise ，其中的surprise是不可数名词，要用单数形式。
　　10.C. 表示”带走”应用动词take，这里还是主语为单数形式的被动语态，因此助动词应该用单数。