首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high
[originaltext] If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high
游客
2023-09-05
17
管理
问题
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’ store name come from?
34. What is Starbucks’ most extraordinary character?
35. Why does Mr. O’Connell not like Starbucks?
选项
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.
答案
D
解析
短文开头提到,Starbucks was named after a character in the…novel…,由此可知Starbucks的名字来自小说中人物的名字,也就是说是一位虚构的人物形象,故答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2987313.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Readingtooneselfisamodernactivitywhichwasalmostunk
[originaltext]Readingtooneselfisamodernactivitywhichwasalmostunk
[originaltext]Readingtooneselfisamodernactivitywhichwasalmostunk
[originaltext]Peoplearealwaystalkingabout"theproblemofyouth".Ift
[originaltext]Apoorlytrainedmanagercanmakeanemployee’slifemiserab
[originaltext]AccordingtoAlvinToffler,authorofthebestsellerFuture
[originaltext]AccordingtoAlvinToffler,authorofthebestsellerFuture
[originaltext]Lifestyleisthewayapersonlives;itincludeswork,leisur
[originaltext]Lifestyleisthewayapersonlives;itincludeswork,leisur
[originaltext]Whetherornotvegetarianismshouldbeadvocatedforadults,
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Goodeveningandwelcometo"Hardlife",theprogramthattalks
[audioFiles]2018m3x/audio_eyshj_040_201803[/audioFiles]A、Theywerecommoninth
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayontheimportanceof
【教学过程】 环节一:课堂导入 热门新闻,导入新课 视频呈现: 2018年10月4日,某知名女星因为签订阴阳合同,涉及偷税漏税行为,被税务有关部门给予
患儿,2岁6个月。麻疹出齐,低热不退,神烦欠安,咳嗽少痰,胃纳增加,皮疹渐回,可
手术区皮肤消毒错误的是A.自清洁处逐渐向污染处涂擦 B.已接触污染部位的消毒棉
以下是某求助者做MMPI的测验结果。 从临床量表得分来看,可以判断该求
案例一 一、一般情况 求助者:张某,男,汉族,22岁,大学毕业生。 二、求
关于铸造圈形卡环,正确的是A.只有近中支托 B.只有远中支托 C.有近中支托
建立会计职业道德的检查与奖惩机制是一个复杂的系统工程,需要政府部门、行业组织、有
最新回复
(
0
)