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People going shopping in America can expect to be treated with respect from the very beginning. Most places don’t have a “furniture street” or a “computer road” which allow you to compare prices easily. Instead, people often “let their fingers do the walking” through the store hot lines. From the first “hello”, customers receive a satisfying response to their questions. This initial contact can help them decide where to shop.
When customers get to the store, they are treated as honored guests. Customers don’t usually find store clerks sitting around watching TV or playing cards. Instead, the clerks greet them warmly and offer to help them find what they want. In most stores, the clear signs that label each department make shopping a breeze. Customers usually don’t have to ask how much items cost, since prices are clearly marked. And unless they’re at a flea market or a yard sale, they don’t bother trying to bargain.
When customers are ready to check out, they find the nearest and shortest checkout lane. But as Murphy’s Law would have it, whichever lane they get in, all the other lanes will move faster. Good stores open new checkout lanes when the lanes get too long. Some even offer express lanes for customers with 10 items or less. After they pay for their purchases, customers receive a smile and a warm “thank you” from the clerk. Many stores even allow customers to take their shopping carts out to the parking lot. That way, they don’t have to carry heavy bags out to the car.
小题1: By quoting (引用) the McDonald’s ad: “We do it all for you”, the author intends to_______.
A.suggest that customers believe what commercials say deeply |
B.show readers the American idea on good customer service |
C.express all the stores pay much attention to the customers |
D.persuade readers to choose the stores with ads correctly |
A.To visit a professional street with lots of similar stores. |
B.To compare prices in many shops in the same street. |
C.To make phone calls and get better shopping choices. |
D.To receive other customers’ answers to the questions. |
A.an easy job | B.a trouble | C.a funny thing | D.a boring task |
A.The store clerks don’t usually sit around watching TV or playing cards. |
B.Some stores offer price bargain to the customers like a yard sale. |
C.The clerks give customers a smile and a warm “thank you” after paying. |
D.Some stores open new checkout lanes when the lanes are crowded. |
A.Customer Service in America | B.Excellent Stores in America |
C.Shopping Rules in America | D.Being King or Queen in America |
答案
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:A
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Malaria can be prevented and treated. However, many African nations don"t have the funds to fight it. Nothing but Nets (NBN) hopes to change that. The United Nations Foundation created the campaign in 2006. The aim is to prevent malaria by covering sleeping areas with nets. Hanging bed nets treated with insecticide(***虫剂) is the simplest way to stop mosquitoes from biting at night. The chemicals last four to five years. For $10, anyone can send a net to Africa and help save a life.
So far, NBN has raised $19 million and delivered 700,000 nets to seven countries. Families are taught how to use the nets. Kids also get vaccines (疫苗)and vitamins. "Women line up for miles to get the medicine for their kids," says NBN director Elizabeth McKee Gore. "They understand the importance."
So do kids in this country. "They get so excited thinking of ways to raise money," says NBN spokesperson and basketball star Ruth Riley.
NBN"s biggest fund-raiser is Katherine Commale, 7. She"s been spreading the information about bed nets for the past two years. To show how they work, she and her brother made a video. "We teach that bed nets can save lives," she said.
Katherine has raised $42,000 for NBN. "She just wants those who need a net to have one," says her mom, Lynda. "It"s pretty simple to her." To find out how you can help, visit nothingbutnets.net.
小题1:We know from the passage that NBN is in fact _________.
A.a deadly disease | B.an organization |
C.a piece of equipment | D.a game |
A.to list the sufferings of the African people |
B.to introduce new ways to avoid mosquito bites |
C.to call on people to offer their help to Africans |
D.to tell people how to buy nets in Africa |
A.know the importance of the bed nets |
B.know how to protect themselves |
C.lack nets to protect themselves |
D.suffer from malaria |
A.She set up the website nothingbutnets.net. |
B.She is the youngest money-raiser for NBN. |
C.She raised money by making and selling videos. |
D.She started working for NBN at the age of 5. |
Are you fond of tomatoes? Bunol, a town in Spain, held its yearly tomato festival on the last Wednesday of August. Thousands and thousands of people made their way from all corners of the world to fight in it, the world’s biggest food fight. Tons of fully-grown tomatoes were thrown in the streets.
No one knows exactly how this event started. Maybe it came from a local food fight between friends, or a joke that was played on a bad musician.
On Wednesday, at 11am, the fight began. A cannon(
大炮
) shot was fired to start the fight. At first, people fought one another, but slowly they began to fight in groups. After exactly one hour, the fight ended when the cannon shot was fired once more. At this point, no more tomatoes could be thrown.
Those who attend this event are encouraged to wear protective glasses. And they must press the tomatoes before throwing so that they won’t hurt others. Another rule is that no one is allowed to take anything — such as a glass bottle — into the fight. Although it is forbidden to tear(
扯破
) another person’s clothing, the crowd seems to tear the shirt of any clothed person, whether they are men or women.
Fire trucks are used to clean the streets after the fight with water provided from a Roman channel (
海峡
). The government seems more concerned with cleaning up the town than the visitors, and people go to the Bunol River for a wash.
小题1:
What do we know about the tomato fight?
A.Nobody knows how it really started.
B.Only people from Spain can take part in it.
C.It is held on the first Wednesday of August.
D.Green tomatoes can be used in the fight.
小题2:When the cannon shot is fired the second time, ____.
A.people start to throw tomatoes
B.people start to fight in groups
C.the whole tomato fight is over
D.the fight has lasted for two hours
小题3:Which is NOT one of the rules of the tomato fight?
A.People can’t use glass bottles.
B.People must wear protective glasses.
C.It isn’t allowed to tear other people’s clothes.
D.Tomatoes should be pressed before they are thrown.
小题4:After the tomato fight, the town government ____.
A.provides water to the people
B.cleans up the streets with fire trucks
C.takes people to the Bunol River
D.holds other activities about tomatoes
小题1:More than 250 million people call America ”home" because .
A.they have their houses there |
B.they settle there now |
C.they want to make their home there |
D.they like that land very much |
A.to make friends with native people |
B.to keep their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areas |
C.that the groups of people live nearby |
D.that they get closer to American society |
A.share American customs and cultures |
B.live in a kind of side - by - side society |
C.keep their own customs and habits firmly |
D.make no choice to accept American customs |
A.They always stick to their own customs and habits. |
B.Side - by - side living style is not suitable. |
C.They face the society they are not familiar with. |
D.The advantages coming from the variety of cultures make life in America colorful. |
A.Advantages and Disadvantages |
B.Different Customs and Habits |
C.Home for the People |
D.Side - by - Side Living Style in America |
Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the number of crimes is up and up. And many criminals (罪犯)are young. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all.
There are many young criminals in prison,but prison doesn ’ t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime when they come out of prison.
One man ,Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob Burton started “Vision Quest. “ He takes young criminals on a long ,long journey with horses and wagons (马车), 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year.
The young people in Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.
It"s hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before but they love their horses. That love can help them to live a new life.
Not all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today, Americans still say, “ Go west, young men. ”
小题1:In the last paragraph “leave crime behind them" means .
A.no longer do a crime | B.leave people who do a crime |
C.don"t do all the crimes | D.leave criminals behind |
A.Because he can help to solve crime. |
B.Because three or four is better than six or seven. |
C.Because the young criminals have a hard life on the road. |
D.Because he can stop crime in the country. |
A.getting up before the sun rises can help out of crime |
B.we can hardly find a person who has no love for anybody or anything |
C.travelling can help all criminals out of prison |
D.young people can do anything freely |
A.young people have bad problems |
B.young people grow tall very fast |
C.young people often help their friends in time of danger |
D.all of the above |
A.if they go west they can have a travel |
B.in the west there is a prison |
C.there they have to live a hard life to grow into men |
D.prison doesn"t change them |
Some words are even worse, consider this word: colonel. Not only are some letters not pronounced, but letters that are not even there are pronounced.
Even foreign languages, especially French, are guilty of this needless complexity and confusion. I know there must be some main historical reasons why the words are spelled and pronounced the way they are, but that does not mean bad traditions must continue to survive. Especially if they are no longer logical.
Unfortunately, there is very little that anyone can do for it, because there’s no group of people who can change or have the right to change the English language for everyone. However, the only thing we can do is make changes in the way we talk and write in hopes that it catches on. For example, I pronounce the letter “l” in salmon on purpose to make people annoyed and to sound more different or complicated. I even pronounce colonel the correct or French way.
I can only hope these two minor changes to the English language make sense to you, and you will help to keep up these minor changes forever in your everyday life.
小题1:We can learn from the passage ________.
![](http://img.shitiku.com.cn/uploads/allimg/20191217/20191217145538-55829.png)
A.colonel is pronounced |
B.salmon is pronounced |
C.all the words with silent letters come from French |
D.linguists will solve the problem of dumb letters |
A.French language. | B.Historical reasons. |
C.Some linguists | D.Bad traditions. |
A.becomes popular | B.gets across |
C.follows the fashion | D.doesn’t fall behind |
A.Troubles in everyday life | B.Traps in English words |
C.Words with silent letters | D.Necessary changes of languages |
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