tailieunhanh - BÀI TEST READING (4)

Điểm thi TOEIC của bạn sẽ có giá trị mãi mãi. Tuy nhiên, điều này cũng còn phụ thuộc vào cách mà bạn sử dụng tiếng Anh có thường xuyên hay không. Năng lực tiếng Anh của bạn có thể bị sụt giảm theo thời gian nếu bạn không nói, đọc hoặc viết tiếng Anh. Những người chủ và các trường học thường yêu cầu nhân viên có tiềm năng hoặc các sinh viên của họ phải có điểm thi TOEIC tương đối mới. Nếu điểm có trên hai trăm,nhiều học viện và tổ chức có thể yêu cầu. | BAI TEST READING 4 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 - 14 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. TEA TIMES A. The chances are that you have already drunk a cup or glass of tea today. Perhaps you are slipping one as you read this. Tea now an everyday beverage in many parts of the world has over the centuries been an important part of rituals of hospitality both in the home and in wider society. B. Tea originated in China and in Eastern Asia tea making and drinking ceremonies have been popular for centuries. Tea was first shipped to North western Europe by English and Dutch maritime traders in the sixteenth century. At about the same time a land route from the Far East via Moscow to Europe was opened up. Tea also figured in America s bid for independence from British rule - the Boston Tea Party. C. As over the last four hundred years tea-leaves became available throughout much of Asia and Europe the ways in which tea was drunk changed. The Chinese considered the quality of the leaves and the ways in which they were cured all important. People in others cultures added new ingredients besides tealeaves and hot water. They drank tea with milk sugar spices like cinnamon and cardamom and herbs such as mint or sage. The variations are endless. For example in Western Sudan on the edge of the Sahara Desert sesame oil is added to milky tea on cold mornings. In England tea unlike coffee acquired a reputation as a therapeutic drink that promoted health. Indeed in European and Arab countries as well as in Persia and Russia tea was praised for its restorative and health giving properties. One Dutch physician Cornelius Blankaart advised that to .