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tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.
Afternoon tea
People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18th and 19th
centuries, the English ate only two main meals each day breakfast and a heavy supper that would last for several
hours in the evening. As a result,people often got very hungry during the long wait between these two meals. To
solve this problem, Anna came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal
between four and five o"clock. This meal included cakes and sandwiches and tea was served (提供) to wash
down the food. In order to make this afternoon meal important, fine china cups and plates, and silver teapots.
knives, forks and spoons were used Soon, afternoon tea parties became popular social occasions. Today,
afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life in modern Britain.
Will you come for coffee?
Coffee also has an important role in British culture. People often use the words "Will you come for coffee?"
to mean "Would you like to come to my home for a chat?" Normally, several different drinks such as tea, hot
chocolate or a soft drink like orange Juice will be served as well as coffee and you will be asked what you would
like. However, you will not normally he offered wine at a "coffee" party.
Coffeehouses and the London Stock
Exchange In the 17th century London, coffeehouses were busy and noisy places. Businessmen and bankers
went to coffeehouses to do their business, as well as to drink coffee. In fact, the London Stock Exchange
(股票交易所) is believed to have started from these coffeehouses.
B. loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups
C. wanted to share nice food with her friends
D. found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals
B. 社交活动
C. 社区表演
D. 公共场合
B. are asked what you would like to drink
C. will be asked to have a chat with him or her
D. are invited to take part in an afternoon tea party
B. coffeehouses are still used by businessmen end bankers
C. businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses just for coffee
D. most people wouldn"t like to go to coffeehouses because of the noise
B. The Beginning Of Tea And Coffee
C. Coffeehouses And Business
D. English Tea And Coffee Culture
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1._______ Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean "love" and sunflowers mean "loyalty
(忠诚)". So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something
about their countries" spirit (精神). In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. 2._______ They
couldn"t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.
People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come
from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.
b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.
c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look at the flowers and throw away the
broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.
d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. 3.________: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the
seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you"d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It"s easy!
Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it"s one of the
cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
4._________
··Take them out and they will be dry.
A. Some people liked the peony (牡丹花) but others liked the plum blossom (梅花).
B. Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
C. When you buy a flower, you"re paying lots of people
D. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things
B. No flower can show China"s spirit
C. Nobody agrees to choose the national flower
D. People can"t agree to choose the same flower
people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed.
They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in
the villages, and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people
lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today, it"s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
( ) 1. People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
( ) 2. The story says, "No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they
did, their life changed." In this sentence, the word "they" means people.
( ) 3. When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.
( ) 4. All people like to live only in big cities.
( ) 5. People built factories after the cities grew big.
A.D., chopsticks were introduced to Japan and ended its practice of taking food directly by hand. It was not
until the 15th century A.D. that the knife and fork appeared on the dinner tables in Europe.
Nowadays the Japanese seem to love chopsticks more deeply than the Chinese. They gave a Chopsticks
Festival that falls on 4th August each year. In their opinion, using chopsticks is good for people"s health. They
believe that using chopsticks leads to a clever mind and deft (灵巧的) hands.
Chopsticks are used now all over the world. They are made not only of bamboo but also of wood, and even
ivory (象牙).
B. after the 3rd century A.D.
C. in the 3rd century A.D.
D. in the 15th century A.D.
B. by hand
C. with their own chopsticks
D. with something unknown
B. they have a Chopsticks Festival
C. they learned how to use them from the Chinese
D. they believe using chopsticks can make them bealthy and clever
B. Because they may be very easy and useful to take food.
C. Because Chinese first began to use them.
D. Because the Japanese love to use them.
B. Chopsticks
C. Chopsticks Are Welcomed All Over the World
D. All Kinds of Chopsticks
world sports meeting-the Olympic Games. The holy flame (圣火) is carried from one place to the next. In 2008,
the holy flame was carried to Beijing, the capital of China.
When Beijing was chosen as the host city to hold the Olympic Games in 2008, all the Chinese people were
very happy, excited and proud. They showed their excitement in different ways when they heard the news.
Some people cheered, jumped and shouted.
In Beijing we built a new Olympic village with hotels for athletes and stadiums for matches.
"One World, One Dream" is our slogan for the 29th Olympics. It expresses the wishes of 1.3 billion Chinese
people for a peaceful and better world tomorrow.
B. two
C. three
D. four
B. 2008
C. 2012
D. 2010
B. Stadiums
C. Olympic village
D. Villages
B. excited
C. shouted
D. all the above
B. "Faster, higher, stronger"
C. "One World, One Dream"
D. "World, Dream"
groups of people. On the 2 hand, over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people. Chinese is the
language spoken by the 3 number of people in the world. But English is most 4 spoken in the world.
English is spoken by more than 400 million people 5 their first language. It is 6 by most people in the
U.S.A., Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And it is 7 used very widely in many other
countries of the world.
Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words "Made 8 China, or Japan, even
Germany." English is the first language in 9 of these countries. Why are English words 10 on it? That is
because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.