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听力原文： If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high that you are not far from a Starbucks. In fact, you might be very close to several of these coffee stores. 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 twelve thousand Starbucks around the world.

Sales last year were almost eight billion dollars. The company believes in opening many stores in busy areas of cities. For example, there are about thirty Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle. Recently, three Starbucks opened in the area near VOA headquarters in Washington, D. C.

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 albums, 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 are willing to pay as much as five dollars for a coffee drink. People we talked to said they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and to be nearby.

However, some people do not like the company's aggressive expansion. A small coffee seller is taking the company to court. She says the way the company does business is illegal because it stops property owners from leasing stores to other coffee companies. She sees Starbucks as controlling the market and forcing out competition.

Nicolas O'Connell works for La Colombe, a coffee roasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries. But he criticizes the company for using machines more than people to make the coffee. Mr. O'Connell points out that the coffee culture is all about a hand-made product and interaction between people.

33．Where did Starbucks, the store name come from？

34.What is Starbucks' most extraordinary character？

35.Why does Mr. O'Connell not like Starbucks？

(30)

A．A special symbol in life.

B．A theatrical role in a play.

C．A great character in history.

D．An imaginary person in a fiction.

A．how many people are hunting for jobs

B．what kind of education the job-hunters receive

C．how big a salary an average job-hunter would ask for

D．which industries the government is putting money into

听力原文： If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high that you are not far from a Starbucks. In fact, you might be very close to several of these coffee stores. 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 twelve thousand Starbucks around the world.

Sales last year were almost eight billion dollars. The company believes in opening many stores in busy areas of cities. For example, there are about thirty Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle. Recently, three Starbucks opened in the area near VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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 albums, 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 are willing to pay as much as five dollars for a coffee drink. People we talked to said they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and to be nearby.

However, some people do not like the company's aggressive expansion. A small coffee seller is taking the company to court. She says the way the company does business is illegal because it stops property owners from leasing stores to other coffee companies. She sees Starbucks as controlling the market and forcing out competition.

Nicolas O'Connell works for La Colombe, a coffee roasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries. But he criticizes the company for using machines more than people to make the coffee. Mr. O'Connell points out that the coffee culture is all about a hand-made product and interaction between people.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. Where did Starbucks, the store name come from？

34. What is Starbucks' most extraordinary character？

35. Why does Mr. O'Connell not like Starbucks？

(30)

A．A special symbol in life.

B．A theatrical role in a play.

C．A great character in history.

D．An imaginary person in a fiction.

______ people in our village grow tobacco.

A．Not many

B．Only some of

C．Not much

D．Just a few of

The next spring Jody __2__ again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside, so they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.

One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from the state of New York. The letter said, " Everyone who __3__ things has to pay taxes!" Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still had to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had __4__. Soon some people from a television station talked with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was __5__. Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.

1)、

A.sells

B.tried

C.unfair

D.spring

E.happened

2)、

A.sells

B.tried

C.unfair

D.spring

E.happened

3)、

A.sells

B.tried

C.unfair

D.spring

E.happened

4)、

A.sells

B.tried

C.unfair

D.spring

E.happened

5)、

A.sells

B.tried

C.unfair

D.spring

E.happened

A．want

B．tend

C．fail

D．encourage

Buy Nothing Day is November 29. It's 25 days before Christmas. The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver, British Columbia. Now people all over the United States celebrate Buy Nothing Day. In California. parents and children get together to read stories. sing songs and paint pictures. The children talk about why they don't need a lot of toys.

This year in Albuquerque, New Mexico, high school students wanted to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day. They organized a simple dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day. They asked restaurants in the neighborhood to donate(赠送) the food. They made posters(海报) and talked to other students about it. The dinner was a big success, and many students agreed not to buy anything on November 29. the students at the high school liked the idea of this new tradition. Next year. they want to have another dinner to inform. more people about Buy Nothing Day!

Some people start Buy Nothing Day because they think______

A．people need more time to do other things

B．people buy too many gifts for Christmas

C．people can hardly afford to buy a lot of gifts

D．people waste too much time going shopping

Nowadays many people, esp. kids, prefer fast food. What do you think of this phenomenon Write a comment o

听力原文：How many people can we fit into the conference room？

(A) At 3 o'clock.

(B) No, it doesn't fit anymore.

(C) Only 10 and 12, comfortably.

(6)

A．

B．

C．