Question

When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause （引起）people to die.
In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判處死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment(實(shí)驗(yàn)), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
小題1:Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.

A．the eighteenth century	B．the eighteen century
C．eighteenth centuries	D．eighteen centuries

小題2:What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.

A．有趣的

B．苦澀無(wú)味的

C．有害的

D．可口的

小題3: The brother who had drunk tea every day lived______.

A．until he was over 83

B．until he was 83

C．until the other had been dead for several years

D．until he had drunk tea for a few years

小題4:. Today the Swedish drink_________.

A．much more coffee than tea	B．much tea and coffee
C．little tea and coffee	D．much tea but little coffee

Answer 1

小題1:.A 
小題2:C
小題3:. B
小題4:.B

試題分析：
小題1:通過(guò)in the 18th century“在十八世紀(jì)”可知，這里的“十八”是第十八的意思，應(yīng)該用序數(shù)詞，另外，十八世紀(jì)是一個(gè)世紀(jì)，所以不能用復(fù)數(shù)，所以本題應(yīng)該選擇A。
小題2:通過(guò) they could cause （引起）people to die.可知，前一句的意思應(yīng)該是“一些人說(shuō)茶和咖啡對(duì)人是有害的。”故harmful應(yīng)該是“有害的”意思。所以本題選C。
小題3:.通過(guò)at last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83可知，喝茶的活到了83歲，A說(shuō)over 83“超過(guò)83”是不對(duì)的；B說(shuō)，在另一個(gè)死后多年，喝茶的死，根據(jù)the other died a few years later.可知，喝茶的比喝咖啡的先死的，所以B是不對(duì)的；D說(shuō)，喝了幾年茶就死了，明顯與題意不符。所以本題選B。
小題4:.通過(guò)tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden,和where much tea and coffee is drunk today.可知，本題的答案應(yīng)該選B。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了最初當(dāng)茶和咖啡傳到歐洲時(shí)的情景，當(dāng)時(shí)的瑞典國(guó)王為了驗(yàn)證茶和咖啡是否有害，進(jìn)行了一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。經(jīng)過(guò)試驗(yàn)后，茶和咖啡得以迅速傳播。在完成本題時(shí)，應(yīng)該注意世紀(jì)的表達(dá)法和根據(jù)句子的意思來(lái)猜詞，另外還應(yīng)注意區(qū)分短文細(xì)節(jié)等。