Starbucks coffee shops can be found all over America and in more than thirty countries around the world. Many people think they are great places. to enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea. But others dislike the company.

    If you are in any major city in America，the chances are great that you are not far from a Stalbucks. in fact, you might be very close to several of these coffee shops. The company started in the West Coast city of Seattle，Washington， in 1971. Starbucks was named after a character in the famous American novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Today, there are more than 1 2. 000 Stalbucks around，the world. Sales in 2008 were almost eight billion dollars.

    Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee. It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language and coffee workers called “baristas”. It sells many kinds of hot and cold coffee drinks；like White Chocolate Mocha and Frappuccino. It also sells music recorders，coffee makers，food，and even books. But most of all，it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit，read or talk.      

    Starbucks is a great success story. Buyers ate willing to pay as much as five dollars for coffee drink. Many people say they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and it is nearby. Some say Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries.

    However, some people do not like the company’s expansion. Owners of independent coffee stores cannot compete with Starbucks. Some small coffee sellers even took the company to court，saying Starbucks controls the market and foxes out competition.     

 

56. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?

    A. Starbucks，tile Coffee Giant(巨人)      B. The World’s Starbucks

    C. Starbucks，Selling Ideas                     D. Starbucks，In or Out

57. People will go to Starbucks for coffee drink because of          .

    A. the sense of satisfaction there

    B. the highly educated baristas

    C. the plain taste of the drink

    D. the low price there    

58. What do you think takes the most important role in Starbucks’ success?

    A. Selling their ideas，                  B. The coffee culture they have created.

    C. Their great economic power.     D. All kinds of their coffee drinks.

59. The writer’s attitude towards Starbucks. is       in writing the passage.

  A. supportive    B. critical(批評的)    C. objective D. doubtful

 

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Having an interview（面試）doesn’t sound like a big deal, just like getting good marks in college. You simply go in and meet someone, talk for a while, and then leave. Nothing to stress over, not the end of the world, but I’ve never been interviewed and I have my first one tomorrow for my job in Columbia.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it and have decided that it shouldn’t matter all that much. It seems that the interview would only make a difference if the company is on the fence about you, or if the interview was unpleasant and they walk away thinking that you are too, then the officers might be encouraged to think about your request again. On the other hand, if you were in the “maybe” pile, a good interview could push you onto the list of accepted candidates（候選人）.
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A. lucky           B. easy             C. hopeless             D. excited
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A. the interviewer is fond of them
B. her friend likes them very much
C. her music teacher suggests her doing so
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76. The best title for the passage would be “      ”.
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Coffee has a history dating back to at least the 9th century and has been a catalyst for social interaction across cultures and eras. Originally discovered in Ethiopia, coffee beans were brought into the Middle East by Arab traders, spreading to Egypt, Yemen, Persia, Turkey, and North Africa by the 15th century. Muslim merchants eventually brought the beans to the thriving port city of Venice, where they sold them to wealthy Italian buyers. Soon, the Dutch began importing and growing coffee in places like Java and Ceylon (largely through slave labor), and the British East India Trading Company was popularizing the beverage in England. Coffee spread across Europe and even reached America.
Where there has been coffee, there has been the coffeehouse. From the 15th century Middle Eastern establishments where men gathered to listen to music, play chess, and hear recitations from works of literature, to Paris' Cafe le Procope where luminaries of the French Enlightenment such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot came to enjoy a hot cup of joe, coffeehouses have traditionally served as centers of social interaction, places where people can come to relax, chat, and exchange ideas.
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【小題1】
Which of the following is the correct order of coffee spreading in history?
①Egypt         ②America   ③the Middle East   ④Netherlands   ⑤Venice

A．①③④②⑤B．③①⑤④②C．①⑤④③②D．③②⑤④①
【小題2】
We can infer from the passage ________.
A．Starbucks has beaten all the competitors
B．there are no changes in the development of coffee culture
C．the taste of coffee has changed a lot
D．Starbucks has some effect on the development of coffee culture
【小題3】
The famous coffeehouse “Starbucks” originally come from _______.
A．SeattleB．EthiopiaC．JavaD．France
【小題4】
Nowadays, if you come to a coffeehouse, you can _______.
A．play chess with other customers
B．enjoy delicious dishes from South America
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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從下框的A – F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余項。

A.      The spreading tea

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D.      Reducing cancer risks

E.       The plant Camellia sinensis

F.       A woman’s opinion of tea

 
 
 

 

 

 

 


 
 
61．

Americans are far more knowledgeable about drinks than they were 20 years ago．Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where the trend goes．Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar change．Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks．

 
 
62．

Tea is available in more places than ever．The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $4．6 billion from $1．8 billion．“Green tea is seen by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food itself, says Vierhile．

 
 
63．

Recently published studies point out that only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis have been shown to contain health benefits．Other herbal teas may taste good, yet they do little more than warm up the drinker．But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence is powerful．In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that the antioxidants （抗氧化劑） in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer．

 
 
64．

   One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC, a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as vitamin C．“When people ask me for something good and cheap they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them to drink real tea,” says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City’s Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center．

 
 
65．

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amateur.performance.night@gmail.com

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Cash only

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In Factory, 6F, building A, 1147

Xikang Road, near Wuning Road

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shanghaibxers/

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A. News reports.                 B. Business world.

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A. Amateur Performance Night and Shanghai Book Crossing.

B. Amateur Performance Night and Good heart sale.

C. Good Heart Sale and Shanghai Book Crossing.

D. Good Heart Sale and Free Coffee for All.

62. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Tickets to all the events are free.

B. Free coffee for all will attract more Chinese than foreigners.

C. If you want to get any information about the events, you can only surf the Internet.

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Safari shuttle(旅游電車)

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The Zoo is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except Christmas Day. Special summer long hours are until 6 pm from July 1 to September 7. Please remember, the Zoo starts putting animals in for the night at 4 pm during regular hour, and at 5 pm during summer hours.

Admission Prices(票價)

Adults (aged 13 and above):$9

Seniors(aged 62 and above):$6

Children(aged 2 to 12):$4

Children(under 2):free

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Alcohol, Glass bottles, Pets, Bicycles, Skateboards, and In--line skate.

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A. Safari Cafe.    B. Gorilla Grill.    C. La Casita.    D. Silverback's Café

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A. $18          B. $26             C. $22          D.$17

66. When visiting the Los Angeles Zoo, people can___.

A. ride a bike through the Zoo         B. have a picnic on the Zoo grounds

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