We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe（欧洲）did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.

　　There is a story about an English sailor（水手）who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a“tea party”.When her friends came to the“tea party”, the old woman offered（给）them brown tea-leaves（茶叶）. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.

　　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said,“Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

　　“I boiled（煮）it, as you said.”

　　“And what did you do with the water?”

　　“I threw it away, of course.”answered the old woman.

　　“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.”said her son.

A．drank tea every day 300 years ago

B．drink tea every day

C．know nothing about tea

A．countries in the west

B．countries in the south

C．India or China

A．she wanted to sample（品尝）the tea together with her friends

B．she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

C．she liked to show off（炫耀）

(4) At the“tea party”, ________.

A．all the woman’s friends spoke highly of the tea

B．nobody knew what to do with the tea

C．the woman offered her friends some dried（干的）tea

A．boiled the tea

B．did as the sailor said

C．poured away the water

　The ladies club(妇女俱乐部) always   l  　a meeting   2  　Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about   3  . After that, they had tea and asked　  4  .

    One Friday a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. “There's not 5 food in the world for everyone,” he said. “More than half of the people in the world are hungry. And when they have   6  　food, they have more babies,   7  　they never   8   being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute day and night. What are you going to do about it?” He   9  　for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Well, why not   10   that woman and stop her?”

1.A. held 　　　 B. made 　　　 C. took 　　　 D. left

2.A. in 　　　　 B. at 　　　　 C. on 　　　　 D. for

3.A. something important             B. everything important

C. nothing important               D. anything important

4.A. problems　　 B. questions C. the man　　 D. the ladies

5.A. good　　　　 B. clean　　　 C. enough　　　D. pleasant

6.A. better 　　　B. more 　　　 C. less 　　　 D. fewer

7.A. but 　　　　 B. since　　　 C. as 　　　　 D. so

8.A. stop 　　　　B. enjoy 　　　C. like 　　　 D. keep

9.A. waited　　　 B. asked　　　 C. looked　　　D. played

10.A. see 　　　　B. look 　　　 C. find 　　　 D. watch

In England , afternoon tea is the most informal (非正式）meal of a day .It is taken between four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea at any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members of the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person has a cup and saucer (茶盘), a spoon (调羹) and a small plate for bread and butter (黄油) and cakes. By the way, do not help yourself to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as much as you want, do not put more than（超过） one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time.

1.In England, afternoon tea is usually taken ________ .

A. between breakfast and lunch　　   B.in the middle of day

C.early in the afternoon　　　　　　 D.late in the afternoon

2.A real English afternoon tea has___________.

A. tea only　　　　　　　　　　 B. both tea and food

C. tea food and vegetables　　　　 D. the same things as other meals

3.If you want to have afternoon tea in a friend's home, _______________.　

A. you must send a message before you go　 B. you must take food with you

C. you may go only when you're asked to　　D. you may go at any time

4.Help yourself to ______________.

A. cake first　　　　　　　　　　 B. bread-and-butter first

C. either bread first or cake first　　D. only one piece of bread or cake

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People don't use the same spoon for afternoon tea.

B. Afternoon tea is often taken in the sitting room.

C. For afternoon tea, people use cups only.

D. Afternoon tea is often taken with bread and cake.