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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 charming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, an reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled with 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 affordable 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 extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grille chicken pieces served with cither rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Cbelo Kabob, kabob consisting of grilled beef.
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a place that should not be overlooked.
小题1: When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________.
A.is splendidly decorated |
B.has pleasant smells of kabobs |
C.is crowded with dining tables |
D.looks like a common restaurant |
A.Watching news events on TV. |
B.Drinking a kind of black coffee. |
C.Reading local English newspapers. |
D.Discussing world topics in low voices. |
A.is served in small amounts |
B.is rather expensive |
C.is rich in variety |
D.is very healthy |
A.Rice | B.Chicken | C.Bread | D.Beef |
A.occupies a large space |
B.owns a favorable location |
C.is popular for its special food |
D.has a quiet environment inside |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
解析
小题1:first entering the R定位,找到首段首句首句,but后面the pleasant smells of kabob与B选项一致
小题2:apart from dinning定位,要找到除了吃还能在该餐厅干嘛,定位不太明显可参照选项TV, coffee, newspaper等,找到第五段第一句,talking loudly排除D;watching TV符合B;black tea排除B;Persian newspaper排除C
【小题3ood 定位,找到第六段,第一句:variety…is limited排除A, amount…is fairly large 排除C,第二句排除B,第七段health-conscious, very healthy确定D
小题4:JK定位,找到倒数第二段made of grilled chicken piece确定B
小题5:结合已经做过的题目可以确定C。其他选项:第三段首句the space is small与A矛盾;第四段首句hardly noticeable street corner 与B矛盾;第五段首句talking loudly(也是第57题D选项的错误原因)与D矛盾
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试题【When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, bu】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,
“If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
小题1:
According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
A.The twins wasted too much money. |
B.The father was out of work. |
C.Their saving ran out. |
D.The family fell apart. |
How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
A.They asked their kids to come home. |
B.They borrowed $20,000 from the school. |
C.They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. |
D.They got help from the school and the federal government. |
Financial aid administrators believe that _______.
A.more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses |
B.the government will receive more letters of complaint |
C.college tuition fees will double soon |
D.America’s unemployment will fall |
What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
A.They blamed the government for the tuition increase. |
B.Their income remained steady in the last decade. |
C.They will try their best to send kids to college. |
D.Their debts will be paid off within 25 years. |
According to the last paragraph, the government will .
A.provide most students will scholarships |
B.dismiss some financial aid administrators |
C.stop the companies from making student loans |
D.go on providing financial support for college students |
In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.
How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better? They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast (相比而言), performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right , rather than plough ahead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top.
小题1: What does the underlined part “gain an edge ”in Paragraph 2 mean ?
A.Increase the speed. |
B.Get an advantage. |
C.Reach the limit. |
D.Set a goal. |
A.spending more time and performing worse. |
B.spending more time and performing better |
C.spending less time and performing worse |
D.spending less time and performing better |
A.how fast a firm moves depends on how big it is. |
B.how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces. |
C.Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes. |
D.Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit. |
A.Improve quality? Serve better. |
B.Deliver value? Plough ahead. |
C.Reduce time? Move faster. |
D.Need speed? Slow down. |
Recently. Edinburgh is faced with the problem of dssposing of(处理)about250,000
Million tons of waster a year . Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner---largely through encouraging tecycling---its aging facilities such as the Powderhall landfill do not have the ability to deal with it.
The European Union(EU) has issued a new policy, regulating how such mountains of waster are to hr disposed of. The five councils (Edinburgh. East Lothian. West Lothian. Midlethian and Borders) face fine around $18million a year from 2013 it they don’t inerease recycling levels and rely less on landfill. With this in mind, the coumlls got together with the idea of building a lage incinerator plant (垃圾焚烧厂)to burn half of the waste produced in their districts. But the plan fell apart after the change of target levels by a new UK government waste policy which required that no more than 25% of the city’s waste should be disposed of in this way by 2025.
After the plan was abandoned, a private company which already transported millions of tons of the city’s wast by train to a landfill site near Dunbar, offered an alternative soution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello.
Since Powderhall is supposed to close in 2015, it seemed necessary for the members of the Edinburgh Council to accept the suggestion. But soon they turned it down—after 700 local objections reached them—because it would have meant hundreds of lorries a day making loud noise through heavily populated areas.
That still leaves eth council with a problem. By 2013,only50%of 1995 levels of waste will benllewed to be sent to landfill. Even if recveling large are met, there will still be a large amount of rubbish to be burnt up. Due build an Edinburgh and Midlothian councils have now decided to work together to build an ineinerator plant as time to find a solution is fast running out.
小题1:The main way of handling waste in a green manmer in Edinburgh is .
A.recyeling | B.restoring | C.burying | D.burning |
A.reduce the roast of burying waste |
B.meets the EU requirements |
C.speed up waste recycling |
D.tempter landfill sites |
A.a name from a private company |
B.the comelier was not interested in it |
C.it was not supports by EU |
D.the local poodle was waist it |
A.To open a new landfill nearby |
B.To close the powder hall landfill in 2015 |
C.To set up a plan for burning waste |
D.To persuade people to deduce their waste. |
One of the greatest sources of tension(紧张情绪)between teenagers and their families is the struggle to balance personal desires with family expectations.As you are getting older,you are becoming more independent and more interested in being with your friends.
However,at the same time,your family is trying to figure out how to deal with these changes. While you once spent most of your free time with your family,you are now often absent from home.Parents may get their feelings hurt.Or they might feel that they are losing control of their family during this period.You might feel angry that so many family demands are placed on you.
There are a few things you can try to make it a little easier to ease(缓解)the tension.
* Make your plans in advance.Ask your parents if there is anything else planned at that time.
* When something with your friends interferes(干扰;冲突)with a family event,try to figure out if there is any way you can do both.
* Suggest something you would really like to do with your family.Sometimes parents feel better just knowing their teenager wants to spend time with them.
Some of the time you won’t be happy with the outcome(结果).You might either have to disappoint your parents or have to miss out being with your friends.However,if you show consideration(体谅)for the feelings of both your family and your friends,you can solve the problem in a tender way.
小题1:
The purpose of the first paragraph is to _________.
A.show a disagreement of views |
B.serve as a description of teenager trouble |
C.serve as an introduction to the discussion |
D.show the popularity of teenager problem |
The tension between teenagers and their families is caused by the fact that____________.
A.teenagers don’t like to take family demands |
B.parents want to keep their family under control |
C.parents feel unhappy that their children make so many friends |
D.both parents and teenagers don’t pay attention to each other’s feeling much |
Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the passage?
A.Don’t feel angry if your parents ask you to do something. |
B.Try to think of ways to balance family event with friend event. |
C.Tell your parents before you decide to spend time with your friends. |
D.Advise your parents to do something that you are interested in with you. |
What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To inform us of parent and teenager tension. |
B.To tell us about a common teenager problem. |
C.To persuade parents to show consideration for teenagers. |
D.To advise teenagers how to deal with their tension with their family. |
What could be bought ten years ago for one dollar now costs well over two dollars. It seems that this rate of inflation is tending to rise rather than to fall.If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices,one might think that inflation does not matter.But it does when money is losing value,it lacks one of the qualities of a good money---stability (稳定) of value.It is no longer acceptable as a store of value;and it becomes an unsuitable standard of deferred(延期) payments.Nobody wants to hold a wasting possession,so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore stimulates people spending,and prevents people from saving.
小题1:
What does inflation mean?
A.People’s money becomes more valuable |
B.The problem of employment will be solved. |
C.It’s easier for people to find better paying jobs. |
D.Money keeps losing its value. |
From the passage.we can know inflation __________.
A.seldom happens | B.is very common at present |
C.is a must | D.has become less in recent years |
According to the passage,if incomes and prices rise together ______
A.the business will become better | B.money will hold its value |
C.inflation won’t be a problem | D.inflation will remain to be a problem |
In a period of inflation,people are likely to ______ .
A.put much money on the stock market(股市) |
B.stop spending money |
C.hold on to money as a dependable possession |
D.spend money as soon as possible |
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