题目内容
It? will ______us several years to learn a foreign language well.
A. cost???????? B. take????? ?? C. spend??????? D. use
B
【解析】
试题分析:句意:学好一门外语将花费我们几年的时间。 Sth.cost sb. some money 某物花了某人多少钱。 It takes sb.sometime to do sth.做某事花费某人多长时间。 Sb spend some time/money on sth./in doing sth.某在某物上或做某事上花了一些时间或钱。use使用。故选B。
考点:考查动词词义辨析的用法。
British people are famous for drinking tea. But both Sahar and Bobby Green became young millionaires(百万富翁) when they opened a chain of American-style(美国风味的) coffee shops in the U.K.
Having the idea:It started when Sahar took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening , in a Thai restaurant,Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London . Bobby suggested they start their own coffee shop. Sahar fell in love with the idea.
Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I know there was a gap (缺口) in the market.” In November 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London.
Making it work:The first year was very difficult. There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like Latte and Macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up . Today , there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has revenues(收入) of $30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sahar has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She believes success is 1% idea and 99% hard work, but she says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”
【小题1】What kind of company do these people run?
A.Travel. | B.Tea. | C.Coffee. | D.Hotel. |
A.Teacher and student. | B.Sister and brother. |
C.Doctor and patient. | D.Mother and son. |
A.Sahar’s trip to America. |
B.Sahar’s wonderful life story. |
C.The American – style coffee shop |
D.The success of a family business |
Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property(财产)。 Soon a new kind of protection will be used- robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will patrol(巡逻) factories, warehoues(仓库),and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on wheels. They will be able to detect people through walls and pick up sounds, such as breaking glass. They can be fixed with lound sirens(警笛) to frighten thieves, or radios to signal police or guards.
To protect a building, a robot will have to move around without knocking into the walls. Information about the building will have to be stored in the robot’s small, built-in computer. A floor map could be programmed into the computer’s memory, for example.
A mobile robot will not be able to do everything. Unlike human guards, it will not be able to climb stairs, open doors, or move along rough ground. It won’t be able to tell the difference between friends and enemies. Because of that, people will have to be barred from the area it patrols.
One kind of mobile robot will be able to “sense” whether a chair or box has been moved and go around it. This robot will also judge size well enough so that it won’t send an alam if a cat crosses the room. And if someone tries to steal this robot, it will sound a loud, painful siren. The three-foot-tall robot will be hard to steal anyway. It will weigh about 200 pounds.
U.S companies pay almost $10 billion a year to protect their property with alarm systems and human guards. Mobile robots may be cheaper.
【小题1】Why is the new kind of robots called mobile robots?
A.Because they are able to climb stairs. | B.Because they are able to send an alarm |
C.Because they can open doors. | D.Because they can move around slowly on wheels |
A.From a human guard . | B.From a built- in computer. |
C.From another robot . | D.From radio signals. |
A.protected | B.allowed . | C.marked | D.prevented |
A.sense whether something has been moved. | B.sense a cat crossing the room. |
C.move over rough ground . | D.detect people through walls. |
A.protect the museum | B.set off a siren . |
C.judge the size of a person. | D.patrol buildings. |