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We drink tea every day. But more than 400 years ago, most people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything
about tea. Some had heard about it,but very few knew what to do with it.
Here is a story about an English sailor (水手)who went to countries all over the world. He had been to China
and India. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about
the present and invited them to a "tea party".When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them
brown tea leaves. Her friends began to eat them of course, nobody liked the tea leaves. At that moment the sailor
came in, he looked at the table and said, "Mother, what have you done with the tea?"
"I boiled it, as you said."
"And what have you done with the water?"
"I poured it out, of course." answered the mother.
"Now you may throw away the leaves." said the sailor.
1. The mother _____.
A. boiled the tea and threw the leaves away
B. boiled the tea and poured the water out
C. knew more about tea than others
D. enjoyed herself very much
2. At the "tea party"_____.
A. everybody enjoyed the brown tea leaves
B. some of her friends enjoyed the brown tea leaves
C. nobody enjoyed the brown tea leaves
D. the old woman enjoyed the brown tea leaves
3. The son asked his mother to throw away the leaves, because _____.
A. his mother had treated (招待) her friends with the wrong thing
B. the tea his mother has made was too strong
C. he didn't like his mother's friends
D. he himself didn't like the tea leaves
4. Where does the sailor come from?
A. America
B. Canada
C. Thailand
D. England
5. He had been to _____.
A. China and Australia
B. Brazil and Chile
C. China and Brazil
D. India and China

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