1. Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word.
There was a (1)...........when drinking tea was almost
unknown in European countries. Once, a sailor
brought his mother a (2).……...........
Naturally, he tried to bring something
(3)........... ..... that she could show to her friends.
Once the young man came back from India with a box
of (4)......... for his mother. She didn't know
anything about tea, but she liked the (5).......
and invited all her friends to come and
..... it. When her son came into the
he saw cakes and fruit and sweets on
the table and a big plate full of tea-leaves. His mother
and her friends were sitting (8)...
the table,
eating the leaves with butter and salt. (9)..
(6)........
(7).....
they all smiled, it was(10)....
enjoy the leaves.
that they didn't