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


When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause (引起)people to die.
In Sweden(瑞典), King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
【小题1】Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.

A.the eighteenth centuryB.the eighteen century
C.eighteenth centuriesD.eighteen centuries
【小题2】What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.
A.有趣的B.苦涩无味的C.有害的D.可口的
【小题3】 The brother who had drunk tea every day lived______.
A.until he was over 83
B.until he was 83
C.until the other had been dead for several years
D.until he had drunk tea for a few years
【小题4】. Today the Swedish drink_________.
A.much more coffee than teaB.much tea and coffee
C.little tea and coffeeD.much tea but little coffee

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