The Picture-Taking Man

　　In Harlem, people call James Van Der Zee “the picture-taking man.” Harlem is a part of New York City. James came to Harlem from Lenox, a town in Massachusetts. He was the first person in Lenox to own a camera. That was in 1901. James was 14 then. He took pictures of his family and other people in Lenox.

　　James moved to Harlem in 1908. Many young black people were moving there. He wanted to play music, not take pictures. After six years, he opened his first picture-taking shop. He could make more money selling his pictures than playing music.

　　Almost everyone in Harlem was in his pictures. He took pictures of families and parades(游行) and parties. He took pictures of soldiers before they went to fight in wars. His pictures showed the neighborhoods of Harlem.

　　Many people didn't know about his work. Then a museum used some of his pictures in a show. The world found out about James Van Der Zee and his pictures.

　　James spent most of his life taking pictures. He always thought his pictures could be better. He said, “The camera was never able to get enough. ” James Van Der Zee was 94 when he said those words. And he was still taking pictures.

1．James Van Der Zee owned the only camera in Lenox ________ .

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A．when he was 14	B．when he was 94
C．in 1908

2．Where did James Van Der Zee spend most of his life?

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A．In Lenox.	B．On a farm.
C．In Harlem.

3．Another title for this story could be ________ .

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A．“The Man Who Played Music”

B．“The Life of James Van Der Zee”

C．“How to Take Pictures”

4．James Van Der Zee's pictures mostly show ________ .

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A．people playing music	B．flowers in a garden
C．how people lived in Harlem

5．What did James Van Der Zee think about his pictures?

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A．He thought they were too small.

B．He thought they were not good enough.

C．He thought they were funny.

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．