【题文】Each country has its own set of national stereotypes (刻板印象), but perhaps the most famous is Britain’s love of tea.

According to the BBC, they drink over 60 billion cups each year. The most popular tea type in the UK is black tea. It’s a simple recipe: You find a mug, add a tea bag, pour boiling water, add milk and sugar (according to your taste) and finish by stirring.

Usually, the only debate is whether milk should be added before or after the boiling water. But a recent popular video has outraged (使愤怒) Britons after completely changing this long-established method.

American TikTok user, Sophie, posted her version of “British tea”, which involved microwaving cold water, then adding milk, sugar and an instant teabag containing powdered lemonade, cinnamon and clove (丁香) leaves.

Mainstream media called the method “profoundly disturbed”, and a Twitter user even wrote, “I would rather see tea dumped (倾倒) into the Boston harbor than drink this abomination (可恶的东西).”

As you can tell, tea is a precious part of British life, whether you’re having afternoon tea at a fancy hotel or drinking it in a takeaway cup.

“Rosie Lee” – a common slang term for tea – first came to Britain in the mid-1600s from China. Since then, the country’s love for it has not declined.

Types of tea can even indicate someone’s social class, according to anthropologist (人类学家) Kate Fox. In her book, she notes that “teas get progressively weaker as one goes up the social ladder”, like black tea served during afternoon tea. At the opposite end, you have “builder’s teas”, which are standard black teas that are brewed (煮) stronger and include more milk and sugar.

Fox added, “Taking sugar in your tea is a lower-class indicator: More than one and you are lower-middle at best; more than two and you are definitely working class.”

Despite the disputes (争论) on what makes a perfect “cuppa”, Britons can at least agree on the saying, “No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea.”

【小题1】What do we know about tea drinking in the UK?

A．They drink over 60 billion cups each month.

B．They pour boiling water over the tea bag.

C．“Rosie Lee” is Britons’ favorite tea type.

D．Its history dates back to the 16th century.

【小题2】Why did Sophie’s video anger Britons?

A．She criticized the way Britons drink tea.

B．She added milk after the boiling water.

C．Her way of making tea was against their tradition.

D．She used a strange tea bag.

【小题3】If John is from the upper class, he probably puts ____ sugar(s) in his tea, according to Fox.

A．no	B．one
C．two	D．three

【小题4】What is the text mainly about?

A．British tea traditions among different social classes.

B．The debate on how to make perfect tea.

C．The influence of tea drinking on Britons’ lives.

D．Tea drinking culture in the UK.

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