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Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favorite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular, but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long, long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries(干种子) from a plant.After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired, so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered.Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛), and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later, coffee came to Turkey, then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America.People found that plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.

1.Where did coffee come from?

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2.What was coffee first used as in Arabia?

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3.Why were large coffee farms started in South America?

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4.Were coffee beans picked by machine?

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5.Where was coffee sent?

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There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.

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Dear students,

There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.

Learning English

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Dear Editor,

There are many rules in my family, some good and some bad.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful ,but no one can learn everything from school. a teacher ,no matter how much he knows,he cannnot teach his student everything .His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think . So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas (公式)by heart.It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths ,but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school,but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study .They read many books outside school .They worked hard all their lives,wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains(大脑)。

1.Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A. the teacher doesn’t know much

B. .the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C. The teacher would not like to teach

D. there are still many things for the students to learn outside

2.A teacher’s work is _________________

A. to teach all subjects B. to teach everything

C. to teach the students how to read and think D. to work hard

3.To know how to__________is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

A. work out maths problems B. remember all the facts

C. study science D. study

4.Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because__________

A. they know how to study

B. they remembered all the formulas

C. they didn’t get everything from school

D. they didn’t know how to use their brains

5.Which is WRONG according to the passage?

A. Outside school study is as important as school study

B. It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts and formulas.

C. It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a maths problem.

D. It’s helpful to read more books outside school.

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