Question

Walter owns three Italian  restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers（顾客） all over the world.
He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics(道德准则) of his father came into play  . It made him a person who studied and explored （探索）the secrets in the food business.
Walter’s learning never stops. He says “ The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind.” So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work.
Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says “Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I’m a happy man.”
小题1:The underlined phrase “came into play” means                

A．played a joke on him	B．needed to be used
C．gave him much help	D．began to be studied

小题2:The secret of Walter’s success is             .

A．building a bridge to the country

B．keeping on learning without any stops

C．getting new cooking ideas from his family

D．bringing the Italian cooking culture into America

小题3: From the last sentence of the passage, we can know that it is           .

A．happy to make a lot of money

B．exciting to have more and more customers

C．important to make the customers pleased

D．impossible to make 15 or 20 customers happy every day

小题4: We can learn from the passage that           .

A．the lifetime education is important

B．creative spirit always comes first

C．exploring the food business is difficult

D．new ideas are necessary in running a restaurant

小题5:The best title of this passage may be “          ”

A．Culture is Important for Cooks

B．A Cook and His Customers

C．The Story of Three Restaurants

D．A Winner is Made, not Born

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D

小题1:Walter能够开第一家餐厅，主要是由于由于他好的人生教育，学校对他的知识教育，父亲给予他的帮助，故划线部分的短语为给予某人的帮助较符合文意，故本题选C。
小题2:从第三段第一句可知Walter所取得的成功，是由于他学习研究从来就没有放弃，故本空选B。
小题3:本文最后两句的意思为成功对他来说不是挣多少前，而是一天下来能够使15到20个顾客开心，他就开心了，他的意思是使顾客满意对他来说是重要的，故本题选C。
小题4:从本文第二段第一行可知成功是人生教育的结果，故我们从短文中可以得到人生教育是重要的这样的理念，故本题选A。
小题5:Walter能够成功跟他的不断努力是分不开的，所以说一个人的成功不是生来就有的，而是通过实际行动去努力的结果，故本题选D。