Question

【题目】

Last month some parents visited a pizza restaurant in Florida with their children. On the door, they saw a sign in capital letters: “NO CHILDREN.” “Why can’t we bring our children?”, “What on earth does the owner intend to do?!” The parents were surprised and complained __________.

So why did the restaurant put up the sign on its door?

Troy Taylor, the owner of the pizza restaurant, found that many parents couldn’t control their children and many children couldn’t have meals quietly, which __________ other customers. Therefore, he made up his mind to ban (禁止) children from his restaurant.

Some people said that this was discrimination (歧视). Mr. Taylor, however, defended (为…辩护) his decision. He said that the restaurant was near a busy road, so there might be some__________ if the parents didn’t take good care of their children. Moreover, the restaurant served alcohol, which is not child-friendly.

Others _________ his decision. They said they were tired of noisy children in restaurants and now they could finally have a place for adults only.

_______, many other restaurants have also met the same problem. Some have done nothing and others have tried to ban children during certain times of the day. There’s one restaurant in Italy which has been __________ in dealing with the problem. They rewarded well-behaved children with a family meal discount (折扣), to encourage parents to control their children.

These methods may work for a while, but it may be a long time before restaurants find a permanent (永久的) solution to this problem.

【1】A. politely B. angrily C. gently D. clearly

【2】A. disliked B. trusted C. disturbed D. prevented.

【3】A. noise B. joy C. food D. danger

【4】A. supported B. cancelled C. refused D. explained

【5】A. In brief B. In fact C. After all D. In return

【6】A. creative B. responsible C. disappointed D. crazy

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【解析】比萨餐厅的老板发现，许多父母无法控制自己的孩子，许多孩子不能安静地吃饭，打扰了其他顾客，于是贴出了一个“禁止儿童”的标牌，引发了大家的争议。

【1】句意：父母感到惊讶并且生气地抱怨。前句中父母看到了“禁止儿童”的标识，感到不可思议，所以这里会生气地抱怨，选项A“礼貌地”，选项B“生气地”，选项C“温和地”，选项D“清楚地”，故选B。

【2】句意：比萨餐厅的老板发现，许多父母无法控制自己的孩子，许多孩子不能安静地吃饭，打扰了其他顾客。孩子的行为无法控制，这会“打扰”其他的顾客，选项A“不喜欢”，选项B“信任”，选项C“打扰”，选项D“组织”，故选C。

【3】句意：他说餐厅靠近繁忙的道路，如果父母没有照顾好自己的孩子，可能会有一些危险。这句话是老板的辩解，他这么做是因为自己的店离马路很近，对于不受控制的儿童会有潜在的危险，选项A“噪音”，选项B“快乐”，选项C“食物”，选项D“危险”，故选D。

【4】句意：其他人支持了他的决定。后面一句说的是“他们说他们厌倦了餐厅里吵闹的孩子，现在他们终于拥有一个专属成年人的地方了。”，由此得出这些人是赞同老板的，选项A“支持”，选项B“取消”，选项C“拒绝”，选项D“解释”，故选A。

【5】句意：事实上，许多其他餐馆也遇到了同样的问题。这里是想说这并不是个案，许多餐厅也有这个问题。选项A“简要来说”，选项B“事实上”，选项C“毕竟”，选项D“作为回报”，故选B。

【6】句意：意大利有一家餐厅在处理这个问题上很有创意。后面说到这家餐厅对表现好的儿童会予以奖励，说明这是一种创新的，有创意的解决方案，选项A“有创意的”，选项B“负责任的”，选项C“失望的”，选项D“疯狂的”，故选A。