Tea bag drinking is most westerners’ favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.

Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.

However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.

1.Who invented the tea bag?

A.An English tea seller. B.Chinese.

C.Lipton. D.Thomas Sullivan.

2.The underlined sentence “Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK” probably means “________ in the UK”.

A.Tea bags soon became popular

B.Tea bags surprised everyone very much

C.Tea bags kicked (踢) the loose-leaf tea out of the market

D.Tea bags weren’t allowed to be sold

3.This sentence “today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.” tells us ________.

A.Most drinkers in the UK prefer loose-leaf tea.

B.Most drinkers in the UK prefer tea bags.

C.A quarter of the drinkers in the UK prefer loose-leaf tea.

D.A quarter of the drinkers in the UK dislike tea bags.

4.From the passage we can learn that Thomas Sullivan was very ________.

A.clever B.stupid C.lazy D.busy

5.What can be the best title for this passage?

A.The invention of tea

B.The way of drinking tea

C.The history of tea bags

D.People’s favorite tea in the world

In the world ,soccer is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.

To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each soccer team good luck by drawing the flags(旗帜)of all the countries that would take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some soccer teams would have games there.

Are you a soccer fan(迷)?The World Cup makes more and more people interested in soccer. Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching soccer .Many of them love some soccer stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.As Chinese teenagers,if we stick on to our soccer dream,it will come true.Let’s take action now.

1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.

A. Many soccer fans B. a very good team

C. many soccer player D. a big playground

2.The next World Cup was held in_______.

A. 2006 B. 2007 C. 2005 D. 2004

3. From the passage ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.

A. people playing soccer

B. pictures of some soccer stars

C. a sunny sky

D. flowers and animals

4.In “Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.

A. to show their love for their owe country.

B. to tell the people their stories

C. to show their good wishes for the soccer teams.

D. to show their new ideas about football

5.Many teenagers own the pictures of some soccer stars because______.

A. they are interested in soccer.

B. they are soccer fans

C. they think their favourite players are great

D. all of A,B and C

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