All around the world, people drink tea．But tea does not m　　1　　 the same thing to e　　2　　．In different countries people have different I　　3　　 about drinking tea．

　　In China people always have tea t　　4　　 with their friends．They may drink tea at any time of the day．They only put tealeaves in their cups．They p　　5　　 the tea with n　　6　　 else in it．

　　Tea is also I　　7　　 in Japan．It is very p　　8　　 there．People drink tea every day．But they have it in a way different from that in China．

　　In the USA people drink tea at breakfast or after m　　9　　．They usually use tea bags to make their tea．Making tea with tea bags is faster and e　　10　　 than making it with tea leaves in teapots．

　　Yesterday my mother went into a shop for some a　　1　　．She put her basket and her handbag on a table and went to look at the apples．There were a lot of people in the shop．When the shop assistant was f　　2　　, he weighted(称)the apples for my mother, put them in a paper-bag and said, “That will be twenty pence(便士), Mrs．Black．”

　　My mother said, “My m　　3　　 is in my handbag on the table．” She went to the table and was surprised to f　　4　　 the basket was still on the table, but the handbag was no l　　5　　 there!

　　Just then there was a lot of n　　6　　 at the door of the shop, a policeman came in．He was holding a man w　　7　　 my mother’s handbag．My mother went up to the policeman and said,”That’s my bag．” The policeman looked in the bag and asked, “How m　　8　　 money did you have?”“Two pounds and a few pence．” “It’s all here,” the policeman said and gave her the bag．”I stopped the man out there．He was running a　　9　　 in the street．”

　　There was a s　　10　　 on my mother’s face．