The video rooms have been open since Jan. 2. If successful, the chain hopes to e
题型：不详难度：来源：
The video rooms have been open since Jan. 2. If successful, the chain hopes to expand the service to other provinces, or even other countries. In addition to the food, customers pay 200 yuan per hour for using the room.
""The video rooms have been fully booked in February,"" said Chen Yu, manager of the Wangfujing branch. The Video room in Beijing is about 30 square meters and large enough for six customers.
""Many customers prefer to use the room for dinners rather than lunch,"" Chen said, adding the average age of customers who booked the video hotpot(火锅) is about 30.
""The whole process is very smooth. The image and the voice transmission(转换) are as good as those of video conferencing at work, ""said one of Chen"s colleagues surnamed Luo.
""I have a lot of friends in Beijing, whom I haven’t met for a long time because of being busy at work,"" said a woman surnamed Yu who is having dinner with her husband at Haidilao.""The new service gives us a chance to have a dinner together without traveling. I would like to give it a try.""
The video hotpot also helped establish a friendship between waitresses in the two cities.
Zhao Huanhuan, in her 20s, who is specially trained for serving in the video room in Shanghai, developed a friendship with a waitress named Lu Ke in the Beijing branch.
Zhao said excitedly: ""It was too amazing to believe. I"m so interested in using the special room and enjoy serving people there. I also talk about some interesting interactive games with Lu before guests come for dinner"".
Although Lu felt a little bit nervous when she first served in front of the screens, she said the new mode of communication also encouraged her to supply better services for customers.
""It"s like a service competition. We saw each other through video and I could learn from Zhao"s serving,"" Lu said, adding she will visit Zhao if she goes to Shanghai.
It seems that video hotpot doesn"t satisfy everyone"s taste, however.
小题1:From the passage we know that ______.| A．the video room service has been open for a long time | | B．the video room service has been open in many provinces in China | | C．using the video room, you have to pay extra 200 yuan per hour | | D．the Video room in Beijing is only designed for six people to use |
小题2:Haidilao may be the name of ______.| A．a theatre | B．a restaurant | C．a cinema | D．a hotel |
小题3:Why do many customers choose the video room service?| A．Because the service there is excellent. | | B．Because they can have dinner with friends without traveling. | | C．Because the food there is delicious. | | D．Because the room is large enough for six people. |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that Zhao Huanhuan ______.| A．enjoys communicating with Lu Ke | | B．hasn"t met Lu Ke for a long time | | C．is twenty years old now | | D．learned a lot from Lu Ke |
小题5:What do you suppose will be talked about in the paragraph to be followed?| A．Lu"s visit to Zhao in Shanghai. | | B．Other customers" praise for the service. | | C．How to improve the service. | | D．Other customers" complaint about the service. |
|
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍现在一种新型的饭店The video rooms，在这里人们可以不用走很远和朋友一起吃饭，服务员也可以和不同城市的服务员进行交流。现在非常流行。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：In addition to the food, customers pay 200 yuan per hour for using the room.可知使用 video room顾客需要额外付每小时200元，选C
小题2:推理题：从第三段的句子：""Many customers prefer to use the room for dinners rather than lunch,"" Chen said, adding the average age of customers who booked the video hotpot(火锅) is about 30.顾客喜欢在这里吃晚饭而不是午饭，说明这是饭店，选B
小题3:细节题：从第六段的句子：""The new service gives us a chance to have a dinner together without traveling. I would like to give it a try."" 可知很多顾客喜欢The video rooms，是因为他们可以不用走很远和朋友一起吃饭，选B
小题4:细节题：从倒数第四段的句子：I also talk about some interesting interactive games with Lu before guests come for dinner"". 可知Zhao Huanhuan喜欢和Lu Ke交流，选A
小题5:推理题：从最后一段的句子：It seems that video hotpot doesn"t satisfy everyone"s taste, however.可知后面的段落应该说的是其他的顾客的抱怨，选D |
举一反三
Just before midnight, six University of Cincinnati students were watching TV in an on-campus apartment when three men burst through the door. While one of the intruders pointed a gun at the group, the other two scooped up $4,400 worth of laptops, cell phones, video games and cash. Once they had what they wanted, the trio fled into the night.
Furious, the students chased down and tackled one of the burglars -- the one with the gun. In the struggle, it went off, and a bullet grazed a student"s leg. His friends piled on the gunman and held him until police showed up.
By the next day, the injured young man was back in his apartment, and the suspect was in jail, charged with burglary, felonious assault and receiving stolen property. But how did the men manage to storm into an on-campus residence that November night in the first place? Simple: Students told police the building"s main doors hadn"t latched properly for days.
As parents confront ballooning college costs and shrinking acceptance rates, they are finding themselves with an even bigger, more basic problem: Which campuses are safe? Colleges seem like idyllic and secure places, and for the most part, they are. But ivy-covered walls can"t keep out every bad element. This country"s 6,000 colleges and universities report some 40,000 burglaries, 3,700 forcible sex offenses, 7,000 aggravated assaults and 48 murders a year. Other hazards -- fires, binge-drinking, mental-health problems -- are also on the rise.
Of course, that"s not what parents and students see on America"s serene campuses. There"s a false sense of security, says Harry Nolan, a safety consultant in New York City. "Students see guards patrolling at night or a video camera monitoring the dorm entrance and think, nothing bad can happen to me," he explains. "People don"t know that safety controls are often very lax."
小题1:What did the students do after the burglars fled into the night?| A．They stood there in surprise. | | B．They ran after the burglars at once. | | C．They waited for the police. | | D．They phoned their teacher. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “latched” in the third paragraph probably mean?| A．watched | B．fixed | C．locked | D．kept |
小题3:What worries parents most except ballooning college costs and shrinking acceptance rates?| A．Their children’s grades in the universities or colleges. | | B．Their children’s safety in the universities or colleges. | | C．Their children’s behavior in the universities or colleges. | | D．Their children’s relationship with classmates in the universities or colleges. |
小题4:Which is right according to the passage?| A．Their children’s grades in are high. | | B．Their children’s safety in the universities or colleges will be mornitored well. | | C．The universities or colleges don’t pay much attention to the children. | | D．The universities or colleges are not key educational departments in the local area. |
|
George Zinunerman"s first court appearance before a Florida judge came on Tuesday inconnection with the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The case has caused a national debate in the United States about race, self-defense laws and gun control. It was the first time the public had gotten to see and hear from George Zimmerman. The judge said he had found probable cause to move ahead with the case and told Zimmerman he would be formally charged on May 29th.
Zimmerman turned himself into authorities on Wednesday night，just before special prosecutor（公诉人）Angela Corey announced the charge against him. Corey told reporters she would fight for Trayvon Martin”
"It"s the victims and justice that we work tirelessly for,”Corey said
Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense after spotting the teenager in a gated com-munity where Martin"s father lives. He told police Martin attacked him during a conflict. The
shooting caused a national cry led by Martin"s parents who insisted their son was murdered
They also accused Zimmerman of targeting their son because he was black.
"We just wanted an arrest and we got it.”Trayvon Martin"s mother Fulton said.
Many in SanforD.Florida-the city where the shooting took place-welcomed the charge.
"All of us were wanting this to move on and get to this process where it is now into the justice system.”one man said
"It～long overdue（迟到的）and I am glad they decided to do something,”another said.Police did not initially charge Zimmerman with a crime because of a Florida law that says a person has a right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force. Prosecutor Coreysays，"I"m prepared to argue the issue if Zimmerman uses the self-defense law in count.”
Mark O"MarA. Zimmerman"s lawyer, would not make his plan publiC. but he said hisclient（委托人）was worried about the trial. "If found guilty of the second-degree murdercharge, Zimmerman could face up to life in prison,”O"Mara said
小题1:Why did the case draw so much attention around the US?| A．Because George Zimmerman was very cruel when he killed Trayvon Martin. | | B．Because Trayvon Martin"s father was a famous lawyer. | | C．Because the case was related with race, self-defense laws and gun control. | | D．Because George Zimmerman would be sentenced to life in prison. |
小题2:What"s Angela Corey"s attitude towards this case?| A．She showed sympathy for the black people. | | B．She wanted to defend justice for the victims. | | C．She hated George Zimmerman very much | | D．She was against self-defense. |
小题3:Which of the relationships is NOT true?| A．Zimmerman shot Martin during a conflict. | | B．Mark O"Mara was Zimmerman"s lawyer. | | C．Sybrina Fulton was Martin"s mother. | | D．Angela Corey was the judge of the case. |
小题4:According to the passage, Zimmerman＿| A．turned himself into authorities before he。，charged | | B．was put into prison | | C．shot Martin in self-defense when spotting him | | D．targeted Trayvon Martin because he was black |
|
WASHINGTON—Laura Straub is a very worried woman. Her job is to find families for French teenagers who expect to live with American families in the summer.
It’s not easy, even desperate.
“We have many children left to place: 40 out of 75,” said Straub, who works for a Paris-based foreign exchange programme called LEC. When exchange programmes started 50 years ago, family life was more accommodating. For one thing, more mothers stayed home.
But now, increasing numbers of women work outside the home. Exchange-student programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for the 30,000 teenagers who annually come from abroad to spend their academic year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who participate in summer programmes.
School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting non-taxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is becoming less exotic.
In searching for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals to include everyone who has the ability to do it.
“We are open to many different types of families,” said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25- year-old programme that sends about 30,000 teenagers on academic year exchange programmes worldwide.
“For elderly people, exchange students keep us young; they really do!” said Jean Foster, who is hosting 16-year-old Nina Porst from Denmark.
小题1:Vickie Weiner is the person who ________.| A．works for a programme called LEC | B．works for a programme called ASSE | | C．is 25 years old | D．hosts foreign students |
小题2: From the passage we can learn that at the beginning of the exchange programmes_______.| A．all the families could host foreign students | | B．only young couples could host foreign students | | C．only those who were retired could host foreign students | | D．those who were not too old could host foreign students |
小题3:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?| A．US Struggles to Find Host Families | | B．Idea of Hosting Students Is Different | | C．Foreign-exchange Program Is Going On | | D．Exchange Students Keep Old People Young |
|
Wugging, or web-use giving, describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user. By using Everyclick.com, which is being added to a number of university computers across the UK, students can raise money every time they search, but it won’t cost them a penny.
Research shows that students are extremely passionate about supporting charity — 88% of full time students have used the Internet to give to charity. This figure is high considering this age group is often the least likely to have their own income. 19% of 22 to 24 year olds have short-term debts of more than £5,000. With rising personal debt levels in this age group, due to university tuition fees or personal loans and a lack of long-term savings, traditional methods of donating to charity are often not appealing or possible.
Beth Truman, a 21 year old recent university graduate, has used everyclick.com to donate to her chosen charity, the RSPCA, for two years and has seen the “wugging” grow in popularity with students. “When you’re at university you become more socially aware, but it’s sometimes hard to give to others when you have little money yourself,” says Beth. “Wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give to charity, without costing them a single penny.”
Wugging is perfect for people who want to be more socially aware and supportive but don’t feel they have the means to do so. Students using the web can raise money for causes they care about without costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding.
Everyclick.com works like any other search engine, allowing users to search for information, news and images but users can decide which of the UK’s 170,000 charities they would like to support through their clicks. Everyclick.com then makes monthly payments to every registered charity. Launched in June 2005, Everyclick.com is now the eighth largest search engine and one of the busiest charity websites in the UK.
小题1:According to the passage, “wugging” is actually _______.| A．a student movement | B．a charity-related action | | C．a school organization | D．a website |
小题2:In the case of charity, everyclick.com _______.| A．frees students of the financial worries | | B．receives much money from students | | C．offers valuable information to students | | D．praises students for their money-raising |
小题3:What does Beth Truman think of the “wugging” movement?| A．It makes Everyclick.com popular in the UK. | | B．It becomes easy to do charity because of it. | | C．It results in students’ more social awareness. | | D．It helps students to save money. |
小题4:From the passage, we can conclude that _______.| A．most full time students do charity on the Internet every day | | B．Everyclick.com helps students pay for the college education | | C．“wugging” is a win-win idea for both students and charities | | D．Everyclick.com is the most successful search engine in the UK |
|
Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 BC to about 1300 AD, when sea travel offered new routes. It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway.
However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft (嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit.
They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy, and religion.
小题1:It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed ______.| A．to deal with a lot of difficulties | B．to know the making of products | | C．to receive certain special training | D．to remember the entire trade route |
小题2:The Silk Road became less important because ______.| A．it was made up of different routes | B．silk trading became less popular | | C．people needed fewer foreign goods | D．sea travel provided easier routes |
小题3:New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people ______.| A．shared each other’s beliefs | B．learned from one another | | C．traded goods along the route | D．earned their living by traveling |
小题4:What is the best title for the passage?| A．The Silk Road: Past and Present | B．The Silk Road: East Meets West | | C．The Silk Road: Routes Full of Dangers | D．The Silk Road: Pathways for Learning |
|
最新试题
热门考点