Tea bag drinking is most Westerns’ favorite way of drinking tea．Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller．He was sending out free tea in silk(丝绸)bags for people to try．People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water．The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup．They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose(散的)tea again．
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags．As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze(薄纱)and later paper．In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag．Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85％ of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags．
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea．This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags．But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go．
(1)
Who invented the tea bag?
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A．
An English tea seller．
B．
Chinese．
C．
Lipton．
D．
Thomas Sullivan．
(2)
The tea in silk bags was welcome because ________．
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A．
the tea in bags was free and very good
B．
the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash
C．
people were happy with the loose tea
D．
people didn’t know any better way to enjoy the tea
(3)
The material of the tea bags is usually ________ now．
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A．
silk
B．
gauze
C．
paper
D．
plastic
(4)
The underlined sentence“Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK”probably means“________ in the UK”．
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A．
Tea bags soon became popular
B．
Tea bags surprised everyone very much
C．
Tea bags kicked(踢)the loose-leaf tea out of the market
Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Train spotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about?Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd”(someone who seems very ridiculous)．But is this reputation really deserved?
First of all, let’s see what train-spotting is．It is said that there are some 100, 000 train spotters in the UK．Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down．The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country．
Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804．As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow?Is this any stranger than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter?Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers．Other equipment(装备)includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food．
It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps．There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon(现象)in Britain．
One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well．In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”．Don’t let this fool you－these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them．Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb．org．
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(1)
What is train-spotting according to the passage?
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A．
A kind of hobby．
B．
A type of sport．
C．
A strange phenomenon．
D．
A special job．
(2)
Which of the following about train-spotters is true according to the passage?
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A．
They number each train they see．
B．
They keep a careful path of every train．
C．
They count the trains passing in front of them．
D．
They produce films about trains with video cameras．
(3)
The writer writes the passage to ________．
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A．
introduce some famous train-spotters
B．
encourage readers to do more train-spotting
C．
try to present a true picture of train-spotting
D．
describe the necessary equipment in train-spotting
The weather was very cold．Snow was falling．The roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing．It was not a goodnight to be outside．
Thomas，however，had to walk home from work．He had to walk along a country road．
As he walked the cold wind beat against his chest．
“I will be warmer，”he thought，“I wear my coat backwards．”
He stopped walking for a moment，took off his coat，and put it back on backwards．
“That's much better，”he thought，and walked on through the thickly falling snow．
A few minutes later a car hit him．The driver of the car had not seen him soon enough．When he tried to stop，the car skidded(滑行)on the ice．
The driver got out of his car and ran to help Thomas．
Soon a police car arrived．The policeman ran to look at Thomas who was lying on the ground．
“I'm afraid he's dead，”he told the driver．
The driver could not believe this．
“He can't be dead，”he cried，“I hardly touched him．Look at my car．There's not a mark on it．”
“He's dead，”the policeman said．“There is no doubt(疑问)．”
“I don't understand it，”the driver of the car said．“As soon as I hit him，I ran to help him．He was lying in the road，but he was breathing and there was no blood．”
“Did you touch him？”the policeman asked．
“Yes，”the driver of the car said，“but only to turn his head around the right way．”
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