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 1971 in 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 1981 there 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 16,000 Starbucks 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.

1. The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably 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. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.

c. Howard Schultz 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

3. Why did so many Starbucks close in small areas?

A. The coffee in these places was too expensive.

B. The style of the coffee stores seems the same.

C. People like to drink coffee at home with friends.

D. There were too many coffee shops in one place.

4. Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage?(P=Paragraph)

完形填空。

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.” When I was a young boy, I was ________ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often ________ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, ________ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ________ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school.

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ________ the contest.” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself.” I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 ________ . With my mother’s great love, I did ________ in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers ________ the teachers and all the students. Those classmates who once looked down on(看不起) me, now all said“________ ” to me. My mother hugged(拥抱)me and cried excitedly.?

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ________ to have confidence. This is not only for a person but also for a country.

1.A. too B. so C. quite D. very

2.A. made faces B. looked after C. caught up with D. laughed at

3.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

4.A. take part in B. join C. get D. make

5.A. lose B. win C. pass D. beat

6.A. words B. topics C. times D. sentences

7.A. well B. good C. bad D. weak

8.A. for B. at C. from D. to

9.A. Good luck. B. Best wishes. C. Thank you. D. Congratulations.

10.A. us B. me C. mine D. myself

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