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(扔) it away,of course." answered the old woman.

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

1.Most of the people in Europe ___ .

A. drank tea every day 300 years ago

B. drink tea every day

C. know nothing about tea

D. like to eat the tea-leaves

2.One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.

A. countries in the west

B. countries in the south

C. India or China

D. a tea shop in England

3.The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house ,because ___.

A. the sailor told her to

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

C. she liked to show off (炫耀)

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

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

D. the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

5.What mistake(错误) did the old woman make? She ___.

A. boiled the tea

B. did as the sailor said

C. poured away the water

D. didn't throw away the tea-leaves

Tigers are strong and dangerous animals. But now they are in danger.

In the past, there were eight kinds of tigers in the world. But during the 20th century, only five were left. The number of Siberian tigers (东北虎) was about 300, but now it is less than 22. They’re in danger of dying out.(灭绝) If the government does nothing, we won’t be able to see them in ten to twenty years.

In order to stop people from hunting and killing wild tigers, and in order to make wild tigers more, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program (项目) recently (最近). China and twelve other countries joined it.

However, it’s not enough. Remember that nature is a food chain (链). If we hurt and kill too many wild deer and pigs, wild tigers will die out because of hunger (饥饿). So the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat. In order to protect the wild tigers, we need call on (号召) more people to stop eating, hunting and killing wild animals.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1. During the 20th century, _______ kinds of wild tigers died out.

A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. 20

2.The number of the wild Siberian tigers reduced (减少) about _______.

A. 5% B. 22 C. 93% D. 30%

3.Wild tigers will be in danger of dying out without _______.

A. pigs B. deer C. people D. A and B

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. There are less than 22 wild Siberian tigers now.

B. There are twelve countries in the World Wildlife Fund.

C. Wild tigers mainly feed on pigs and deer.

D. It’s our duty to protect the wild tigers.

5.The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. why and how do we protect the wild tigers

B. the government does everything they could to protect the wild tigers

C. the wild tigers will die out in ten to twenty years

D. the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat

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