Do The English have afternoon tea？

王琴芳

阅读理解

1. What does the underlined word "posh" in the first paragraph mean？

A. Classic.

B. Rare.

C. Popular.

D. Classy.

2. What's the main idea of the first two paragraphs？

A. The different afternoon tea between different classes is popular in Britain.

B. The informal and formal afternoon tea still exists in Britain.

C. Various people are fond of afternoon tea in Britain.

D. Ordinary people have afternoon tea at different time in Britain.

3. In the third paragraph， the author says "Yes， we do！" means ____________.

A. we grew up in the North of England

B. we do have different characteristics

C. we have had afternoon tea up to now D. we have changed a lot

4. From Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 6 we can know the purpose of the author is ____________ .

A. to describe children's preference to afternoon tea

B. to tell readers how the English love afternoon tea

C. to make the afternoon tea known to the world

D. to introduce various of situations of afternoon tea

5. Where could the following sentence be put in the passage？

"But do we still stop at 4 p.m. for a drink and something to eat？ Yes！ "

A.①

B.②

C.③

D.④

答案與解析

1.D。词义推测题。从括号中“占总人口0.1%的上流社会的贵族”可以推测D正确。

2.B。主旨大意题。第二段开头However之后的内容是作者想表达的重点，所以B正确。

3.C。细节理解题。根据上下文可知，“Yes，we do！”表达的是“我们吃下午茶”。

4。D。推理判断题。文章4-6段介绍的是不同情境下的下午茶，为了支撑1-2段的主题。

5.D。篇章结构题。根据文章最后一段中两次提到“may not”，另一句中也用到否定，结合这个设问的句子可以看出是典型的“欲扬先抑”的写作方法。

长难句分析

1. In my house while l was growing up， we would have a big dinner at lunch time （weekendsmainly） and then tea later.在我家里，从我小时候开始，午餐时间会吃一顿很丰盛的正餐（主要在周末），然后喝茶。

这是个复合句。连词while引导的时间状语表达“在……期间”，主句谓语动词would have意思是“过去总是有……”。情态动词would常表示“总会，总是”之义。例如：

He would read on the bus.他总是在公交车上看书。

2. However， if we visit someone in the afternoon （obviously a planned in advance visit），they will make some scones（烤饼），cake，sandwiches and other delicious stuff to be served and lsuppose that is technically“afternoon tea”.然而如果我们下午去拜访别人（肯定是提前约好的），他们会准备一些烤饼、蛋糕、三明治还有其他美味的食物，我觉得那才是真正意义上的“下午茶”。

这是个并列复合句。除了条件状语从句之外，主句是两个并列句，一个简单句一个复合句。复杂句式也是高考常考的考点。