Jeremy Shu -How Lin is an NBA player on the New York Knicks. He is an Asian-American NBA rising star. He was born on August 23rd, 1988. He is 1.91meters tall. He weighs 91 kilos. He is also a graduate of Harvard University. Months ago, few people knew of him, but in February, 2012, Lin started to shine. He led his team to a series of (一系列)wins. He surprised everybody and quickly became famous in the sports world.
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan wrote an article about Lin for Time. He said Lin breaks lots of wrong ideas. One of them is that Asian Americans can’t play basketball well. Another is that you can’t be a great sports player and an excellent student at the same time.
Duncan also noted that Lin’s success was not an accident(偶然). He worked hard and stayed humble(谦虚的). He lives the right way. He plays the right way.
What makes Lin stand out from other players is his hard work and never-give-up spirit.
【小题1】 Which team does Jeremy Shu-How Lin play for?

A.The Houston Rockets.B.The Los Angeles Lakers.
C.The New York Knicks.D.The New Jersey Nets.
【小题2】. How old is Jeremy Shu-How Lin this year?
A.He is twenty.B.He is twenty-two.
C.He is twenty-four.D.He is twenty-six.
【小题3】 Which university did he graduate from?
A.Taiwan University.B.Harvard University.
C.Oxford University.D.Cambridge University.
【小题4】. According to the passage, do you think a person can be a great sports player and a good student at the same time?
A.Yes, I think so.B.No, I don’t think so.
C.Yes, I don’t think so.D.No, I think so.
【小题5】What makes him a great success?
A.Hard work and his height.
B.His coach and his weight.
C.His character(性格) and his family.
D.Hard work and never-give-up spirit.

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The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.

    In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.

    Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.

11.What is the main idea of this passage?

  A.How Starbucks has grown     

B.What Starbucks makes.

  C.Starbucks’customers.       

D.How Starbucks makes its coffee.

12.Which is true about Starbucks’first ten years of business?

  A.It grew very quickly.       

B.It was run by Howard Schultz.

  C.It made special coffee makers.  

D.It was a small company.

13.Who is Howard Schultz?

  A.A coffee seller in New York.

  B.An Italian coffee maker

  C.The man who changed the company.

  D.One of the original owners of the company.

14. How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?

 A.Three.   B.About1095.   C.Two thousand.  D. Thirty-six.

15.What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

  A.Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year.

  B.Only selling locally produced coffee beans.

  C.working with other major coffee-making companies.

  D.Learning about local customers.

 

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