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(實驗), 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in the 18th century“在十八世紀”可知，這里的“十八”是第十八的意思，應該用序數詞，另外，十八世紀是一個世紀，所以不能用復數，所以本題應該選擇A。
小題2:通過 they could cause （引起）people to die.可知，前一句的意思應該是“一些人說茶和咖啡對人是有害的。”故harmful應該是“有害的”意思。所以本題選C。
小題3:.通過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over 83“超過83”是不對的；B說，在另一個死后多年，喝茶的死，根據the other died a few years later.可知，喝茶的比喝咖啡的先死的，所以B是不對的；D說，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，本題的答案應該選B。
點評：本文講述了最初當茶和咖啡傳到歐洲時的情景，當時的瑞典國王為了驗證茶和咖啡是否有害，進行了一個實驗。經過試驗后，茶和咖啡得以迅速傳播。在完成本題時，應該注意世紀的表達法和根據句子的意思來猜詞，另外還應注意區分短文細節等。