All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain with nothing else in it. Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in teapot and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea --- “iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.
小題1:The passage is mainly talking about _________.
A. Chinese tea               B why tea is important
C. the teatime in England     D. different ways of tea drinking
小題2:The word “plain” in line 4 may mean _____________.
A．simpleB．goingC．hardD．drink
小題3:The Chinese drink tea __________.
A．for breakfastB．in a special way
C．when they get togetherD．only in teahouses
小題4: Iced tea is popular _____________.
A．in winterB．in EnglandC．for lunchD．in America
小題5:The English like to _____________.
A．eat something with their teaB．drink their tea plain
C．have tea with dinnerD．drink their tea in teahouses

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:A

試題分析：本文敘述了各國喝茶的不同習(xí)慣，本文敘述了中國人一般喝茶時(shí)，不加其他的東西，而英國人喝茶的同時(shí)喜歡吃點(diǎn)東西；日本對(duì)喝茶很講究；美國人在夏天時(shí)，喜歡喝冰茶。
小題1:主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文主要敘述了不同的國家有不通過的喝茶的習(xí)慣，故選D。
小題2:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)with nothing else in it.喝茶時(shí)什么也不放，故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)tea is always served when people get together.故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In summer, many Americans drink cold tea --- “iced tea”.故選D。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.英國人喝茶時(shí)喜歡吃點(diǎn)東西，故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：所謂主旨大意題，就是指那些針對(duì)文章的主要內(nèi)容、主題、標(biāo)題或?qū)懽髂康乃O(shè)置的問題。這類題主要考查同學(xué)們在理解全文的基礎(chǔ)上運(yùn)用概括、判斷、歸納、推理等邏輯思維方法對(duì)文章進(jìn)行高度概括或總結(jié)的能力。
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