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Afternoon tea in England
Afternoon tea is the traditional four o'clock tea. That is a small meal, not just a drink. Traditionally it is made up of tea or coffee and either of the following: Freshly baked scones(新鲜烤饼) served with cream and jam. Afternoon tea sandwiches—thinly sliced cucumber(黄瓜) sandwiches with the crusts(面包皮) cut off.
Afternoon tea became popular in the early 1840s. At that time, English people ate only two main meals each day, so people often got hungry between the two meals. One day, to spend the time, a woman called Anna asked some of her friends for an afternoon tea at about four o'clock. Together with tea, she served her friends cakes and sandwiches. Soon after that, afternoon tea became popular.
Afternoon tea is not common these days because most adults go out to work. However you can still have afternoon tea at many tea rooms around England.
根据文章内容完成句子：
（1）Afternoon tea is not just a drink but a .
（2）People usually the crusts when they make the thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches.
（3）English people only ate meals in the early 1840s.
（4）Anna invited her friends for an afternoon tea at o’clock and she served cakes and together with tea.
（5）Today, afternoon tea isn’t so because most adults have to go to .

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）small；meal
（2）cut；off
（3）two；main
（4）four；sandwiches。
（5） common；work
【解析】(1) 根据第一段第二句“That is a small meal, not just a drink. ”可知。 (2)根据“thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off”判断可知，人们在制作薄片黄瓜三明治时会把面包皮削掉。 (3)根据第二段开头两句综合可知，在19世纪40年代早期，英国人每天只吃两顿主餐。 (4)根据第二段中“a woman called Anna asked. . . at about four o’clock. Together with tea, . . . cakes and sandwiches. ”可知。 (5)根据最后一段第一句可知，如今因为大部分成年人要去上班，下午茶不再普遍。