Задача по теме: "Понимание структурно-смысловых связей в тексте"

 Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.  

From soup to liquid 

The story of tea drinking could have started like this. Once upon a time the world was A __________________________ and those who drank it. Yet, the harsh truth is that before 700s no one even thought that tea could be anything else but soup.

Sometime in his adolescence, an up-and-coming writer and an accomplished clown, Lu Yu tasted tea soup for the first time. It happened in one of the Buddhist monasteries  in Central China. Lu was B _______________________ as it contained ginger, onion, dates, mint and even citrus peels. Threshed Together into a smooth paste this ‘sauce’ was thought to be good for C ______________________. “In fact, people in Asia ate tea leaves for millennia, but it was Lu Yu who made tea drinking the norm. 

Lu Ya adored tea, but he preferred it brewed from D ____________________. When he was not busy writing or performing in a comedy troupe, he was searching through the forests for the best tea leaves. He was preparing E ____________________ transforming tea from a soupy food into the perfect liquid we know it today. Lu Yu even wrote a book titled the Tea Classic which spurred a craze for the leaf. In it he elaborated on the production and preparation of the leaf, F _______________________, and the wonderful qualities of the drink. He insisted that tea should only be consumed with water.

1. extremely close to brewing fresh tea

2. the process of infusing tea leaves

3. divided between those who ate tea

4. the best brews for his wealthy friends

5. more than unimpressed with the brew

6. sharpening the mind and stimulating the body

7. powdered tea leaves, without any flavouring