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I went into Harrods in London (a huge department store I am sure you have heard of) to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.
Having only 30 minutes between meeting. I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5th to the china department. There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap, etc. He was amazing. He got the plates in seconds, wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card, to which I replied no, because I lived in Switzerland, to which he replied asking if, as I lived abroad, would like a tax rebate form(退税表). After that he showed me what to do, produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities(程序). That was fabulous! I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me. I even asked if he gave this to everyone, to which he answered: “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods”. With that, a tall man in a gray suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying, “Can I introduce myself? I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard…” He had been wandering through the store (as you should do as a hands-on CEO) and had overheard me thanking this salesman, whose face, I can hardly describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!
Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer?
【小题1】The writer went to Harrods to __________.

A.kill timeB.buy some giftsC.go sightseeingD.shop for her wedding
【小题2】What does the underlined word “whiz” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.driveB.arriveC.rushD.leave
【小题3】Which of the following sentences can best replace “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods” in the second paragraph?
A.“I’m an honest man.”
B.“I must obey the rules.”
C.“Harrods is strict with its employees.”
D.“Anybody will receive our good service.”
【小题4】As soon as she bought what she wanted, the writer________.
A.went to a meeting.B.flew back to Geneva
C.visited one of her friendsD.attended a wedding ceremony
【小题5】The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experience was so ____.
A.pleasantB.strangeC.excitingD.amusing

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A new law has recently been announced which forbids people to disturb, annoy, harm, kill or interfere with any bats which choose to live in their houses. Anyone who disturbs a bat on its nest ,or handles one without a license will be fined £1,000.
There are some people who like bats. The late Mrs. Ian Fleming was one. She would crawl for miles to see them in caves or hanging from trees. Similarly, there are many people who do not like bats much but are not particularly troubled by them. The chance of a bat resting in their attics(阁楼) or spare bedroom curtains may seem far away from them. But there are others who do not fall into either of these categories and Mr. Auberon Waugh is one. Underneath his house are eight large cellars(地下室) which for some reason bats have chosen to claim for themselves. He finds it extremely disagreeable to have to fight his way through a colony of them every time he wants a bottle of wine. And as a wine-lover he gets a particular pleasure from the ownership of wine. He has certain bottles in his cellar which he thinks are too good to serve to anyone he knows, but he likes to go down and enjoy looking at them occasionally. The bats entirely destroy this pleasure.
Until the recent law, he could keep the bat problem within manageable proportions by sending his children down on a bat hunt every three months armed with tennis rackets. They usually managed to kill one or two and discouraged the rest from settling. But now, Mr. Waugh fears that the bats will take over the house. To solve the problem he inquired what course of action he could take and was told by Dr Robert Stebbings of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, “I am sure that no one will mind if you pick up a bat and take it outside and hang it on a tree or the outside of the house.” The trouble with this, as Mr. Waugh explains, is that he would be fined a £1,000 if he had not already applied to the Nature Conservancy Council for a license to handle bats. And there is no certainty that he would automatically be granted(agreed to give)one.
【小题1】 Mr. Waugh thinks that bats        .

A.should all be destroyedB.interfere with his wine
C.should be kept under controlD.prevent him owning wine
【小题2】 Because he is a wine-lover, M. Waugh        .
A.stores only good winesB.keeps certain good wine
C.refuses to drink good winesD.only wants to own the best wines
【小题3】 Success in removing bats from your home depends on        .
A.applying for a license from the Nature Conservancy Council
B.seeking help from the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
C.taking the course of action recommended by Dr Stebbings
D.the granting of a Nature Conservancy Council license
【小题4】Some people who dislike bats        .
A.think they are unlikely to be bothered by them
B.run the risk of finding them in their attics
C.think it strange they should roost(栖息) in the curtains
D.do not mind them hanging in trees

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