题目
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of kabob (烤肉串) hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything less.
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants
lack.
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly
chaiming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customer especially those experienced
in the delights of Middle Easrern cooking. A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking
loudly about world topics, wathcing news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, an reading
local Persian nespapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled wit food.
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordably but practical as well.
The food, especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited
fat and oil and served straight off the grill (烤肉架).
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat.
One delicious and extemely healthy dish is the Jooieh Kabob, which is made of grille chichen picccs served
with either rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, kabob consinting of grilled beef.
Although the restaurant is samall, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a plan that should not be
overlooked.
B. has pleasant smells of kabobs
C. is crowded with dining table
D. looks like a common restaurant
B. Drinking a kind of black coffee.
C. Reading local English newspaper.
D. Discussing world topics in loe voices.
B. is rather expensive
C. is rich in varity
D. is very healthy
B. Chicken
C. Bread
D. Beef
B. owns a favorable location
C. is popular for its special food
D. has a quiet environment inside
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试题【Reading comprehension. When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look li】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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U-boats told the story.
Memories
In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father "s ship was getting ready
to sail,we brought him a family photography to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.
Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had
been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).
I can remember the arrived of the telegram (电板), which in those days always brought bad news. My
grandmother opened it, it read, safe. love dad."
My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father"s knee, his arm in a bandage.
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war, for as long
as I can remember, he had a weak heart,mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because
of the cigarette, whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read night of the U-boat and able to complete the story.
A toast
In my room there is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have
dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue lest (以免) we forget
I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
B. to see the father
C. to take a family
D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship
B. his knee was broken
C. his ship had been sunk
D. he had arrived in Glasgow
B. taking a shore job
C. failure to return
D. injury caused by a torpedo
B. He repaired the engines.
C. He managed to take a lifeboat.
D. He was the last to leave the ship.
B. A book describing a terrifying battle.
C. A ship engineer"s wartime experience.
D. A merchant"s memories of a sea rescue.
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Why Difficult?
When we wrong someone we know, even not intentionally, we are generally expected to apologize so as
to improve the situation. But when we"re acting as leaders, the circumstances are different. The act of apology
is carried out not merely at the level of the individual but also at the level of the institution. It is a performance
in which every expression matters and every word becomes part of the public record. Refusing to apologize
can be smart, or it can be stupid. So, readiness to apologize can be seen as a sign of strong character or as a
sign of weakness. A successful apology can turn hate into personal and organizational harmony-while an
apology that is too little, too late, or too obviously strategic can bring on individual and institutional ruin. What,
then, is to be done? How can leaders decide if and when to apologize publicly?
Why Now?
The question of whether leaders should apologize publicly has never been more urgent. During the last
decade or so, the United States in particular has developed an apology culture-apologies of all kinds and for all
sorts of wrongdoings are made far more frequently than before. More newspaper writers have written about
the growing importance of public apologies. More articles, cartoons, advice columns, and radio and television
programs have similarly dealt with the subject of private apologies.
Why Bother?
Why do we apologize? Why do we ever put ourselves in situations likely to be difficult, embarrassing, and
even risky? Leaders who apologize publicly could be an easy target. They are expected to appear strong and
capable. And whenever they make public statements of any kind, their individual and institutional reputations
are in danger. Clearly, then, leaders should not apologize often or lightly. For a leader to express apology, there
needs to be a good, strong reason. Leaders will publicly apologize if and when they think the costs of doing so
are lower than the costs of not doing so.
Why Refuse?
Why is it that leaders so often refuse to apologize, even when a public apology seems to be in order? Their
reasons can be individual or institutional. Because leaders are public figures, their apologies are likely to be
personally uncomfortable and even professionally risky. Leaders may also be afraid that admission of a mistake
will damage or destroy the organization for which they are responsible. There can be good reasons for hanging
tough in tough situations, as we shall see, but it is a high-risk strategy.
sharing information about their local history, art, and customs. They expect questions about their family
and are sure to show pictures of their children. The French think of conversation as an art form. 2_____
For them, arguments can be interesting-and they can cover pretty much or any topic-as long as they occur
in a respectful and intelligent manner.
In the United States, business people like to discuss a wide range of topics, including opinions about
work, family, hobbies, and politics. 3_____ They do not share much about their thoughts, feelings, or
emotions because they feel that doing so might take away from the harmonious business relationship they"re
trying to build. Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family matters. It is considered
rude, for example, to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife or children.
4_____ This can get you into trouble, even in the United States, where people hold different views. Sports
is typically a friendly subject in most parts of the world, although be careful not to criticize a national sport.
5_____
B. You may feel free to ask your Latin American friends similar questions.
C. Before you start a discussion, however, make sure you understand which topics are suitable in a particular
culture.
D. In Japan, China, and Korea, however, people are much more private.
E. In addition, discussing one"s salary is usually considered unsuitable.
F. They enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as disagreements.
G. As a general rule, it"s best not to talk about politics or religion with your business friends.
professor of Northwestern University in Evanston. "It"s influenced by lots of forces we usually don"t take into
account." "2_____"
We should take account of some of them below.
The five senses
What you see; Retailers (零售商) work to present their merchandise (商品) in the best light. "They use
lighting to make something that looks good look even better," Underhill says, "3_____"
What you hear: If you like the music a store plays, chances are that you"ll like the products it sells-and vice
versa, 4_____ That"s a because customers respond to the tempo(节奏) of a store"s music, says Deborah
McInnis, professor of the USC Marshall School of Business. "Studies show that the slower the tempo, the
slower people walk through the store, so the more they put in their baskets and the more they end up buying.
If the tempo is faster, people walk faster too. They don"t stop to look so much, and they don"t buy as much."
What you smell and taste: The sweet arose of roasting chestnuts. Free samples of Christmas cookies. Like
music, those are effective ways of inviting customers into a store and making them feel welcome.
What you touch: Signs encouraging customers to touch the merchandise are far less common in stores
than signs imploring them not to. "Touching an object can make you willing to pay more for it. 5_____" says
Joann Peck, an associate professor of Wisconsin School of Business.
B. Stores" music, lighting, "deals" and pricing ranges can all influence what you buy.
C. You may be willing to pay more for a cashmere sweater just because you like how it feels.
D. Retailers often identify potential"impulse buys" and put them close to the checkout stand.
E. Just as music can attract people into a store, it can help to keep them there, or hurry them out the door.
F. They try to engage you with all five senses.
G. Everything tends to look better in the store than it does when you get it home.
California. That could take several months.
So, in eighteen fifty-seven, D. C. Lawmakers in Congress (国会) in Washington wanted to make it possible
to send mail all the way across the United States by land. Congress offered to help any company that would
try to deliver mail overland to the West Coast. A man named John Butterfield accepted this offer. He developed
plans for a company that would carry the mail-and passengers, too.
Congress gave John Butterfield six hundred thousand dollars to start his company. In return, he had to
promise that the mail would travel from Saint Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco, California, in twenty-five days
or less.
It was not possible to travel straight through because of the Rocky Mountains and the deep snow that fell
in winter. So the stagecoach (马车) would travel south from Saint Louis to El Paso, Texas, then over to
southern California, then north to San Francisco. The distance was about four thousand five hundred kilometers.
Two hundred of these stations were built, each about thirty-two kilometers apart. The workers were to
quickly change the horses or mules whenever a stagecoach reached the station. There could be no delay. Each
stagecoach was to travel nearly two hundred kilometers a day.
One hundred stagecoaches were built and painted red or dark green. They were the most modern coaches
that money could buy. They were designed to hold as many as nine passengers and twelve thousand pieces of
mail. The seats inside could be folded down to make beds. Passengers either slept on them or on the bags of
mail.
The cost would be one hundred fifty dollars to travel from Saint Louis to San Francisco. If a passenger was
not going all the way, the cost was about ten cents a kilometer. The passengers had to buy their own food at
the stations. The stagecoach would stop for forty minutes, two times a day.
The company warned passengers about the possible dangers. A poster said:"You will be traveling through
Indian country and the safety of your person cannot by granted by anyone but God."
B. The difficulty in sending mails across the USA by land.
C. The first stagecoaches that carried both passengers and mail.
D. The history of the first stagecoaches carrying mail to the American West.
B. it was safer to travel to send mail by land
C. it would take less time to send mail by land
D. stagecoaches could carry passengers and mail
B. was modern with seats, beds and cooking equipment
C. was a closed wagon operated only by skillful drivers
D. had different horses or mules pulled all the way
B. John Buttterfield kept his promise to deliver mail straight to the West Coast.
C. Passengers might be robbed by Indians when traveling through the West.
D. Passengers needed to pay one hundred dollars for their journey.
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