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TeadrinkingwascommoninChinafornearlyonethousandyearsbeforeanyoneinEuropehadeverheardabouttea.PeopleinBritainweremuchslowerinfindingoutwhatteawaslike,mainlybecauseteawasveryexpensive.ItcouldnotbeboughtinshopsandeventhosepeoplewhocouldaffordtohaveitsentfromHollanddidsoonlybecauseitwasafashionablecuriosity.Someofthemwerenotsurehowtouseit.Theythoughtitwasavegetableandtriedcookingtheleaves.Thentheyservedthemmixedwithbutterandsalt.Theysoondiscoveredtheirmistakebutmanypeopleusedtospreadtheusedtealeavesonbreadandgivethemtotheirchildrenassandwiches.

TearemainedscarceandveryexpensiveinEnglanduntiltheshipsoftheEastIndiaCompanybegantobringitdirectfromChinaearlyintheseventeenthcentury.Duringthenextfewyearssomuchteacameintothecountrythatthepricefellandmanypeoplecouldaffordtobuyit.

AtthesametimepeopleontheContinentwerebecomingmoreandmorefondoftea.Untilthenteahadbeendrunkwithoutmilkinit,butonedayafamousFrenchladynamedMadamedeSevignedecidedtoseewhatteatastedlikewhenmilkwasadded.Shefounditsopleasantthatshewouldneveragaindrinkitwithoutmilk.Becauseshewassuchagreatladyherfriendsthoughttheymustcopyeverythingshedid,sotheyalsodranktheirteawithmilkinit.SlowlythishabitspreaduntilitreachedEnglandandtodayonlyveryfewBritonsdrinkteawithoutmilk.

Atfirst,teawasusuallydrunkafterdinnerintheeveningNooneeverthoughtofdrinkingteaintheafternoonuntiladuchess（公爵夫人）foundthatacupofteaandapieceofcakeatthreeorfouro'clockstoppedhergettingasinkingfeelingasshecalledit.Sheinvitedherfriendstohavethisnewmealwithherandso,tea-timewasborn.

76.WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheintroductionofteaintoBritain?

A）TheBritonsgotexpensiveteafromIndia.

B）TeareachedBritainfromHolland.

C）TheBritonswerethefirstpeopleinEuropewhodranktea.

D）Itwasnotuntilthe17thcenturythattheBritonshadtea.

77.Thispassagemainlydiscusses.

A）thehistoryofteadrinkinginBritain

B）howteabecameapopulardrinkinBritain

C）howtheBritonsgotthehabitofdrinkingtea

D）howtea-timewasborn

78.TeabecameapopulardrinkinBritain.

A）ineighteenthcentury

B）insixteenthcentury

C）inseventeenthcentury

D）inthelateseventeenthcentury

79.PeopleinEuropebegantodrinkteawithmilkbecause.

A）ittastedlikemilk

B）ittastedmorepleasant

C）itbecameapopulardrink

D）MadamedeSevingewassuchaladywithgreatsocialinfluencethatpeopletriedtocopythewayshedranktea

80.WemayinferfromthepassagethatthehabitofdrinkingteainBritainwasmostlyduetotheinfluenceof.

A）afamousFrenchlady

B）theancientChinese

C）theuppersocialclass

D）peopleinHolland