题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填在答题卡上的相应位置。

In ancient China tea was probably used 1. a relish(佐料)and a medicine. It was considered to be 2. (health) in part because it was made with boiled water, which is safer 3. (drink) in an area of polluted water. Tea drinking, and commercial growing, spread during the Tang Dynasty, 618—907. And tea gradually became one of the seven basic 4. (necessity) of Chinese life. (The others are fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.)

A Japanese Buddhist priest is believed to have introduced tea to Japan in 805, 5. he returned from a visit to China. In Japan tea drinking was considered medicinal, and became 6. (close) associated with Zen Buddhism（禅宗）.

Dutch explorers became familiar with tea in 7. 1590s and were soon importing tea to Europe. In 1662 tea received a big boost in England when the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza married King Charles II and 8. (introduce) tea drinking to the British court. Gradually, the British fell in love with tea. In 1665, less than 88 tons of tea was imported to Great Britain. By 1700, it had increased to 10,000 tons of tea, 9. (rank) first in Europe.

The demand for tea continues to grow in spite of the 10. (compete) from soft drinks and coffee. And now tea is the second most-consumed drink in the world.