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Dining in a completely dark room, unaware what’s on your plate while sitting next to a complete stranger may not sound like an ideal restaurant experience but it’s certainly an intriguing way to spend a rainy night in London.

   Dans le Noir, close to London’s financial district, is a restaurant full of blind waiters and waitresses who become your eyes around the restaurant, whose original Paris branch opened in 2004.

   In the bar with the light, you choose whether you want the fish, meat or vegetable, but the dishes themselves remain a secret, as do the ingredients of the “surprise” cocktails. Bags, coats and devices(设备)that light up, including watches and mobile phones, are kept in the bar. Placing your hand on the shoulder of your guide, you are led to a table in a black dining room that sets up to 60 people. And it is dark.

   The waiters tell you when the food is being placed down in front of you, then the fun begins, trying to get food into your mouth, then identifying just what it is that’s on your plate, and finally whether you have missed any of it.

   It’s also a great chance to break social convention and eat using your fingers. Those same fingers are also the only way you can tell how much wine you’re pouring into your glass.

   The happy atmosphere in the dining room also made the night memorable. You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.

   All will be revealed at the end of the meal when you are led back out into the lit bar. Not only do you finally get to see what you’ve just been eating but also who you’ ve been talking to for the last 90 minutes.

1.What does the underlined word “intriguing.” in the first paragraph mean?

A terrible   B. interesting   C. expensive   D. new

2.According to the text, “ Dans le Noir”__________.

A is far from London’s financial district

B has its first branch opened in Britain

C is very popular among blind customers

D has a dining room which can seat up to 60 people

3.We know from the text that the customers in “Dans le Noir”_________.

A. are forbidden to eat with their fingers

B. can talk to the strangers at table

C. will book the menu in a dark bar

D. can take their mobile phones into the dining room

4.What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To help blind people find a job in restaurants.

B. To show how to open a restaurant with a new idea.

C. To show how to enjoy the time in a dark restaurant.

D. To introduce and attract customers to “Dans le Noir ”.

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍了一个特别的餐厅,里面都是黑暗的,你不知道吃的是什么,和什么人一起共餐,等到最后来到明亮的地方,看见你吃过的东西和一起吃饭的人是多么有趣的事情。

1.猜词题:从第一段的句子:but it’s certainly an intriguing way to spend a rainy night in London.在伦敦度过一个下雨的夜晚一定是个有趣的方式。可知“intriguing.” 是“有趣的”意思,选B

2.细节题:从文章第三段的句子:Placing your hand on the shoulder of your guide, you are led to a table in a black dining room that sets up to 60 people.可知“ Dans le Noir”有一个可以坐得下60人的餐厅,选D

3.细节题:从文章倒数第二段的句子:You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.可知在“ Dans le Noir”的顾客能和桌上的陌生人交谈,选B

4.写作意图题:文章介绍了一个特别的餐厅,里面都是黑暗的,你不知道吃的是什么,和什么人一起共餐,就是这种不同寻常的方式会引起人们的兴趣,可知作者是想把顾客吸引到“ Dans le Noir”选D

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   Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article “What's the tipping point"

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Ward Hoffman, 

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*                *                  *

From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.

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Phfiip McBnde Johnson,

Great Falls, VA 22066, US

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     D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.                               

69. Johnson's letter shows ________.

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     C. repeat dinners may get good service ifthay tip a bit more

     D. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers           

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