Walter owns three Italian restaurants
which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his
restaurants welcome crowds of customers(顾客) all over the world.
He studied to be a cook, but he
sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened
his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of
his family and his ethics(道德准则) of his father came into play . It made him a person
who studied and explored (探索)the secrets in the food
business.
Walter’s learning never stops. He
says “ The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be
trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind.” So he spent
more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings
them into his work.
Walter also has a clear
understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person
who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food
is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He
says “Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day
I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I’m a happy man.”
1.The underlined phrase “came
into play” means
A. played a joke on
him B.
needed to be used
C. gave him much
help D.
began to be studied
2.The secret of Walter’s success
is .
A. building a bridge
to the country
B. keeping on learning without
any stops
C. getting new cooking ideas from
his family
D. bringing the Italian cooking
culture into America
3. From the last sentence of the
passage, we can know that it is .
A. happy to make a
lot of money
B. exciting to have
more and more customers
C. important to make
the customers pleased
D. impossible to
make 15 or 20 customers happy every day
4. We can learn from the passage
that .
A. the lifetime
education is important
B. creative spirit
always comes first
C. exploring the
food business is difficult
D. new ideas are
necessary in running a restaurant
5.The best title of this passage
may be “ ”
A. Culture is
Important for Cooks
B. A Cook and His
Customers
C. The Story of
Three Restaurants
D. A Winner is Made, not Born