单选题 For nearly one thousand years, tea is the most common drink in China that is much earlier before any people in Europe ever heard about tea. British people were much slower in knowing what tea was like. The main reason is that tea used to be very expensive, which couldn't be bought in shops. Moreover, the people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so just because they were curious about tea. Many of them even were not certain about how to use it. Some of them thought it was a kind of vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. They also served them with mixed butter and salt. Though they soon found their mistake, many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and eat it as sandwiches.
Tea remained rare and extremely expensive in England until early in the seventeenth century when the East India Company's ships began to bring it from China. During the next few years much tea came into the country, so that the price fell. Then many people could afford to have it.
Meanwhile, more and more people on the Continent were becoming to like tea. Till one day,a famous French lady wanted to find out what tea tasted like if milk was added. She found it so delicious that she would never drink it without milk again. Since she was a great lady, her friends thought that they must copy the thing she did. They also drank their tea with milk in it. Then, this habit became wide spread and reached England. Today only very few British people drink tea without milk.
Tea was used to be drunk after dinner in the evening. Tea had not been drunk in the afternoon until a duchess found that a cup of tea with some snack at three or four o'clock in the afternoon can help her stop sleeping. Then she invited her friends to enjoy this new kind of meal with her. This is what to be called afternoon tea later.

单选题 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Tea reached Britain from Holland.
B. The tea from India was very expensive.
C. British people were the earliest group in Europe who drank tea.
D. After the 17th century, the Britons begin to drink tea.

单选题 What's the main idea of this passage?
A. How tea was spread to Britain.
B. The history of tea drinking in Britain.
C. Why the Britons have the habit of drinking tea.
D. How to drink tea properly.

单选题 When did tea become a popular drink in Britain?
A. in the sixteenth century. B. In the seventeenth century.
C. In the late seventeenth century. D. In the eighteenth century.

单选题 Why did the people in Europe begin to drink tea with milk?
A. People thought it tasted like milk.
B. People found they were more familiar with the taste.
C. The French lady was so famous that people tried to copy the way she drank tea.
D. For this way they can also have some snack.

单选题 What's the main factor that influenced the tea's spread in Britain country?
A. The ancient Chinese people.
B. The Britain's upper social class.
C. Holland people.
D. A famous French lady.