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（經(jīng)營(yíng)）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．

1．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．

2．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．

3．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．

4．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．

When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.

　 From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.

　 But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.

77. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

　 A. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

　 B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

　 C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

　 D. Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.

78. Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?

　 A. A bus.　　　 B. A taxi.　　 C. A car.　　 D. A rickshaw.

79. What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

　A. make　　　 B. increase　　 C. forbid　　 D. collect

80. What can we learn from the passage?

　A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

　　 When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.

　 From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.

　 But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.

　 79. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

　 A. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

　 B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

　 C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

　 D. Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata.

　 80. What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

　 A. make　　　 B. increase　　 C. forbid　　 D. collect

　 81. What can we learn from the passage?

　 A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

　 B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

　 C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

　 D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭). It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(人力黃包車).He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload. No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problemwith this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
【小題1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?