Question

The days of Europeans relaxing in the cafe with a newspaper and a seemingly endless cup of coffee appear to be numbered．A new English expression is popular in Europe these days：“coffee to go．”
“Five or ten years ago it was much more normal to sit in a cafe for several hours than it is nowadays，”says Joann，who works in a central Berlin coffee bar owned by the Canadian coffee and bakery chain Tim’s.
“There is a trend towards a more fast-paced life．But people still act surprised  when you ask if the coffee is‘to go’．You mean I can take it with me? they ask..”
“Europe is often five or eight years behind trends in America，”says Joann.“In the States.‘coffee to go’is part of everyday life.”
Owing in part to Starbucks，it appears to be very much part of everyday life in many other countries too．
The Seattle-based group compete with a growing number of global chains in attempting to reshape coffee drinking cultures in regions including Asia and the Middle East．
The US is the model for continental Europe’s new“coffee to go”culture：Each of the new cafe bars offers bagels，muffins，brownies and cookies to go with the coffee.
But then,“coffee to go’’might sound a little odd to English ears used to the words “takeaway”or take one．
It does sum up the brisker pace of life since the city resumed its status as the German capital following the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989.
As one more sign of the changing times，one of Berlin’s most venerable(古老而莊重的)coffee houses，cafe Einstein，has followed the trend by opening a small chain of coffee shops across the city．
Taking coffee,slowly and in decorous（端正的）surroundings,has been a feature of European coffee houses,particularly in German speaking countries,for decades.
For the elderly citzens of Vienna it amounts to a ritual（儀式）when they gather in coffee houses around the city for a cup of their favovrite drink and a piece of rich,creamy cake.
【小題1】From the passage,we can see that      .

A．“coffee to go” springs in Europe these days

B．Europe is often a few years before trends in America

C．America often follows Europe’s “coffee to go”culture

D．it’s easy to reshape coffee drinking cultures in the Middle East

【小題2】Every new cafe bar offers some        to go with the coffee

A．food

B．newspaper

C．drink

D．music

【小題3】More and more Europeans have takeaway coffee because        .

A．Europeans live a more fast-paced life now

B．The coffee is much cheaper

C．Europeans are used to taking away the coffee

D．the coffee is easy to take away

【小題4】The characteristic of European coffee houses is        .

A．“coffee to go ”as part of daily life

B．sitting in a cafe bar for several hours

C．having coffee slowly in a pleasant atmosphere

D．taking away coffee in a hurry

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題1】A
【小題1】A
【小題1】C

解析【小題1】根據(jù)文章第一段第二句可知，“coffee to go”正在歐洲勃然興起。
【小題1】根據(jù)文章第七段的描述可推知，與咖啡一起提供給顧客的是幾種食品。
【小題1】根據(jù)文章第三段可知，“coffee to go”之所以流行是因?yàn)槿藗兊纳�活�?jié)奏加快了，休閑時(shí)間減少了。
【小題1】根據(jù)文章最后兩段可知，歐洲人喝咖啡的習(xí)慣是“slowly in decorous surroundings”，所以答案為C項(xiàng)。