Question

【題目】 Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they do not all have the _______coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, locations like this were not as common in North America in the past. _______, people in North America would like to drink coffee in their homes with their friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops _______ across the country.

The _______ Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s _______ did well, and by 1981 there were 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 Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment（設(shè)備）. He noticed that Starbucks ordered _______ special coffee makers, and he was curious. Schultz went to Seattle to see _______ Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing.

In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special atmosphere（氛圍）of the coffee bars there _______his eye. Back in the USA, Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was _______ and relaxing, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more locations across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries ________. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops worldwide.

However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. As a matter of fact, many locations have closed over the past few years.

【1】A. sameB. differentC. similarD. new

【2】A. OtherwiseB. ThereforeC. InsteadD. However

【3】A. spreadB. ranC. closedD. built

【4】A. lastB. biggestC. smallestD. first

【5】A. businessB. salesC. productsD. achievement

【6】A. a great deal ofB. a large number ofC. a littleD. little

【7】A. howB. whyC. whatD. that

【8】A. broughtB. paidC. caughtD. carried

【9】A. crazyB. worriedC. nervousD. comfortable

【10】A. afterB. as wellC. beforeD. soon

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述不同的國家有不同的咖啡文化，以及星巴克的產(chǎn)生、發(fā)展和運營情況。

【1】句意“盡管不同地方的人們看起來喜歡喝咖啡，但是他們都有不同的咖啡文化”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.相同的；B.不同的；C.相似的；D.新的。根據(jù)In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, locations like this were not as common in North America in the past. ___2___, people in North America would like to drink coffee in their homes with their friends可知，他們有不同的咖啡文化，故選A。

【2】句意“取而代之的是，北美的人們想要在家里和他們的朋友喝咖啡”。A.否則；B.因此；C.取而代之；D.然而。根據(jù)In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee可知，在歐洲，人們在咖啡店喝咖啡和聊天，取而代之，北美洲的人們喜歡在家里喝咖啡，故選C。

【3】句意“當(dāng)星巴克咖啡店在美國遍及全國時，美國的咖啡文化改變了”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.傳播；B.跑；C.關(guān)閉；D.建立。根據(jù)spread across the country“遍及全國”可知，故選A。

【4】句意“第一個星巴克咖啡店1971年在美國華盛頓的西雅圖市中心營業(yè)”。A.最后的；B.最大的；C.最小的；D.第一個。根據(jù)句意可知，表示“第一個星巴克咖啡店”，故選D。

【5】句意“咖啡店的商業(yè)做得很好，并且到1981年，在西雅圖有更多的星巴克的故事”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.商業(yè)；B.賣；C.產(chǎn)品；D.成就。根據(jù)句意可知，星巴克咖啡館屬于商業(yè)，故選A。

【6】句意“他注意到星巴克訂購了大量的特別的咖啡壺，他很好奇”。A.大量的（后接不可數(shù)名詞）；B.大量的（后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)）；C.有一點（修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表示肯定）；D.幾乎沒有（修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表示否定）。根據(jù)句意可知，表示“訂了大量的咖啡壺”，且coffee maker是可數(shù)名詞，故選B。

【7】句意“舒爾茨去了西雅圖看星巴克做了什么”。A.如何；B.為什么；C.什么；D.在賓語從句中無意義也不做成份。根據(jù)句子可知，空處引導(dǎo)賓語從句，且從句中空處作did的賓語，指物，用what，故選C。

【8】句意“在那里咖啡館特別的氛圍引起了他的注意”。本題考查動詞辨析。A.帶來；B.支付；C.抓��；D.攜帶。根據(jù)catch one’s eyes“吸引某人的注意力”可知，故選C。

【9】句意“返回美國后，舒爾茨為星巴克咖啡館創(chuàng)造了舒適的和放松的環(huán)境”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.瘋狂的；B.擔(dān)心的；C.緊張的；D.舒服的。根據(jù)空后and relaxing可知，空處應(yīng)用“舒服的”，故選D。

【10】句意“然后，這個公司也在其他國家開咖啡館”。A.在……之后，引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句；B.也，（用于句末）；C.在……之前（引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句）；D.不久。根據(jù)句意可知，表示“也在其他國家開咖啡館”，故選B。

做完型填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空常考名詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認(rèn)四個選項的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。