Question

We drink tea every day. But more than 400 years ago,most people in Europe 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 a sailor(水手)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,but nobody liked the tea leaves. 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,too.”said her son.

1.At the “tea party”,________.

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

2.The son asked his mother to throw away the leaves,because________.

A.his mother had treated(招待)her friends with the wrong thing

B.the tea his mother had made was too strong

C.he didn't like his mother's friends

D.he himself didn't like the tea leaves

3.Where might the sailor come from?

A.America. B.Canada.

C.Thailand. D.England.

4.The sailor had been to________.

A.China and Australia

B.Brazil and Chile

C.China and Brazil

D.India and China

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