The Sweetest Sight

I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

It was an amazing week for my husband and me –the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my____to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to____our two children and started off.

During the week’s time,____visited London and Paris –as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

On our last night in Paris,____we enjoyed the night view(夜景) of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother____the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something____happened.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said____to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and____his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).

“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home____my kids!”

We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no____sight(风景)in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.

1.A. question B. wish C. step D. place

2.A. look after B. talk with C. find out D. wake up

3.A. he B. she C. we D. they

4.A. after B. since C. though D. because

5.A. shouted B. finished C. wrote D. answered

6.A. ugly B. useful C. right D. bad

7.A. hardly B. clearly C. sadly D. truly

8.A. danced B. broken C. thrown D. opened

9.A. toward B. with C. under D. from

10.A. quieter B. richer C. sweeter D. wider

Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee,they don't all have the same coffee culture.In Europe for example,coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee.On the other hand,places like this were not as common in North America in the past.Instead,people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends.The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks(星巴克) coffee shops spread across the country.

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

Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year,Howard Schultz met the three men who ran 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,which caused his great interest.Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did.In 1982,the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing(市场营销).

In 1983,Schultz traveled to Italy.The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes.Back in the USA,Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual,and customers everywhere seemed to like it.Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA.Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well.Today,there are more than 16,000Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.

However,that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems.In fact,many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years.On the hand,this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area.On the other hand,stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the feel the same everywhere environment offered by Starbucks.

1.The underlined word ran in Paragraph 3probably means__

A. closed B. managed C. left D. sold

2.According to the passage,which is the right order for the following sentences?_

a.This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.

b.Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.

c.He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.

b.Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.

A. a﹣b﹣d﹣c B. c﹣a﹣b﹣d C. b﹣d﹣c﹣a D. d﹣c﹣a﹣b

3.Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage?(P=paragraph)_

4.What's the best title for the passage?_

A. The History of Starbucks B. The Culture of Starbucks

C. The Popularity of Starbucks D. The Environment of Starbucks.

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