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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，选出一个最佳答案。 　　When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the early eighteenth century, people had different ideas about their use．Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die． 　　In Sweden, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether this was true or false．It happened that there were two brothers who were in prison at the time; they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way．They had both been sentenced to death．The king decided to let them live if one of them agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of coffee each day． 　　Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind．At last, the brother who had to drink tea every day died at the age of eighty-three; the other died a few years later． 　　Because of the experiment, Sweden is today one of the countries of the world where much tea and coffee are drunk． (1) Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe about ________ ago． [　　] A． 300 years B． 200 years C． 100 years D． 400 years (2) Gustaf Ⅲ was a(n)________ king． [　　] A． Russian B． Swedish C． Danish D． English (3) “They had both been sentenced to death”．Here“sentence”means“________”． [　　] A． 句子 B． 判处 C． 处理 D． 关押 (4) King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether ________． [　　] A． tea was harmful to people B． coffee was harmful to people C． tea and coffee were harmful to people D． tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die． (5) The brother who had to drink tea every day died ________ than the other． [　　] A． a few years earlier B． many years earlier C． a few years later D． many years later

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答案：1．A;2．B;3．B;4．D;5．A;