Do you like tea? Strictly speaking, tea is not a 13_____________ at all, but a suitable occasion for social intercourse, when people often come in for a chat over their cup of tea.

There are two kinds of tea, "afternoon tea" and "high tea". "Afternoon tea" takes 14_____________ between 3.30 and 4.30 and consists of tea, bread, butter and jam. cakes and biscuits. "High tea", howev er, is more substantial. It is 15_____________ between 5.30 and 6.30 by families which do not usually have a late 16_____________. In a well-to-do family it will 17_____________ ham or tongue and tomatoes and salad, or tinned salmon, with strong tea, bread and butter. These are 18_____________ by stewed fruit, or tinned pears, apricots or pineapple with cream or custard and cake.