It is reported that tea has helped the poor farmers in Yunnan find a way out of poverty （贫穷） thanks to the efforts of a man named Ren Huaican．

    Ren was suffering mouth ulcers（溃疡） when he first visited the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City in the spring of 2006．However，after picking off several leaves from the old tea trees and chewing（咀嚼） them，he found the pain was gone the next morning．He felt very amazed．Ren began to show great interest in the tea from Yunnan．He found that the local tea business was very scattered（分散的）．He also realized that the local tea farmers were very poor because of the underdeveloped tea market．So he made up his mind to develop the tea industry in order to help the local people get out of poverty．

    In September 2006， Ren set up a tea company．He hired（雇佣） poor farmers from neighboring areas to pick tea leaves． Professional technicians（技师） were invited to teach the farmers how to do their jobs scientifically．The company taught them how to manage their trees and produce the best tea．As a result，their tea quality has greatly improved， and the price has gone up．In this way， the tea company has helped many people get out of poverty．

（1）After chewing the tea leaves，Ren was　　to find the pain was gone the next morning．

A．sad

B．amazed

C．worried

D．terrible

（2）Why were the local tea farmers very poor before？　　

A．Because many of their tea trees died．

B．Because the tea farmers were lazy．

C．Because the tea market was underdeveloped．

D．Because they had no interest in planting tea trees．

（3）What is the third paragraph mainly about？　　

A．How the farmers picked tea leaves．

B．How Ren helped develop the local tea industry．

C．Why Ren wanted to help the farmers．

D．What Ren did for the professional technicians．

（4）What can we learn from the passage？　　

A．The tea farmers haven't got out of poverty．

B．Ren wanted to make more money for himself in Yunnan．

C．The local tea market was developed before the year of 2006．

D．Ren and his company have helped the poor farmers in Yunnan．

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