Britons are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. The average (平均) person in the UK consumes (消費(fèi)) around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all sections of society. But tea is not native to Britain. Most tea is grown in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?

Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the richer sections of society.

At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first, people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic (特色).

In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time, they began to have “afternoon tea”. This involves (包含) drinking tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today.

In the late 1800s, the price of tea decreased sharply as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socializing in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it.

【1】How many cups of tea does average person drink each year in the UK?

【2】What should be mixed with tea to make it a special British characteristic?

【3】Why do British people have afternoon tea?

【4】Could most people in Britain afford tea in the late 1800s?

【5】Where did Britons enjoy drinking tea and socializing?

Laurie Santos, the psychology professor who will be running the course, believes that the high school lives which her students must have had are the reason that the course is so popular. It’s likely that students who get into top universities like Yale had a difficult time in high school. In order to stand out, they had to surround themselves with endless tests, competitions, and so-called “hobbies”, which made them very unhappy. "A lot of us are anxious (焦慮的), stressed, numb (麻木的)," Alannah Maynez, a 19-year-old undergraduate student at Yale, told The New York Times,“and I won’t miss such a chance.”

Yale isn’t the first university to offer such courses. Back in 2006, Harvard introduced its Positive Psychology class, and about 900 students signed up for it. There are now many universities in the US that have started courses on positive psychology, including the University of Pennsylvania and Claremont Graduate University.

It may sound sad when Harvard student Nancy Cheng called Positive Psychology a “self-help class”. But it’s a good thing that students accept that they have a problem, instead of having to pretend that everything is fine in front of everyone.

It’s true that being happy is an ability, and it’s OK that you may not have it yet. However, it’s never too early—or too late—to start learning.

【1】Many students at Yale University have signed for the Psychology and the Good Life course because ______ __.

A.students who get into top universities had a difficult time in high school

B.it is the most popular course in Yale’s 316-year history

C.Laurie Santos, the psychology professor will be running the course

【2】What does Alannah Maynez think of the psychology course?

A.Popular.B.Meaningless.C.Useful.

【3】How many universities that have positive psychology courses are mentioned in the passage?

A.FourB.One.C.Two.

【4】What does the underlined word “pretend” mean?

A.掩蓋B.假裝C.承認(rèn)

【5】From the passage, we can know that________.

A.it’s never too early or too late to start learning how to be happy

B.Yale is the first university to offer psychology courses

C.Nancy Cheng thought the course helped her a lot to be happy

Welcome to Edinburgh Ceilidh Club! The Ceilidh Dance is held every Tuesday at Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh. We have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands each week. The bands have a lead dancer who will teach the dances, so the event is great for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers. Come and experience Scottish dance the way it’s meant to be!

Tickets:￡6 (online);￡7 (at the door if there are any left)

Time: 8 pm-11 pm

Free Wi-Fi and snacks are provided. No drinks are included in the tickets.

【1】When is the Ceilidh Dance?

A.From 8 pm to 11 pm on Thursday.

B.From 8 am to 11 pm on Tuesday.

C.From 8 pm to 11 pm on Tuesday.

【2】What is free in the club?

A.Wi-Fi.B.Tickets.C.Snacks and drinks.

【3】Which of the following about the Ceilidh Dance is Not true?

A.It’s better to buy the ticket online than at the door.

B.You can learn Scottish Ceilidh Dance with the help of a lead dancer.

C.The event is only for complete beginners.

The game’s popularity may have__________________ to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the__________________ frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them_________________ their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be a__________________ problem today. According to The Guardian, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, The Telegraph reported.

This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first "Minister of Loneliness (孤獨(dú)大臣)" in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel__________________lonely. The minister’s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.

This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. In public places, we would rather look at our smartphones than__________________with people in front of us. And when we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies (自拍) without us, we may compare their “perfect” lives with our own and feel__________________ and lonely.

___________________ we should remember that no one is destined (注定) to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陸地), a part of the main."

【1】A.asB.withC.off

【2】A.backB.homeC.away

【3】A.anythingB.nothingC.something

【4】A.lonelyB.happyC.angry

【5】A.strengthenB.forgetC.remember

【6】A.unusualB.commonC.strange

【7】A.evenB.moreC.less

【8】A.communicateB.competeC.connect

【9】A.sadB.excitedC.strange

【10】A.SoB.ButC.And

Hans was the manager of a food company in the United States. In the beginning, Hans’ products weren’t very well-known, so he tried his best to make them famous.

Because most of the goods shown in the exhibition were already well-known, the director of the exhibition always chose to put Hans’ products in a very small attic (閣樓).【1】In order to make his products known to people, Hans asked for a stall (展位) at the attic and the director agreed.

【2】However, few people visited Hans’ stall. Hans was very worried about this. The first two days did not go well, but at the end of the second day, Hans got an idea. He spent the night Preparing.

On the third day, many small bronze (青銅色的) plates started appearing around the exhibition hall, with the phrase, "Whoever picks up this plate can go to the Hans Food Company stall in the exhibition hall’s attic for a souvenir"on them.【3】

Hans’ products soon got lots of attention. His idea was praised and many reporters wrote about it.【4】

A. The exhibition was a great success.

B. Just as Hans expected, the attic was soon crowded.

C. In 1957, a national exhibition was held in Chicago.

D. Therefore, Hans’ products quickly became famous.

E. Many visitors came to the exhibition.

A: Hello, 【1】.

B: Hi, Jenny. This is Mary. I’m calling to ask if you have decided what club to join.

A: Oh, yes. I want to join the Chinese culture club.

B: Really?【2】?

A: Because I’m interested in Chinese culture, especially after watching a TV program called Everlasting Classics.

B: I haven’t heard of it.【3】?

A: It’s about Chinese ancient poems sung with pop music.

B: That’s cool!【4】?

A: It starts at 8 every Saturday night. What about joining me to watch it this Saturday?

B:【5】. See you then.

Dear Ben，

I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble getting used to life in the middle school. In your letter, you say that ________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,

Li Hua

“I saw him crying and shouting________ my head in pain and I did not know what to do,” recalled 80-year-old Sumner. "The next day he came around me again and tried to _________. He was still shouting in pain. I didn't think he would live, his leg was ________ broken.”

To help the bird, Sumner fed it dog biscuits that he had originated_________ along to the beach for his pet dog Jack. With Sumner's help, Chirpy' s leg got well and it now shares a special ________ with Sumner.

"He comes right up to me, he gets so_________. He won't go to anybody else but me, I think _________he has got some kind of relationship with me, " says Sumner. "Because in March, he will go off and do his natural thing ________then in September, he is back with me ________they have finished making their home.”

Chirpy is believed to be around 20 years old. It won't be close to anybody else on the beach, but the bird will fly straight over to Sumner__________ he arrives. There are about 20 black-headed birds on the beach. Chirpy is the__________one that comes close to summer.

“People are surprised when I tell them about it. They can't believe a seagull would come back like that. It makes you __________ what kind of world we actually are ---- do they know more than we think they know?”

【1】A.fieldB.farmC.mountainD.beach

【2】A.luckyB.healthyC.sorryD.easy

【3】A.take afterB.look afterC.take careD.look for

【4】A.onB.aboveC.inD.beside

【5】A.leaveB.eatC.drinkD.land

【6】A.carefulB.hardlyC.completelyD.kindly

【7】A.broughtB.tookC.lentD.borrowed

【8】A.membershipB.relationshipC.leadershipD.partnership

【9】A.smartB.farC.closeD.silly

【10】A.whatB.thatC.ifD.where

【11】A.andB.butC.orD.so

【12】A.beforeB.afterC.sinceD.while

【13】A.as long asB.as soon asC.as far asD.as well as

【14】A.sameB.lastC.bestD.only

【15】A.knowB.thinkC.wonderD.believe

I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her 【1】 she practiced so much. She said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is 【2】 (get) a scholarship. I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count."

She never changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated【3】 high school, I saw her sitting on the grass【4】 (sad). I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was 【5】 short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop 【6】 (dream) about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me【7】(feel) bad, too. Then she smiled and told me her father said that the coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream. Her father said to her, "If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but 【8】 (you) can stop your dream." He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."

The next year, she and her team went a big game. She 【9】 by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the 【10】 (woman) basketball team of their college.

"If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." It is true.

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