Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or tea. They were ___1____ to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person. Once the king of England decided to find out ____2___ it was true.

  At that time there were two brothers in prison. They would be killed ___3___ a few days because they did wrong. The king said, "I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their ___4___. One brother must drink coffee and __5_____ must drink tea every day." And they ___6____ the king's words.

  They ___7____ lived many years. At last, the elder brother __8_____ when he was eighty-three years old. The younger one died a few years ___9___. After that, people ___10_____ that coffee and tea were not bad to man.

(   ) 1. A. happy    B. afraid       C. strong       D. rich

(   ) 2. A. when     B. what        C. if          D. because

(   ) 3. A. after     B. later       C. behind      D. in

(   ) 4. A. life      B. live        C. lives       D. living

(   ) 5. A. one      B. another     C. other      D. the other

(   ) 6. A. heard    B. listened to   C. followed   D. did

(   ) 7. A. both     B. each       C. neither     D. all

(   ) 8. A. killed    B. lived       C. died       D. dead

(   ) 9. A. ago      B. old        C. later       D. before

(   ) 10.A. shouted  B. spoke      C. kept       D. knew

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