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.
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 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-leavesCCDBC
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解析：文章大意：300年前欧洲几乎没人知道茶是什么，有一个水手从印度或中国带回了茶叶让妈妈煮。妈妈煮好了之后请客人来开茶派对，但是不知道喝茶，只把茶叶吃了，茶给倒了。客人们都觉得茶叶很难‘吃’
1. 细节考查。C 根据文章第一段But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea.可知300年前没人知道茶。
2. 细节考查。C 根据文章第二段He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother可知茶是从中国或印度带回来的。
3. 细节考查。D 根据文章第二段the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶)可知妈妈请客人来品尝茶。
4. 细节考查。B 所有人不知道怎么样吃茶 C 选项说的是妈妈给客人干茶叶，但是在短文里可以看到妈妈 ’boiled the tea with water’，所以茶叶是煮过的，不是干的
5.细节考查。 C 倒数第二段妈妈提到把水倒了 I threw it away，of course.。