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【題目】 English people are well known for plenty of tea that they drink. Per person in the UK consumes (消費) around 1.9 kg of tea every year. Tea is drunk by all sections(階層) of society.

But tea is not native to Britain. Most of the tea is grown in India and China. Tea first arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the rich.

At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased slowly. Black tea arrived at this time.At first people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic .

In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This includes drinking tea with a snack around 4 p.m. to avoid

feeling hungry. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

In the late 1800s, the price of tea dropped a lot as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms-shops where you could buy and drink tea-started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and social activities in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Englishmen began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Kettles (燒水壺) became necessary in every kitchen.

(No more than 6 words)

【1】How much tea does per person in the UK consume every year?

【2】When did black tea reach the UK?

【3】Why did English people first have“afternoon tea”?

【4】What kind of people could enjoy tea before the late 1800s?

【5】What did people enjoy in the places like tearooms?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Around 1.9 kg.

【2】At the beginning of the 1700s.

【3】To avoid feeling hungry.

【4】Rich people.

【5】Drinking tea and social activities

【解析】

文章大意：本文講的是茶葉在英國的歷史，從最早的19世紀(jì)前只有富人喝的起茶葉到19世紀(jì)后茶葉變得平民化，大家都可以喝的起并且出現(xiàn)了下午茶。

【1】問題是：英國每人一年喝多少茶葉？根據(jù)原文第一段中“Per person in the UK consumes (消費) around 1.9 kg of tea every year.”英國每人一年大約消費1.9kg的茶葉。所以本題答案為“Around 1.9 kg.”。

【2】問題是：紅茶是什么時候到英國的？根據(jù)原文第二段中“At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased slowly. Black tea arrived at this time.”18世紀(jì)初到達英國的茶葉數(shù)量減少，這是紅茶到了英國。故答案為“At the beginning of the 1700s.”。

【3】問題是：為什么英國人先喝下午茶？根據(jù)文中第三段“ At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This includes drinking tea with a snack around 4 p.m. to avoid feeling hungry.” 這時他們開始喝下午茶，大約下午4點的時候下午茶時吃一些零食來避免感覺饑餓。故答案是“To avoid feeling hungry.”。

【4】問題是：19世紀(jì)末以前，什么樣的人可以喝茶？根據(jù)文中“In the late 1800s, the price of tea dropped a lot as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people.” 19世紀(jì)末，隨著越來越多的茶葉從印度和中國乘船抵達，茶葉的價格下降了很多。它不再只是富人的飲料。19世紀(jì)末以前茶葉少而且貴，只有富人喝得起，故答案為“Rich people. ”。

【5】問題是：像在茶館這樣的地方人們喜歡干什么？根據(jù)文中最后一段“Tearooms-shops where you could buy and drink tea-started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and social activities in these places.”茶館—可以買茶喝茶的地方在全國出現(xiàn)。人們喜歡在這里喝茶和進行一些社交活動。故答案為“Drinking tea and social activities.”。

本題主要是細節(jié)查找，只要細心答案都在原文中可以找到。注意題目要求不超過六個單詞。