1 . With coffee beans in short supply worldwide and Chinese consumers expanding their coffee habit, Yunnan province beans have increasingly appeared in major coffee chains in China.

Yunnan, the largest coffee planting area in China, is blessed with high altitudes and suitable climate for planting high-quality coffee beans. The province is the source of more than 99% of domestically (国内地) produced coffee.

Last year, Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producing country, experienced extreme weather, including drought and frost, which caused a decrease in output of nearly 20%. The epidemic (疫情) is another reason for the price increase. The COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the timely transportation of coffee beans to overseas markets.

With coffee from international markets in short supply, Yunnan has drawn attention of coffee chains in China.

Ye Peng, a coffee farmer in Pu’er, Yunnan, for more than a decade, said she has seen the prices of orders double from last year. With advanced planting technologies and higher quality local coffee beans, her company ships its product to famous coffee chains such as Starbucks and Manner Coffee.

Baoshan Chunzheng Coffee Company is a major coffee provider in Yunnan. It provides coffee beans to Yum China, which operates fast food chains KFC and Pizza Hut (必胜客) in the country.

With promising markets at home and abroad, there are more and more coffee farmers and coffee factories in Yunnan.

1. Why is Yunnan province suitable to grow coffee beans?

A．It is with high altitudes and proper climate.

B．It is a spring city with no summer or winter.

C．People in Yunnan are fond of drinking coffee.

D．Local government encourages people to grow them.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Foreign coffee markets.	B．The weather and transportation.
C．The COVID-19 pandemic.	D．Reasons for increased prices.

3. What does the underlined word “hamper” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Speed up

B．Slow down.

C．Update.

D．Change.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The prices of coffee are decreasing for many reasons.

B．Brail is no longer the biggest coffee producing country.

C．Most of the Yunnan coffee beans are transported abroad.

D．Many people in Yunnan are willing to enter the coffee markets.