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【題目】Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops. People had it sent from Holland. And even those people who could afford it did so only because of curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.

Tea remained very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.

At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was so famous a lady that people liked to copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.

At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess （公爵夫人） found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o'clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.

【1】The word “curiosity” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. 好奇 B. 臆測 C. 迷戀 D. 決心

【2】 Which of the following is true of tea-drinking in Britain?

A. The British people got expensive tea from India.

B. The habit of tea-drinking reached Britain from France.

C. The British people were much slower in getting the habit.

D. People in Britain began drinking tea one thousand years ago.

【3】 Some people cooked tea leaves because ______

A. most children liked to have them

B. they were very good vegetables

C. they didn’t know how to use them

D. sandwiches needed mixing with them

【4】 People in Britain like to drink tea with milk because of the influence of _______.

A. a famous French lady

B. people in Holland

C. the upper social class

D. the ancient Chinese

【5】This passage mainly discusses _______.

A. how tea-time was born in history

B. the history of tea-drinking in Britain

C. the habit of drinking tea with milk in it

D. differences about tea-drinking Europe

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述英國茶葉的歷史 ；

【1】A詞意猜測。根據(jù)第一段提到It could not be bought in shops. People had it sent from Holland. And even those people who could afford it did so only because of curiosity.商店沒有賣的，人們從荷蘭去來，即使能買得起的人們也只是為了好奇，故選A項。

【2】C推斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.慢慢的這種習慣開始到英格蘭，故可知C項正確；

【3】C推斷題。根據(jù)第一段提到They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的錯誤，但許多人把用過的茶葉面包中，做成三明治給孩子吃，故選C項。

【4】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到Because she was so famous a lady that people liked to copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it.因為她是有名的女士，人們喜歡模仿她，他們也這樣喝，故選A 項。

【5】B主旨大意。本文主要講述茶葉是被引入英國，進而成為他們文化的一部分，故選B項。