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 (预定) for afternoon tea weeks in advance. The trend (趋向) 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.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。

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. 流行音乐 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】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在西方咖啡过去是时尚的饮料，茶只是人们拜访祖父母时才喝的饮料，但是在时尚女王麦当娜通过茶聚会上发行了她的新书，这使的茶又时尚起来。

1.ten years ago tea was unfashionable.，可知十年前茶是不时尚的，老土的。故选C。

2.词义猜测题。根据第三段可知麦当娜是“Queen of Cool”，故选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做书的后置定语，可知是一本书，故选D。

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

5. of those who like to spend their time.可知喝茶是想那些想消磨时光的人的选择，根据题意，故选B。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。