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The old fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but a social meeting place.
A prosperous（繁荣的） general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff （全体职员） was concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.
Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems arise; and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities. No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.
1．The main purpose of the passage is to show ______.
A．how the supermarket has replaced the old general store
B．how the old fashioned general store is fast disappearing
C．how supermarket managers deal with problems every morning
D．how the role of the shop manager has undergone an overall change
2．It is a pity that there are fewer old general stores now because _____.
A．there is less trading business
B．there used to be more social activities in the old days
C．supermarket managers has more problems
D．there is less personal contact between manager and customer
3．Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones mentioned in the first paragraph?
A．People representing any of the regular customers of the old general store.
B．Shop assistants.
C．Friends of the shop manager’s.
D．Two regular customers of the store.
4．How has the job of the store manager changed?
A．He doesn’t sell tea or washing powder any more.
B．He has a much larger staff to take care of, to say nothing of all the other daily problems of running the store.
C．He must try hard to remember the names of the regular customers.
D．He has to give advice and make decisions when problems arise.
5．The author compared the supermarket manager to ______.
A．a military leader B．a school inspector
C．traffic supervisor D．an orchestra conductor
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The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mr. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeting place.
A prosperous general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff were concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to properly deal with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.
Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems appear, and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities.
No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may happen suddenly. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.
1．The main purpose of the passage is to show ________.
A. the old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing
B. the supermarket has replaced the old general store
C. the role that the store manager plays when the store undergoes (经历) an overall change
D. a supermarket manager deals with problems every morning
2．According to the author, it is a pity that there are fewer old general stores now because ________.
A. there is less trading business
B. there used to be more social activities in the old days
C. the supermarket manager has more problems than before
D. there is less personal contact between manager and customer
3．In what aspect has the job of the store manager changed?
A. He doesn't sell tea and washing-powder any more.
B. He has much larger staff to take care of, not to say all the other daily problems of running the store.
C. He must try hard to remember the names of regular customers.
D. He has to give advice and make decisions when problems appear.
4．Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. They are friends of the store manager's.
B. They are shop assistants.
C. They are both regular customers of the old general store.
D. They represent (代表) any of the regular customers of the old general store.
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The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mr. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeting place.
A prosperous general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff were concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to properly deal with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.
Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems appear, and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities.
No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may happen suddenly. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store.
1．The main purpose of the passage is to show ________.
A. the old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing
B. the supermarket has replaced the old general store
C. the role that the store manager plays when the store undergoes (经历) an overall change
D. a supermarket manager deals with problems every morning
2．According to the author, it is a pity that there are fewer old general stores now because ________.
A. there is less trading business
B. there used to be more social activities in the old days
C. the supermarket manager has more problems than before
D. there is less personal contact between manager and customer
3．In what aspect has the job of the store manager changed?
A. He doesn't sell tea and washing-powder any more.
B. He has much larger staff to take care of, not to say all the other daily problems of running the store.
C. He must try hard to remember the names of regular customers.
D. He has to give advice and make decisions when problems appear.
4．Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. They are friends of the store manager's.
B. They are shop assistants.
C. They are both regular customers of the old general store.
D. They represent (代表) any of the regular customers of the old general store.
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A massive earthquake and tsunamis killed 350 people in one Chilean coastal town, doubling the total death number on Sunday as the government tried to get aid to hungry survivors and stop looting(抢劫).
President Michelle Bachelet said at least 708 people had been killed and called for calm as people desperate for food and water looted stores in some areas worst hit by Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude quake, one of the world’s biggest in a century. The earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday morning was “50 times bigger than the one of Haiti.” The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month - yet the death number in Haiti, a Caribbean nation, was much higher.
The reasons are simple. Chile is wealthier and infinitely better prepared, with strict building codes, robust emergency response and a long history of handling seismic catastrophes. No living Haitian had experienced a quake at home when the Jan. 12 disaster crumbled their poorly constructed buildings.
Television images showed houses washed away by swirling waters, cars tossed into shattered buildings and boats lifted into the streets in coastal towns including Pelluhue and Constitucion, where 350 deaths alone were reported.
“It’s an enormous disaster ... there’s a growing number of missing people,” Bachelet said, adding that food and medical aid was being sent to help the roughly 2 million people affected by the quake. Chile is making great efforts to deal with a formidable task caused by the earthquake how to provide temporary shelter for so many people.
A lack of water, food and fuel sharpened the hardship for the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless, and widespread disruption to the power supply threatened to hamper (妨碍) Chilean industry’s recovery. In the hard-hit city of Concepcion, about 310 miles south of Santiago, the government imposed a night-time curfew (宵禁令) in Concepcion and the Maule region on Sunday in a bid to stop looting.
Police used tear gas and water blast guns to disperse a crowd of looters carrying off food and electrical appliances from one supermarket in Concepcion. Television images showed people stuffing groceries and other goods into shopping trolleys. “People have gone days without eating,” said Orlando Salazar, one of the looters at the supermarket. “The only option is to come here and get stuff for ourselves.” On the second day of the most serious natural disaster to hit Chile in decades, rescuing survivors from the ruins had been quickly replaced by the hard challenge of helping them. People overseas have been deeply impressed by earthquake relief efforts by the Chilean government.
1. There are several reasons why the loss of lives in the Chile earthquake was comparatively low EXCEPT __________.
A. improvements had been made in the constructed buildings.
B. Chile is always well prepared for the coming earthquake.
C. large number of Chile residents had gone oat for a holiday.
D Chile has rich experience in dealing with this disaster.
2. The underlined word “formidable” in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.
A. difficult B. glorious C. light D. original
3. According to the passage, what is the most pressing task in the earthquake-hit areas?
A. rescuing survivors
B. providing temporary shelter and food for the victims
C. burying dead bodies
D. clearing away the ruins
4. The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ____________.
A. call on international aid agencies to go to Chile to help.
B. tell us how to deal with the coming disaster.
C. show how the people of Chile rebuild their country after the big disaster.
D. tell us something about the enormous earthquake in Chile.
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