Question

What do people drink in Western countries? They drink coffee, of course. Tea is the drink of us Chinese. Think again. In the West, tea is seeing to be cool again.

In Western countries like the UK, coffee used to be the fashionable drink. Jenny Northam, a 28-year-old English woman, remembers that ten years ago tea was unfashionable. “At that time young people didn’t like tea. We thought drinking tea was uncool and old-fashioned. Tea was something we only drank when visiting grandparents.”

Several years ago US pop icon Madonna, who lived in Britain, published a children’s book called The English Roses. She launched the book with a tea party. Since Madonna is the “Queen of Cool”, she took a big part in making tea fashionable. The British tradition of afternoon tea was fashionable again.

In Britain, hotels accept bookings (預(yù)定) for afternoon tea weeks in advance. The trend (趨向) had also taken off in the US. In New York and Los Angeles, more and more cafes are serving tea.

The tea craze is not only down to Madonna, of course. People drink tea because they connect it with the idea of living life at a slower pace.

People drink coffee and tea at different times. Coffee is seen as the drink of people in a hurry; tea of those who like to spend their time.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案，將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

1.Ten years ago, tea was _____________.

A. in style B. fashioned

C. old-fashioned D. cool

2. What’s the meaning of the phrase “pop icon” ?

A. 流行偶像 B. 流行歌星

C. 流行音樂 D. 流行明星

3. The English Roses is the name of a _____________.

A. movie B. picture C. hotel D. book

4. Ten years ago young people drank tea when they visited their __________.

A. friends B. parents

C. grandparents D. classmates

5. The man who wants to spend his time with his friends, perhaps he will drink ______.

A. coffee B. tea

C. orange D. drinks

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了在西方咖啡過去是時尚的飲料，茶只是人們拜訪祖父母時才喝的飲料，但是在時尚女王麥當(dāng)娜通過茶聚會上發(fā)行了她的新書，這使的茶又時尚起來。

1.ten years ago tea was unfashionable.，可知十年前茶是不時尚的，老土的。故選C。

2.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段可知麥當(dāng)娜是“Queen of Cool”，故選A。

3.Several years ago US pop icon Madonna, who lived in Britain, published a children’s book called The English Roses.中called The English Roses做書的后置定語，可知是一本書，故選D。

4. was something we only drank when visiting grandparents.”故選C。

5. of those who like to spend their time.可知喝茶是想那些想消磨時光的人的選擇，根據(jù)題意，故選B。

考點：社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。