Many Chinese students don’t pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice   36  English in class, but not   37  class. Here is a story to show you   38  important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.
A foreigner once   39  hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he   40  his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order to   41  that he wanted something   42  because he could not speak English. The waiter soon   43  him a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took   44  the tea and gave him a cup of coffee. Still the man didn’t   45  what he wanted. He tried again and again, but he wasn’t able to make the waiter   46  him. Finally   47  man came in. He spoke English   48  and fluently. After a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of   49  .
So you see a man can go hungry if he   50  master（掌握）a foreign language.
【小题1】A. speak                       B. speaking                 C. to speak
【小题2】 A. outsider                   B. out                      C. out of
【小题3】 A. how                        B. how an                   C. what an
【小题4】 A. get                        B. gets                     C. got
【小题5】A. open                       B. opened                   C. opens
【小题6】 A. express                        B. expressed                    C. expressing
【小题7】A. eats                        B. eating                       C. to eat
【小题8】A. took                        B. brought                  C. bought
【小题9】A. away                        B. out of                       C. down
【小题10】A. make                        B. give                     C. get
【小题11】 A. understand                 B. understood                   C. be understood
【小题12】A. other                       B. the other                    C. another
【小题13】A. clean                       B. clear                        C. clearly
【小题14】A. he                          B. him                      C. his
【小题15】A. doesn’t                        B. won’t                       C. isn’t

Your tea, please.

-- Ah, delicious. There must be ______in the tea.

 Many Chinese students don’t pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice   36   English in class, but not   37   class. Here is a story to show you   38   important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.

A foreigner once   39   hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he   40   his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order to   41   that he wanted something   42   because he could not speak English. The waiter soon   43   him a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took   44   the tea and gave him a cup of coffee. Still the man didn’t   45   what he wanted. He tried again and again, but he wasn’t able to make the waiter   46   him. Finally   47   man came in. He spoke English   48   and fluently. After a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of   49   .

So you see a man can go hungry if he   50   master（掌握）a foreign language.

1.A. speak                      B. speaking                 C. to speak

2. A. outsider                  B. out                      C. out of

3. A. how                       B. how an                   C. what an

4. A. get                       B. gets                     C. got

5.A. open                       B. opened                   C. opens

6. A. express                       B. expressed                    C. expressing

7.A. eats                       B. eating                       C. to eat

8.A. took                       B. brought                  C. bought

9.A. away                       B. out of                       C. down

10.A. make                      B. give                     C. get

11. A. understand                   B. understood                   C. be understood

12.A. other                     B. the other                    C. another

13.A. clean                     B. clear                        C. clearly

14.A. he                            B. him                      C. his

15.A. doesn’t                       B. won’t                    C. isn’t

Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.

Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.

However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea.  This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.

1.Who invented the tea bag?

A. An English tea seller.       B. Chinese.

C. Lipton.                      D. Thomas Sullivan.

2.The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.

A. the tea in bags was free and very good

B. the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

C. people were happy, with the loose tea

D. people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea

3.The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.

A. silk         B. gauze         C. paper       D. plastic

4.The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.

A. Tea bags soon became popular

B. Tea bags surprised everyone very much

C. Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market

D. Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold

5.The reading mainly talks about________.

A. the invention of tea        

B. the way of drinking tea

C. the history of tea bags     

D. people' s favorite tea in the world

Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It’s neither China nor Japan. It’s Great Britain.

In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned. Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves and bud of each new shoot are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.

In general, there are two kinds of tea. Black tea and green tea. Black tea is fermented. In the process, the tea loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. Green tea is steamed right after the leaves are picked. Green tea retains its healthy qualities. For example, it may prevent heart disease.

How did we get tea bag? The answer: by accident. Tea merchants used to send samples in tin boxes. This was costly. One merchant thought of a cheaper way. He sent samples in small silk bags. Customers would cut open the bag. They would brew the leaves as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.

Shen Nong was the first to drink tea. (Shen was a Chinese emperor.) This was about 2737 B.C. Shen had bad digestion. So he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen sipped it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the Emperor. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

1.The best title for this passage should be ________________.

A. Black Tea B. Tea Plant

C. About Tea D. Tea Bag

2.One difference between green tea and black tea is that green tea __________.

A. must be pruned B. has a better taste

C. is fermented D. is healthier

3.What does the underlined word “retains” mean?

A. Keeps. B. Makes.

C. Produces. D. Loses.

4.We can know from this passage that __________.

A. tea bag was invented by a merchant

B. tea is better than any other drink

C. tea is popular in many countries

D. tea only grows in warm climates