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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 gave them brown tea-leaves. 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 did you do with the tea?"

　"I boiled it，as you said."

　"And what did you do with the water?"

　"I threw it away(扔掉)，of course." answered the old woman.

　"Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.

1.Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.

2.One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.

3.The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.

A. the sailor told her to.       

B she liked to show off (炫耀)

C. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

D. she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends

4.At the "tea party",___.

5.What mistake（错误） did the old woman make? She ___.

完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的最佳答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

Mr. and Mrs. King have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3_ them and their friends often call on (拜访) them and _4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.

It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to _7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After _8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some _9 and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop _10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the _11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few _12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to _14__!

Mr. king heard this and stood up and said _15_ to the visitors and they left soon.

1.                A．had            B．friendly         C．cold D．careful

2.                A．help           B．hurt           C．hit   D．watch

3.                A．know          B．understand      C．meet D．like

4.                A．play with        B．fight with        C．talk with  D．catch up with

5.                A．cry            B．shout          C．noise D．laugh

6.                A．morning        B．afternoon       C．evening  D．laugh

7.                A．go to work      B．get up          C．go to sleep    D．open the shop

8.                A．breakfast       B．lunch          C．supper   D．meal

9.                A．clothes         B．bags           C．books    D．food

10.               A．receive        B．to receive       C．receiving  D．to accept

11.               A．phone         B．photo          C．clock D．picture

12.               A．minutes        B．days           C．weeks D．months

13.               A．visitor          B．husband        C．brother   D．father

14.               A．go home        B．go to bed       C．go shopping    D．have a rest

15.               A．hello          B．goodbye        C．sorry D．nothing

Ethiopian children are crazy about football but few of them have footballs of their own. They have to play with a paper football.

Like all children, they find time to play but they also have to do a lot of work. Some children have to help their parents look after younger brothers or sisters from the age of five. Many young boys have to look after animals and the girls have to help their mothers carry water.

At present only one third of small children go to primary school because there are so many children and so few schools. The classes have to be very large. In one school I went to there were 90 children in a class!

Traditionally the Ethiopians do not eat many vegetables. This is very bad for children, so many schools have their own garden where youngsters can grow their own vegetables.

There is no public transport, so children have to walk to school. One child I spoke to had to walk for even six hours! Many walk for two or three hours. But the Ethiopians love going to school because they know how important education is.

The Ethiopian government wants more children to go to school, and organizations like UNICEF are helping them. Many of the children want to be doctors and they will have to work hard but they know that they are Ethiopia’s hope for the future.

Ethiopia n. 埃塞俄比亚

UNICEF = United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

1.Do Ethiopian children like playing football?

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2.How many Ethiopian children can go to primary school?

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3.What is Ethiopians’ bad eating habit?

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4.Who are helping Ethiopian children to get education?

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5.What can you learn about Ethiopia from the passage?

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