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The Holiday Inn is where Manhattan people often go for a special party, or a night out. A lot of them choose to eat in the brightly lighted restaurant near the pool. And many of them will be served by Ellen Logan, who has worked as a waitress here for more than two years.
Ellen, like most of the waitresses, is also a student. She comes from Nebraska, but she’s planning one day to be a veterinary surgeon, and to care for small animals. But in order to support herself at college, she works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn.
Ellen soon learned what every waitress finds out. Your best friend has a good pair of shoes. She paid forty -five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. She’s discovered something else too. You don’t have to know much about food to be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people.
“A lot of business people always stay here when they come to Manhattan,” she explains. “They like you to recognize them and remember their favorite dishes. But some couples come for a night out together. They just want to be left alone. Then there are people who can’t make up their minds. They look down the menu and say‘What do you suggest?’So I ask them how hungry they are. If they say, ‘Not very’, I suggest the salad bar, with soup, salad, bread, and a fruit plate. But if they say they’re very hungry, I suggest a Kansas Strip Steak, with potatoes or rice. You get salad and bread as well. It’s very nice. Real good value.”
Ellen may get tired feet sometimes, but at least she’s learning too much about people. She’ll probably make a good animal doctor, but if she find she doesn’t like it after all, she can always become a psychiatrist(心理医生)instead.
小题1:A good title for this passage is______________.
A.Ellen Logan at the Holiday Inn | B.American Holiday Inn |
C.A Special Holiday Inn Hotel in Manhattan | D.How to Deal with People |
A.an animal doctor. | B.an animal trainer | C.a hotel manager | D.a food expert |
A.waitresses in the Holiday Inn are all students |
B.waitresses are required to buy a good pair of shoes before they go to work |
C.waitresses should be familiar with the food there |
D.it is more important for the waitresses to know much about people than food |
A.The Holiday Inn hotel is one of the big surprises in Manhattan. |
B.Businessmen like to be recognized by the people and suggested what to eat. |
C.Some couples prefer to be left alone without being bothered too much. |
D.One of the reasons why people like to eat in the hotel is that it is full of a friendly atmosphere. |
答案
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:B
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试题【For a small town, Manhattan, Kansas has some big surprises. And one of them is t】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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小题1:If a customer wants to order by mail, he needs to ____.
A.fill out two different forms | B.get a form from ChinaSprout |
C.provide his credit card number online | D.print out the online order sheet and fill it in |
A.Customers are not allowed to cancel their order. |
B.Foreigners will receive their products in two weeks. |
C.ChinaSprout promises to ship any order in one day. |
D.ChinaSprout will send the order confirmation in two days. |
A.their orders usually by ship | B.their products mainly by air |
C.their order confirmations by fax | D.their shipping information by phone |
Grace — made famous by the Hollywood star Grace Kelly — slipped back into third place behind Ruby, the name of singer Charlotte Church’s daughter.
Summer climbed 28 places from 44th to 16th. Ava — the name of singer Myleene Klass’s daughter — also leapt 15 places to 19th.
The troubles of the singer Amy Winehouse perhaps had an effect on the popularity of the name. It dropped three places to 23rd. Rebecca is also on the wane(变弱), ranking 48th. So is Courtney, which ranked 88th.
Theo, obviously inspired by England’s teenage football hero Theo Walcott, is among the biggest climbers in the boy’s list, rising from 70th to 58th.
An employee of Bounty said, “Baby names have witnessed the biggest changes over the last decade as parents are increasingly influenced by celebrities. The Bounty baby name poll also shows parents are continuing to be creative and inspirational about the names they choose for their children. Some parents want a name that’s totally unique, and names such as Zebedee, Selim and Zenon are now emerging and growing in popularity. Others are simply breaking with convention and becoming bolder in their choice of names.”
“While politicians’ names may be growing in popularity in America, British politicians don’t influence our choice of names in the UK. Traditional royal names continue to be supreme(最高的) in the boys’ top 100,” The employee said.
小题1:Which of the following girl names ranks the second?
A.Grace. | B.Ruby. | C.Kelly. | D.Charlotte. |
A.stars | B.parents | C.media | D.politicians |
A.Unique names. | B.Creative names. |
C.Famous people’s names. | D.Traditional royal names. |
A.Thomas was the first in boy names in 1994 |
B.Summer ranked 28th in the girls’ list in 2007 |
C.Rebecca might be 50th in the girls’ list in 2007 |
D.Courtney climbed in the boy’s list in 2008 compared with 2007 |
In many cities in the United States, for instance, it is not legal to “jaywalk.” This law may seem strange to visitors. Sometimes they cross a street, and a police officer gives them a ticket. Then they need to pay a fine of $10 to $25. They soon learn to cross a street only in a crosswalk or at a corner. It’s against the law to cross in the middle of the street.
Most people know that states in the United States have different laws about the legal drinking age; this age varies, but in most states no one under twenty-one can buy alcohol, even beer or wine. Also, in most U.S. cities, it is illegal to drink alcohol in public. Of course, liquor is legal in restaurants and bars, but it’s against the law to drink a can of beer, for instance, on a public street. Some people put the can in a paper bag and drink; nobody can see the beer, but it still isn’t legal. In addition, it is illegal to have an open liquor bottle inside a car.
小题1: We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ______.
A.it is legal to steal money in some countries |
B.Peru and Korea have completely different laws |
C.there may be different local laws in a country |
D.an Asian city and a European city can’t have the same law |
A.to talk with others while crossing a street |
B.to have a drink while crossing a street |
C.to cross in the middle of the street |
D.to cross a street at a corner |
A.Selling a can of beer to teenagers. |
B.Having a bottle of wine in a Chinese restaurant. |
C.Having an open bottle of beer inside a car. |
D.Drinking a can of beer in a street without being seen. |
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration(登记)card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
小题1: The underlined words in this passage means to “______”.
A.be ready to help others | B.make good use of one’s friends |
C.be a little ahead of others | D.gain something at other’s expense |
A.While taking a taxi in Finland, you can get off without first paying your fare. |
B.In a big hotel in Finland, you can enjoy free meals if you’re living in the hotel. |
C.The bosses in Finland pay the employees according to registration of their working hours. |
D.The workers are always honest with their working hours. |
A.the Finnish society is of very high moral (道德) level |
B.there are many loopholes in everyday life in Finland |
C.in Finland, most taxi drivers will not charge you anything |
D.everyone in Finland is like a gentleman, for they have faith in themselves |
A.Life in Finland | B.A Society with “Foolish” People |
C.What a Life | D.Honest accounts of the Finns |
After all, squeezing past others sometimes can"t be avoided.and the bus driver is merely doing his job.I used lo think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles and came to appreciate some more polite ways of communicating with people.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time.When people buy something in a shop, customer and retail assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more.In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation.British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room.English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs as opposed to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others.Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me.my employers stressed several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism.It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable.This also is shown in other ways.British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men.However, 1 do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men" Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
小题1:What is the author"s attitude towards English politeness?
A.He appreciates it | B.He gives no personal opinion |
C.He thinks it is artificial | D.He thinks it goes too far. |
A.It"s always a retail assistant who says thank you. |
B.A customer never says thank you to a retail assistant. |
C.They always say thank you to each other. |
D.They may say thank you only once. |
A.are more likely to be involved in a fighting. |
B.are not so willing to spend money for women. |
C.are more polite than English men. |
D.treat women in a polite way. |
A.giving comments | B.telling stories |
C.making comparisons | D.giving reasons |
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