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.British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.
Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.
Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London.
Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has £30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It ! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.”
【小题1】What kind of company do they run?
| A.A fast-food restaurant. | B.A tea shop. |
| C.A coffee shop. | D.A big hotel. |
| A.All over the UK. | B.All over the US. |
| C.In central London. | D.In New York. |
| A.Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea. |
| B.British people never drank coffee before 1995. |
| C.Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee. |
| D.Sarah found a business chance while doing the research. |
| A.Sarah’s life story. | B.Sarah’s weekend trip. |
| C.The American-style coffee. | D.The success of a family business. |
| A.In a scientific report. | B.In a newspaper. |
| C.In a sports magazine. | D.In a novel. |
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Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.![]()
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret(解读)the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.
Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Parkand Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.
【小题1】Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?
| A.something is wrong with our eyes |
| B.the two circles are not the same size |
| C.our brains interpret the information in a wrong way |
| D.the two pictures change quickly from one to the other |
| A.To help the actors look better |
| B.To make the actors much braver |
| C.To help the actors become stronger |
| D.To make the actors seem different in size |
Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?
A. The second one.
B. The third one.
C. The fourth one.
D. The sixth one.
【小题4】 What’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.
b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.
d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
| A.a d b c | B.c a b d | C.a c d b | D.b c a d |
| A.A letter | B.An English newspaper |
| C.A science book | D.An advertisement |