India is traditionally a tea-drinking country. But, it is now gaining a new taste for coffee. This has led international coffee panies to consider opening businesses in the huge market. Local business people are also hoping to profit from the country’s tea-drinking habits. They want to open new stores that offer tea.
It is ten thirty in the morning in India. Two cafes are within meters of each other, near a college in New Delhi. And they are selling a lot of tea. Their main customers are undergraduate students.
“We have a lot of break between classes, so whenever we get time, we just go and we enjoy ourselves. It’s a lot of fun , especially when you are with people you enjoy spending time with.”
In the past ten years , cafes have bee increasingly popular in India. The country’s huge young population have quickly taken to the coffee culture.
Coffee stores have spread from major cities like New Delhi and Mumbai to smaller towns. Coffee use has doubled in the last ten years . It is the success of this market that has gained the attention of panies like the American-based coffee chain Starbucks. The pany will open its first store in India later this year. Other panies like Lavazza and Costa Coffee are already there.
Yet, the growth of coffee will not reduce the popularity of tea. Indians drink eight times more tea than coffee. They have been drinking tea for more than one hundred and fifty years. India is one of the world’s biggest producers of tea, which is known locally as “chai”. Outside homes and offices, it is mostly sold by small businesses on the street.
【小题1】Why do international coffee panies consider opening businesses in India?A．India consumes very little coffee.B．India has a large population.C．People in India now prefer coffee to tea.D．Indians e to like the taste of coffee.【小题2】Which one is correct about undergraduate students?A．They only have tea in the cafes.B．They are the main customers in the cafes.C．They like enjoying coffee with friends in cafes.D．They like to go to the cafes to escape lessons.【小题3】What can we learn about coffee in India?A．Coffee is consumed more than tea in India now.B．Coffee is much more weled by young Indians than tea.C．Coffee consumed today doubles that of ten years ago.D．The growth of coffee will reduce the consumption.【小题4】Which statement is wrong according to the passage?A．Coffee stores have spread to small towns in India.B．Some foreign coffee panies are trying to open Indian coffee market.C．Local people worry about losing profit on tea.D．Indians drink eight times more tea than coffee.【小题5】What is the text mainly about?A．Undergraduate students are main coffee consumers in India.B．Indians mainly consume both tea and coffee.C．India is traditionally a tea-drinking country.D．India is being a big new coffee consuming country.D
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(答案→)D
解析：文章讲述了再印度咖啡越来越流行，但是茶叶仍然是人们得最爱。
【小题1】细节题。根据第一段第一行it is now gaining a new taste for coffee。
【小题2】细节题。根据第二段第二行Their main customers are undergraduate students.
【小题3】细节题。根据第五段第二行Coffee use has doubled in the last ten years。
【小题4】推理题。根据最后一段第1,2行the growth of coffee will not reduce the popularity of tea. Indians drink eight times more tea than coffee.可知茶得销量仍然很大，不会受咖啡的影响，所以不用担心。
【小题5】主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章讲述的就是在印度咖啡的流行。