题目内容
8.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 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 one 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.
25.The underlined word"ran"in Paragraph 3probably means"B".
A.moved
B.managed
C.loved
D.used
26.According to the passage,which is the right order for the following sentences?C
a.This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b.He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
c.Howard SchultzC noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
d.Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
A.a-d-c-b
B.a-d-b-c
C.d-c-b-a
D.d-c-a-b
27.Why did so many Starbucks close in some countries?D
A.All of the coffee tastes the same.
B.The coffee in these places was too expensive.
C.The people in these countries didn't drink coffee.
D.There were too many coffee shops in one place.
分析 文章大意:
尽管世界各地的人们似乎喜欢喝咖啡,但他们并不都有同样的咖啡文化.在欧洲,咖啡店是常见的地方,人们在这里喝咖啡,结交朋友和谈话.另一方面,这在北美不常见.过去,北美人喜欢在家里和朋友喝咖啡.当星巴克咖啡店遍布全国时,美国的咖啡文化发生了变化.
第一个星巴克咖啡店在1971年美国华盛顿州西雅图市中心年开业.它是一家小咖啡店,自己煮咖啡豆.咖啡店的业务表现良好,而在1981年西雅图有三家星巴克咖啡店.
事情真的开始发生改变是在1981年.在那一年,霍华德舒尔茨遇见了三个开星巴克咖啡店的人.舒尔茨在纽约工作,在一家公司做厨房设备.他注意到星巴克订购了大量的特殊咖啡壶,这引起了他的兴趣.后来,Schultz去西雅图看看星巴克做了什么.1982年,原来的星巴克业主聘请Schultz作为公司的市场营销主管.
1983年,Schultz前往意大利.浓咖啡酒吧的特殊环境吸引了他的眼球.回到美国之后,Schultz为星巴克咖啡店创造了一个环境舒适休闲的环境,到处来的客户都喜欢它.星巴克开始在美国开设更多的商店.该公司在其他国家开设了咖啡店.今天,全世界有超过16,000家星巴克咖啡店.
然而,这并不意味着星巴克没有问题.事实上,许多星巴克的商店在过去几年已经关闭.一方面,这是因为有太多的咖啡店在一个小区域内竞争业务.在另一方面,在一些国家的商店关闭,因为咖啡文化在那里没能实现"感觉无处不在"的环境.
解答 26.B,词义猜测题.根据第三段,"Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks"句子后边是Starbucks,是一家咖啡商店,而who引导的定语从句修饰three men,由此可知,咖啡店是这三个人的,在此ran是经营的意思,也就是"manage".因此选择B.
27.C,细节理解题.首先是第一家咖啡店在"in 1971in downtown Seattle"seattle成立(b),之后为了扩大规模,"Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers"购置许多咖啡壶(d),这引起了人的注意,所以"which caused his great interest.Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did"去看看发生了什么(c),然后就将星巴克商店扩大到全球范围(a),因此确定答案是C.
28.D,细节理解题.根据文中最后一句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可知许多星巴克倒闭是因为有许多咖啡公司.故选D.
点评 本文主要是说星巴克咖啡店的起源及发展.题目涉及到词义猜测、推理判断和主旨大意题,要在抓住关键句子的基础上进行合理地分析才能得出正确答案,切记不能乱猜,一定做到有理有据
(2011西安世界园艺博览会)
The 2011International Horticultural Exposition was held in Xi'an from April 28th to October 22nd in the year 2011.
| Chang'an Tower,the highest building in the expo garden,serves as the symbol of Xi'an Expo.People can go up to the observation decks(观景台) at the top and catch the whole view of the expo grounds and the historic city. | Theme Park is designed to be integrated with the surrounding dock(码头) and land terrains(地形).The Theme Pavilion is the main building that has been specially built for the 2011 International Horticultural Exposition. |
| The Greenhouse is built mainly of glass and steel,and it is on Splendid Lake in the eastern side of the expo park. | Guangyun Entrance is the main entrance to the Expo site.It's amazing because it crosses the 60-meter wide Expo Avenue and that it can hold as many as 2 0,000 passengers during peak hours(高峰时间). |
A.On Chang'an Tower
B.In the Theme Park
C.In the Greenhouse
D.At Guangyun Entrance
67.The Greenhouse is in theDside of the expo park.
A.northern
B.southern
C.western
D.eastern
68.Guangyun Entrance can hold aboutC passengers during peak hours.
A.40,000
B.30,000
C.20,000
D.10,000.
Many students thanked the teacher and left.The teacher looked at the remaining students and said,‘Does anyone else want to get a‘B'?This is your last (17)A.'Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained.The teacher then handed out the papers.There were only three sentences on the paper:Congratulations!You have just (18)D an‘A'in this class.Keep believing in (19)B.
I never had a teacher like that,but I think it is a test that any teacher could give.Students who are not (20)A in what they have learned are‘B'students at best (充其量).
The same is (21)C in our daily life.The‘A'students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have (22)C both successes and failures.They have learned life's lessons,not only from normal education,(23)C from events in their lives,and have become (24)D people.You see,one should always believe in himself.
| 15.A.luckily | B.terribly | C.quietly | D.hard |
| 16.A.dislike | B.rather | C.prefer | D.start |
| 17.A.chance | B.trouble | C.test | D.idea |
| 18.A.given | B.sent | C.discovered | D.received |
| 19.A.himself | B.yourself | C.themselves | D.ourselves |
| 20.A.confident | B.lucky | C.mysterious | D.easy |
| 21.A.unusual | B.impossible | C.true | D.good |
| 22.A.broken off | B.dreamed of | C.learned from | D.cared about |
| 23.A.and | B.or | C.but | D.also |
| 24.A.ruder | B.braver | C.worse | D.better. |
---It's Peter's.Let's give it to him.( )
| A. | Who's | B. | Who | C. | Whose | D. | What |