The doorbell rang, and Jim ________ the door  

A. stopped open　B. stopped opening C. stopped to open　D. stopped opened

 

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran(经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.

    In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.

    Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty-six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers.

11．What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A．How Starbucks has grown     

B．What Starbucks makes．

　　C．Starbucks’customers．       

D．How Starbucks makes its coffee．

12．Which is true about Starbucks’first ten years of business?

　　A．It grew very quickly．       

B．It was run by Howard Schultz．

　　C．It made special coffee makers．  

D．It was a small company．

13．Who is Howard Schultz?

　　A．A coffee seller in New York．

　　B．An Italian coffee maker

　　C．The man who changed the company．

　　D．One of the original owners of the company．

14. How many new Starbucks stores probably opened in the year 2000 around the world?

　A.Three.   B.About1095.   C.Two thousand.  D. Thirty-six.

15．What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

　　A．Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．

　　B．Only selling locally produced coffee beans．

　　C．working with other major coffee-making companies．

　　D．Learning about local customers．

 

　 Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

　 Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off 　 41　 hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

　 “What a nice 　 42　 ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up 　 43　 smile.”

　 George, the little boy, told his mother about that 　 44　 girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

　 “Why not give her some 　 45　 ?”said his mother. George agreed.

　 The next morning, as Jennie 　 46　 at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him 　 47　 to get into the house.

　 Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

　 “Are they for me?”said Jennie 　 48　 .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve 　 49　 received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George, 　 50　 the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She 　 51　 walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick 　 52　 so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents 　 53　 . They decided to help her. More and more people in the 　54　 gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother 　 55　 a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

41) A. her　　　　　 B. his　　　　　 C. your　　　 D. my

42) A. house　　　　 B. door　　　 C. smile　　　　　 D. schoolbag

43) A. and　　　　　 B. but　　　　 C. as　　　　　 D. or

44) A. rich　　　　　 B. lucky　　　　 C. bad　　　　 D. poor

45) A. money　　　　 B. flowers　　　 C. clothes　　　 D. food

46) A. danced　　　　 B. cried　　　 C. sat　　　　　 D. laughed

47) A. how　　　　　 B. who　　　　　 C. when　 　　 D. why

48) A. angrily　　　 B. easily　　　 C. sadly　　　　 D. happily

49) A. never　　 B. usually　　　　 C. always　　　　 D. sometimes

50) A. looking for　 B. looking around C. looking like　 D. looking after

51) A. shouldn’t　　 B. needn’t　　　 C. couldn’t　　　 D. mustn’t

52) A. for　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　 D. on

53) A. something　　 B. anything　　　 C. everything　　　 D. nothing

54) A. countryside　　 B. town　　　　 C. village　　　　 D. city

55) A. reached　　　 B. left　　　　　 C. closed　　　　 D. opened