单选题
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago, most of the people in Europe did not know (41) about tea, because it was (42) in Asia. There is a (43) about an English sailor. (44) he went to India and China. When he came home, he brought some (45) as a present to his mother. She told her friends about the present and (46) them to a tea party. When her friends came to the tea party, the old woman brought some tea (47) and asked them to eat. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves. Just (48) the sailor came in. He looked at the tea leaves on the table and asked his mother, "What have you done (49) the tea?" "I boiled it as you said." "And what did you do with the water?" the sailor asked. "I (50) it away, of course," answered the woman. "Now you may throw away the leaves, too." said her son.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据句意可知此处选择A
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据文中分析可知，茶产于亚洲，故选 B。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 文中讲述的是一个故事，因此选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据文中可知，故事发生在以前，所以选择once。one time意为“在某个时期”，at one time意为“同时，曾经”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 全文讲的是茶，因此此处选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此处them意为“母亲的朋友”，母亲请她们去茶会。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 从下文推断，母亲给朋友们吃的是煮过的茶叶。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考的是固定短语，just then意为“就在那时”，just now意为“刚才”，just a while意为“一会儿”。