“You know, these cups brings to my mind a story I heard,” Mary said to her students.
She poured some tea. There were four of them and there were four completely different cups on the tables.
“I heard there was a teacher who took all his students for tea. His students were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. They all took a cup and started drinking their tea, each looking at the cups of others. The teacher said, “Did you notice your behavior? You are all looking at each other’s tea cup and some of you even envy(羡慕)the finer cups of others.”
“I put the different cups here on purpose. I want to say life is like this tea. You all have the same thing in your cups——tea. And yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another’s cup. You forget to enjoy your own life when you envy someone else’s life. We all have the same thing——life. We should care more about the tastes of your own life. So now, taste your own tea. Does it matter from which cup it came from?” Mary finished telling her story and her students all sat in silence for a while, enjoying their tea. And it really did not matter a bit from which teacup they drank.
【小题1】 Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A.All of the students had the same kind of cups.
B.One of the cups is different from others.
C.All of the cups were filled with the same tea.
D.There was different tea in different cups.
【小题2】What should we learn from the story?
A.Envy others and make progress.B.All the lives are the same.
C.Work hard and catch up with others.D.Try to enjoy your own life.
【小题3】 Which is the best title for the story?
A.More than tea in a cupB.The same cups, the same tea
C.The taste of the teaD.Different cups, different tea

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the favorite drinks in the world. Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of or several cups of coffee. They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way. So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.
Do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains(大脑) active? It is caffeine(咖啡因). Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities(精力和体能). For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augmentbody heat. All this makes you heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous.
Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods. A little caffeine is probably not harmful. But much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless.
【小题1】A good title for this passage is              .

A.Coffee Is HarmfulB.Coffee and TeaC.Caffeine and HealthD.Caffeine Is Useful
【小题2】 The word “augment “ means               .
A.increaseB.drinkC.stopD.drop
【小题3】 From this passage, we may know that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might             .
A.give you a headacheB.make you fall sleepC.keep you awakeD.be dangerous
【小题4】Caffeine is found in             .
A.tea and waterB.fish and meatC.coffee and jamD.coffee, tea and some other foods

Green tea is the best choice for office workers.
People who always work in places with air conditioning may face skin problems such as easily dry skin. Among all the drinks, green tea is the best choice. Because there are important things in green tea and they are often called catechins(儿茶酚). Moreover, drinking more green tea can prevent computer radiation(辐射).
Winter is the season to drink black tea.
Chinese medicine believes that different people should drink different tea based on the different characteristics and tastes of each kind of tea. Black tea can warm the stomach and quicken digestion(消化). Therefore, drinking warm black tea in the cold winter is a most suitable choice.
Do not drink strong tea.
Strong tea may make the body far too excited and can badly affect the cardiovascular(心血管的) as well as the nervous system(神经系统). For a person who has problem with these parts, to drink overly (过度地) strong tea may cause heart and blood pressure illness, or even make the old illnesses much worse.
Do not drink too much tea when you are eating.
Drinking too much tea or strong thick tea may not be good for taking in many constant elements and trace elements(常量元素和微量元素). Also, people should not drink tea with milk or other milky food.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
【小题1】We can read the article in ________.

A.Life and HealthB.Chinese Culture
C.Fashion TimesD.Sports and Health
【小题2】If you always work with computer, what kind of tea should you drink?
A.Green teaB.Black teaC.Strong teaD.Hot tea
【小题3】What does the underlined word “suitable” mean in this passage?
A.滑稽的B.惊人的C.可能的D.合适的
【小题4】Too much thick tea may cause ________.
A.skin problemsB.heart diseaseC.headacheD.stomachache
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT true?
A.If you have a stomachache, you should drink black tea.
B.Strong tea may make the body far too excited.
C.When we choose tea, we should know the characteristic and tastes of each kind of tea.
D.At tables, we should drink tea as much as possible because it’s good for our health.

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
 There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
 At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother,what did you do with the tea?"
 "I boiled it,as you said."
 "And what did you do with the water?"
 "I threw it away(扔掉),of course." answered the old woman.
 "Now you may throw away the leaves,too," said her son.
【小题1】Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.

A.drank tea every dayB.knew everything about tea
C.knew nothing about teaD.liked to eat the tea-leaves
【小题2】One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
A.countries in the westB.countries in the south
C.India or ChinaD.a tea shop in England
【小题3】The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.
A. the sailor told her to.       
B she liked to show off (炫耀)
C. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
D. she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends
【小题4】At the "tea party",___.
A.all the woman's friends spoke highly of (高度评价)the tea.
B.nobody knew what to do with the tea
C.the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves
D.the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water
【小题5】What mistake(错误) did the old woman make? She ___.
A.boiled the teaB.did as the sailor said
C.threw away the waterD.didn't throw away the tea-leaves

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