【题目】Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops. People had it sent from Holland. And even those people who could afford it did so only because of curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.

Tea remained very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.

At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was so famous a lady that people liked to copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.

At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o'clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.

【1】The word “curiosity” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. 好奇 B. 臆测 C. 迷恋 D. 决心

2 Which of the following is true of tea-drinking in Britain?

A. The British people got expensive tea from India.

B. The habit of tea-drinking reached Britain from France.

C. The British people were much slower in getting the habit.

D. People in Britain began drinking tea one thousand years ago.

3 Some people cooked tea leaves because ______

A. most children liked to have them

B. they were very good vegetables

C. they didn’t know how to use them

D. sandwiches needed mixing with them

4 People in Britain like to drink tea with milk because of the influence of _______.

A. a famous French lady

B. people in Holland

C. the upper social class

D. the ancient Chinese

5This passage mainly discusses _______.

A. how tea-time was born in history

B. the history of tea-drinking in Britain

C. the habit of drinking tea with milk in it

D. differences about tea-drinking Europe

【题目】完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents,their friends and even the TV. This teaches them ____ to speak the language. They don’t practice grammar, ____ use the language to talk about things that interests them. They don’t worry about their ____ or poor grammar. They can find ways to ____ themselves,and they do it successfully.

Copying also good for students to learn a foreign language. When you listen to foreigners speaking English,____ what they say as loudly as you can. You should also pay your attention to communication. Look for chances to ____ with native speakers of English. If you can’t find a ____ to talk to, talk with other students in English ____. You can also join an English club or go to an English corner to talk about music, movies or __ __interests you.

Don’t worry about making ______. The aim is to learn how to communicate(交流) easily and comfortably. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.

【1】A. how B. where C. when D. why

2A. so B. or C. but D. nor

3A. course B. vocabulary C. passage D. composition

4A. express B. understand C. teach D. remind

5A. prepare B. master C. hold D. repeat

6A. walk B. camp C. talk D. help

7A. foreigner B. teacher C. classmate D. parent

8A. too B. instead C. though D. since

9A. whichever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

【10A. tricks B. noises C. notes D. mistakes

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