题目内容
Shops ____for the do-it-yourself craze by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.
A. thirst B. apply C. cater D. account
C
解析:
考查动词辨析。句意:各店为迎合自己动手的热潮,提供给顾客零部件让其可以在家组装。thirst for表示“渴望,渴求”;apply for“申请”;account for“解释,说明”;故C项符合句意。
Since my son is getting ready for first grade, I asked a friend where she shops for school supplies.For price and convenience, she had a quick answer: schoolpak.com.Parents can buy items or packaged equipment for all grades.The Generic Elementary School-pak for first through fifth graders, for example, is $23.28.(Teachers can also e-mail their grade’s or school’s whole list for a price on customized kits(销售包).Shipping(运送)is free for 75 or more kits)
Teachers thinks highly of educational warehouse.com for its learning tools and games—everything from puzzles and puppets to software and chalks.Classroomdirect.com has great prices on over 10.000 products and a special corner offering even deeper discounts.
Pick your lunch box
The second-most-difficult back-to-school decision, right after what to wear on the first day, is what kind of lunch box to buy.Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana? Ariel or Elmo? Your kids can examine their (and your) lunch boxes at platesplus4kids.com and lunchboxes.com.
Trade in sports tools
My garage is a tangle(混乱) of bikes and balls, sticks and clubs, so I was excited to find play it again sports.com --- a company that helps you sell quality, name-brand sporting equipment.You’ll have to visit one of its 320 stores, located in 46 states and the District of Columbia.
3 sites for saving
Feed the pig.org
Think about the savings if your kids (and you) stopped buying lunch out every day and brown-bagged(自带午餐)it.
Good shop.com
Support your favorite school by shopping at more than 1,000 participating shops.Up to 30 percent of every purchase is donated.And you’ll find hundreds of deals and coupons(优惠券).
Tax admin.org
Click on 2009 State Sales Tax Holidays to see if your state has a tax-free shopping day.Check what’s included before going to the store.
【小题1】The passage is mainly aimed at__________.
A.parents | B.teachers | C.students | D.businessmen |
A.educationalwarehouse.com | B.playitagainsports.com |
C.Feedthepig.org | D.Taxadmin.org |
A.It is very easy | B.It is rather hard |
C.It proves interesting | D.It seems special |
A.Teachers are much wiser | B.Puzzles and puppets |
C.Shops where teachers shop | D.Develop your brains |
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Is the customer always right? 【小题1】 Shopping is very much a part of a country’s culture, and attitudes to shopping and consumers vary from country to country just as much as climate or taste in food.
Recent economic hardship has given the consumers increased power in Europe because shopkeepers fight to win their share of reduced disposable(可支配的)income. This has meant falling prices, plenty of special offers and a re-examination of what customer service really means.
【小题2】 In restaurants in the south of the USA, for example, waiters compliment(恭维)you on your clothes, ask about your day, compliment you on your wisdom of your order and then return every ten minutes to refill your glass and make sure that everything is to your satisfaction.
Anyone who has waited 30 minutes to be served in a restaurant may possible dream of such customer service. 【小题3】 In fact, different nationalities expect different types of service. As a friend of mine once told me “By the end of evening I had spent as much time talking to the waiter as to my wife.”
A Chinese-American friend loves telling people about how her Chinese mother shops for clothes. First of all she waits until they are on sale. 【小题4】 And later she finds some small fault with the product and demands a further reduction. She never buys anything at the regular price. Could you imagine trying such ways in department stores in other countries?0
Attitudes to service are, of course, affected by employer’s attitudes to their workers. As American waiters heavily depend on tips, they have to provide more service. But is this fair? 【小题5】 It might not be a case of “Is the customer always right?” but a case of “How much service is it fair to expect?”
A.People often point to America as an example of good customer service. |
B.It is a question of expectations. |
C.Do we think it is fair to ask shop assistants to work late evenings or on Sundays? |
D.Then she asks for a discount until she gets an even better price. |
F. The way we shop shows the way we get along with other people.
G. However, do Europeans really want US style service?