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hotel after just one night. The couple, visiting from Texas, had booked a room for eight nights.
"They wanted a sterile (消毒了的) environment, "Theodore said. "They should have rented a room in a
hospital, maybe an operating room. This hotel is clean, but it isn"t that clean."
Theodore said that, on the very first day, the couple bmught all the sheets, pillowcases and bedspreads
down to the rmin hall and just dropped them next to the front desk. They stood there next to this pile of
bedding while other guests looked, pointed, and mumured. The hotel got three cancellations within the hour
from people who witnessed this strange event.
When Theodore asked the couple what the problem was, they said that their bedding was filthy and they
wanted it replaced. The couple could not identify any specific "filth" on the bedding. The wife just said, "we"re
paying good money to stay here. How dare you doubt us? We know the filth is there. That"s all the proof you
need." Theodore called room service, and the bedding was replaced immediately.
Early the next evening, however, the couple marched to the front desk again and demanded seven cans of
sterilizer. "We need a can for each night. We have to spray the phone, the TV, all the door handles, the toilet
handle,the shower stall, the faucet, the sink, and any hotel staff entering our room."
Worried, Theodore politely suggested that a hotel more suitable for them was just around the corner. He
then called ahead to reserve a "very clean" room, and gave them free transportation in the hotel Rolls-Royce.
A1so, he told the couple that they wouldn"t be charged for the second day.
The couple were surprlsed but they really liked the idea of free room for a night and that expensive car
service.
B. dirty
C. smelly
D. old
B. The hotel was not clean enough.
C. The hotel would run out of cleaning stuff.
D. More guests would make the same requests.
B. EXpensive.
C. Particular.
D. Easy-going.
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试题【阅读理解。 Theodore, the mamger of the Paradise Hotel, told a middle-aged couple 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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across in my life. They are totally separated, mixing with 1 . As they drive past 2 they keep their eyes
looking away and make no sign of acknowledgement. The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌
的人) of themselves to the local police station by 3 music played too loud, dogs barking more than once
a day and any other petty 4 gripe (把柄).
On moving into this neighborhood, I was 5 of these two but decided I would make up my own mind.
This proved qulte a 6 to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door
and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some 7 or other.
I 8 answered politely and made sure I 9 as they went past my place and also made the effort now
and then to make a kind remark about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the kindness rock give (送爱心石活动), Maureen and I 10 to
place a kindness rock in their garden. Their 11 remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as
friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to 12 these two unhappy ladies to our
list and left a packet of cookies on their 13 . Imagine my 14 when two days later they 15 at my gate and
jokingly said they are considering hanging their christmas stocking on their gate, and they 16 me a bunch
of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not 17 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know iust what this
18 to others, nor how many broken or 19 hearted people you may just change with a simple act of 20 .
| ( )1.A. nobody ( )2.A. ladies ( )3.A. composing ( )4.A. important ( )5.A. accused ( )6.A. challenge ( )7.A. jokes ( )8.A. seldom ( )9.A. waved ( )10.A. started ( )11.A. smile ( )12.A. add ( )13.A. place ( )14.A. interest ( )15.A. whispered ( )16.A. brought ( )17.A. take in ( )18.A. refers ( )19.A. kind ( )20.A. sorrow | B. someone B. neighbors B. requesting B. easy B. warned B. job B. advice B. never B. stared B. continued B. attitude B. recommend B. roof B. smile B. stopped B. wished B. take up B means B. light B. hope | C. anyone C. friends C. reporting C interesting C. reminded C. task C. explanation C. always C. noticed C. mentioned C. decision C. reduced C. gate C. surprise C. shouted C. threw C. give in C. relates C. hard C. imagination | D. nothing D. relatives D. getting D. little D. convinced D. matter D. complaint D. sometimes D. laughed D. decided D. anger D. drove D. fence D. face D. wandered D. expected D. give up D. contributes D. wam D. kindness | ||||||||||||||||||
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| It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, Florida. I had driven to town hoping to see the old barber shop where my hair had been cut as a child. I parked my truck and decided to try and locate a telephone to see if the Florida Barber College had moved to a new location. After walking about a block I saw an open shoe store. I walked inside and asked if I could use their telephone book. Unable to find a listing for the Barber College, I picked out the number of a local beauty salon, hoping they might tell me if the Barber College was stillin business. The number was busy, so I decided to wait and try again in a few minutes. As the salesman and I stood talking. The front door opened and a young man about twenty came into the store pushing himself in a wheelchair. "I need a new pair of shoes," said the customer. As he turned the corner, there was a blanket across his lap. I was shocked to see that the young man had no legs. "A gift for a friend?" I asked the boy. "No," he replied. "They are for me," he continued, with a smile on his face. I just smiled back and watched to see what would happen next. "What type of shoes would you like?" asked the clerk "How about a pair of cowboy boots?" The man pointed to the back wall where three or four pairs of boots were displayed. The salesman, sharply turning, headed off to the backroom. "Isn"t this fun?" the boy asked me. I moved my hand to let him know that I did not understand his question. "When I was a kid, my parents used to buy me a new pair of shoes every year. That was such a wonderful feeling. Something I have never forgotten. The smell of the leather and the pride I felt when I walked around the store showing off my new shoes." The salesman came walking down the aisle with a large box. He sat it down on the floor, took out one boot and handed it to the young man. The boy closed his eyes. He placed the boot against his nose, and drew in a large breath. I did not know what to say as tears began to fall on the young man"s cheeks. "What type of accident did you have?" I asked him "Farm accident," he said, as he tried to clear his voice. "Do you want the cowboy boots?" the salesman asked him. "Oh, yes!" he answered. "I see buying a new pair of shoes still gives you that good feeling you talked about," I told the young man, as I smiled. "Yes it does." he said "And I may have someone, and his feet to share it with some day." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Why did the young man want to buy a new pair of shoes? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. Because he bought a pair every year. B. Because he wanted to send a new pair to a friend. C. Because he hoped to keep it for memory. D. Because he enjoyed the feeling of possessing a new pair. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. The author writes about the barber shop at the beginning of the article"in order to _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. introduce the background of the story B. see if the Barber College had moved to a new location C. find a listing for the Barber College D. pick out a local beauty salon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. How did the author feel when he saw a young man without legs buying a pair of shoes? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. Unexpected. B. Proud. C. Sympathetic. D. Superior. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. The young man was a stubborn person. B. The author was a man of understanding. C. The cowboy boots were fashionable then. D. The disabled envied much those healthy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A1ice, my frierld"s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 1 economic resources-her father has been dead for years and her mother works 2 a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can 3 support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 4 and that"s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 5 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons. Alice became friends with Jane and would 6 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 7 her. On her birthday last month, she 8 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn"t come. Alice wanted her to be 9 so much that she 10 on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, "I don"t have any 11 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party." After a brief pause, the girl remembered, "I have a 12 from my piano perfomance," and asked, "Could I 13 a skirt from you?" Alice was happy that her friend would be 14 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 15 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, "No." The daughter was very 16 and angrily said to her Mum, " 17 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes." The Mother didn"t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she"s normally very well 18 . Fimlly, Alice explained to her Mother her friend"s 19 . Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, "Yes." She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 20 with her. So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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