18.Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea.People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like,mainly because tea was very expensive.It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity.Some of them were not sure how to use it.They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves.Then they served them mixed with butter and salt.They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century.During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea.Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it,but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added.She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk.Because she was such a great lady that her friends thought they must copy everything she did,they also drank their tea with milk in it.Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first,tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening.No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess(公爵夫人)found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o'clock stopped her getting"a sinking feeling"as she called it.She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so,tea-time was born.
28.This passage mainly discussesA.
A.the history of tea drinking in Britain
B.how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C.how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D.how tea-time was born
29.Tea became a popular drink in BritainB.
A.in the sixteenth century
B.in the seventeenth century
C.in the eighteenth century
D.in the late seventeenth century
30.People in Europe began to drink tea with milk becauseD.
A.it tasted like milk
B.it tasted more pleasant
C.it became a popular drink
D.Madame de Sevinge was so great that people tried to copy the way she drank tea
31.We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence ofC.
A.a(chǎn) famous French lady
B.the ancient Chinese
C.the upper(上層的) social class
D.people in Holland.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了英國的飲茶史,英國飲茶的習慣主要是由于上層社會的影響.
解答 28.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea可知本文主要論述英國的飲茶史;故選A.
29.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century可知茶成為英國流行的飲料在十七世紀;故選B.
30.D細節(jié)理解.根據(jù)第三段中的Because she was such a great lady that her friends thought they must copy everything she did,they also drank their tea with milk in it,可知D選項說法與之一致,即:人們是為了模仿Madame de Sevinge 的飲茶習慣而開始流行喝茶的,故選D.
31.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity可知英國飲茶的習慣主要是由于上層社會的影響;故選C.
點評 本文是一個歷史文化類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).