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　　Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or tea．They were afraid to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person．Once the king of England wanted to find out whether it was true or not．At that time, there were two brothers in prison．They would be killed in a few days because they did something wrong．The king said, ”I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea till the end of their lives, coffee must be drunk every day by one of them, and tea by the other．” And they followed the king’s word．

　　They both lived many years．At last, the elder brother died when he was eighty-three years old．The younger one died a few years later．After that people knew that coffee and tea were not bad for man．

根據(jù)短文回答問題。

1．Why didn’t people drink coffee or tea at first?

___________________

2．Who wanted to know the truth?

___________________

3．What did the king let the brothers do?

___________________

4．Did they die quickly?

___________________

5．How old did the elder brother live?

___________________

答案：

  1. Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or tea．

  2. the king of England 

  3. drink coffee or tea

  4. No,they didn't.

  5. eighty-three years

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