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 (判处死刑).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(实验), 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.
小题1:Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.
A．the eighteenth century
B．the eighteen century
C．eighteenth centuries
D．eighteen centuries小题2:What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.
A．有趣的
B．苦涩无味的
C．有害的
D．可口的小题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小题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
