—Where is Sally from , Mike ?  —              

A．I am from China.

B．She is from America

C．He is from England

D．You are from Japan

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, people always drink tea when they are getting together. They drink it at any time of the day at homes or in the teahouses. They prefer plain tea, with nothing else in it.

Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called tea ceremony（茶道）. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “tea time”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and a few sandwiches at tea time. This is the so-called “Afternoon Tea” in Britain.

In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink canned iced tea, just as soda.

1.Tea is popular________.   

2.The Chinese drink tea ________.

3.The English like to drink their tea ________.  

4.“They prefer plain tea, with nothing else in it.” The word “plain” here means ________.

5.In this passage, which country’s way of drinking tea isn’t mentioned（提及）?

The cost of medical care in the US is very high．The time and money that  1  spend on their medical education is probably one reason  2  this problem．

A visit to a doctor’s office    3    from fifteen to fifty dollars．It is almost   4   for people to pay for the medical care they need．Many people in the US think that doctors  5  overpaid． Most doctors ,however,．    6   ．They say that they are required to study    7  for a long lime．Tuition(学费)for many    8  of medical education costs   9   money .Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from  10   to pay their tuition．Because this money must be repaid to the bank．  11   doctors need to receive a lot of money for their work .  12   ，they charge(收费)people   13   prices for medical care．

Therefore．it is possible that the high cost of medical care in   14   is necessary，because high tuition is one cause of high costs．One way to  15  costs would be to have medical schools that are free or have low tuition．

1．A．teachers    B．soldiers    C．doctors    D．workers

2．A．for        B．of        C．about       D．at

3．A．spends     B．pays      C．costs       D．uses

4．A．impossible  B．possible   C．necessary   D．unnecessary

5．A．aren’t      B．are       C．were       D．weren’t

6．A．disagree with B．agree to  C．agree       D．disagree

7．A．physics    B．medicine   C．maths      D．chemistry

8．A．years      B．months    C．days       D．weeks

9．A．little      B．a lot of     C．many      D．a number of

10．A．shops    B．schools     C．factories    D．banks

11．A  young    B．old        C．men       D．women

12．A．And     B．but        C．However    D．So

13．A，low      B．lots of     C．high       D．many

14．A．China    B．America   C．England    D．Japan

15．A．lower    B．taller      C．higher      D．shorter