Questions 34-36
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Write your answers in boxes 34-36
on your answer sheet.
34. According to the legend, tea was invented
35. Tea first became popular in
36. Tea was brought to Europe by
The answer is C. According to the script, "the Chinese emperor was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. The emperor, a renowned herbalist, decided to try the infusion that his servant had accidentally created." This indicates that tea was invented by accident, rather than through attempts or by the British. Option (C) correctly captures the accidental nature mentioned in the legend.
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"the Chinese emperor was sitting beneath a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. The emperor, a renowned herbalist, decided to try the infusion that his servant had accidentally created, and the resulting drink was what we now call tea."
The answer is A. The script states, "The story of tea begins in China... tea drinking certainly became established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west." This shows that tea first became popular in China, not Japan or Europe. Option (A) is correct because tea's popularity originated in China.
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"The story of tea begins in China... tea drinking certainly became established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west."
The answer is B. The passage says, "it was not the Portuguese who were the first to ship back tea as a commercial import. This was done by the Dutch, who in the last years of the sixteenth century, began to encroach on Portuguese trading routes in the East... in 1606 the first consignment of tea was shipped from China to Holland." Therefore, it was (B) the Dutch who brought tea to Europe as a commercial import, not the Chinese or the Portuguese.
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"it was not the Portuguese who were the first to ship back tea as a commercial import. This was done by the Dutch, who in the last years of the sixteenth century, began to encroach on Portuguese trading routes in the East... in 1606 the first consignment of tea was shipped from China to Holland."
Questions 37-40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
The answer is men. In the passage, it is stated that, "They were though the preserve of middle- and upper-class men; women drank tea in their own homes," showing that only men drank tea in coffee houses at that time.
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"They were though the preserve of middle- and upper-class men; women drank tea in their own homes"
The answer is tax. The script states, "The first tax on tea in the leaf, introduced in 1689, was so high that it almost stopped sales. It was reduced in 1692, and from then until as recently as 1964, when tea duties were finally abolished, politicians were forever adjusting the exact rate and method of the taxation of tea." This confirms that a tax existed on tea between 1689 and 1964.
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"The first tax on tea in the leaf, introduced in 1689, was so high that it almost stopped sales. It was reduced in 1692, and from then until as recently as 1964, when tea duties were finally abolished, politicians were forever adjusting the exact rate and method of the taxation of tea."
The answer is imports. The script states, "annual consumption per head was less than 2lbs. But by 1901, fuelled by cheaper imports from India and Sri Lanka, this had rocketed to over 6lbs per head. Tea had become firmly established as part of the British way of life" indicating that cheaper imports led people to drink more tea.
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"fuelled by cheaper imports from India and Sri Lanka, this had rocketed to over 6lbs per head. Tea had become firmly established as part of the British way of life."
The answer is affordable. The script says, "the government took over the importation of tea to Britain in order to ensure that this essential morale-boosting beverage continued to be available at an affordable price." This means the government acted to keep tea affordable during the First World War.
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"the government took over the importation of tea to Britain in order to ensure that this essential morale-boosting beverage continued to be available at an affordable price."
