We drink tea every day��But more than 400 years ago, most people in Europe(天巖)did not know anything about tea��Some had heard about it, but very few knew what to do with it��
Here is a story about an English sailor(邦返)who went to countries all over the world��He had been to China and India��One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother��She told her friends about the present and invited them to a ^ tea party ̄��When her friends came to the ^tea party ̄,the old woman gave them brown tea leaves��Her friends began to eat them of course; nobody liked the tealeaves��At that moment the sailor came in, he looked at the table and said, ^Mother, what have you done with the tea? ̄
^I boiled it, as you said�� ̄
^And what have you done with the water? ̄
^I poured it out, of course�� ̄answered the mother��
^Now you may throw away the leaves�� ̄ said the sailor��
(1)
The mother ________��
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A��
boiled the tea and threw the leaves away
B��
boiled the tea and poured the water out
C��
knew more about tea than others
D��
enjoyed herself very much
(2)
At the ^tea party ̄________��
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A��
everybody enjoyed the brown tea leaves
B��
some of her friends enjoyed the brown tea leaves
C��
nobody enjoyed the brown tea leaves
D��
the old woman enjoyed the brown tea leaves
(3)
The son asked his mother to throw away the leaves, because ________��
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A��
his mother had treated(孃棋)her friends with the wrong thing