It wouldn’t be ________ for us to attend a formal wedding with the sports clothes.

A．comfortable       B．convenient        C．appropriate        D．available

 

On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island. Over a hundred degrees in    1   air. Crowded. Tempers（脾气）of both the tourists and waiters had    2  to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（环境）

At the table next to mine sat an attractive,    3   couple, waiting for    4 .  They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their    5   and stepped together    6   the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   7  for the two chairs. He politely   8  his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.

  9  appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   10   the table and take their   11  , and then walked back to the    12   cheers of the rest of his    13 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went    14   into the water to     15    the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   16  by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables  17  to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.

One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?

Customers are not served    18   . Why not?

Sometimes one should consider   19  the line of convention（常规）and enjoy   20  to the fullest.

1.                A．fresh          B．cool           C．still  D．thin

 

2.                A．managed       B．expected       C．attempted D．risen

 

3.                A．lonely          B．curious         C．well-dressed   D．bad-tempered

 

4.                A．cheers         B．service         C．attention  D．flowers

 

5.                A．metal table      B．empty bottle     C．chairs    D．bags

 

6.                A．on            B．off             C．around   D．along

 

7.                A．outside         B．forward         C．down D．back

 

8.                A．led            B．seated          C．watched  D．received

 

9.                A．The manager    B．A friend        C．A waiter  D．The servant

 

10.               A．set            B．wash           C．remove   D．check

 

11.               A．menu          B．bill            C．food  D．order

 

12.               A．loud           B．anxious         C．familiar    D．final

 

13.               A．tourists         B．customers      C．fellows    D．assistants

 

14.               A．at last          B．in time         C．once more D．as well

 

15.               A．change         B．drink          C．sell   D．serve

 

16.               A．replied         B．insisted         C．agreed    D．understood

 

17.               A．prepared       B．joined in        C．settled up  D．continued

 

18.               A．with pleasure    B．in the café      C．in the sea  D．with wine

 

19.               A．following       B．keeping        C．limiting    D．crossing

 

20.               A．life            B．wine           C．lunch D．time

 

 

Ambassador Hotel：

Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.

Dining Room

Breakfast is served in the dining mom from 8 a. m. to 9: 30 a.m. Alternatively, the room staff will bring a breakfast tray to your room at any time after 7 a.m. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed.

Lunch: 12:00a.m. to2:30p.m.

Dinner: 7:30 p. m. to 9:00 p.m.

Room Service

This operates 24 hours a day; phone the Reception Desk(前台), and your message will be passed on to the room staff.

Telephones

To make a phone call, dial 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays in putting calls through when the staffs are very busy. There are also public telephone booths near the Reception Desk. Early calls should be booked with Reception.

Laundry

We have a laundry in the hotel, and will wash iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them.

Bar

The hotel bar is open from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

1.You would see this notice _________ .

A. in a hotel bar

B. in a hotel dining room[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]

C. in a bedroom of a large international hotel

D. at the entrance of a small family hotel 

2. What should you do if you have arrived to stay at the hotel at 2 a.m. and want something to eat?

A. Go to the hotel shop.　　                B. Go to the hotel bar.

C. Hang a message outside your door.　　    D. Phone the Reception Desk.   

3. What should you do when you come back to the hotel to make an important call and see a lot of people around the Reception desk?

A. Go to your room and phone from there.

B. Ask at the Reception Desk.

C. Use one of the telephones in the entrance hall.

D. Go out again and look for a public phone box

4.What do you think a room staff’s last job is before he goes off duty at 6 p.m.?

A. Lay the tables in the dining room.

B. Check the bedroom doors.

C. Start preparing the breakfast.

D. Wake any of the guests who have asked for early calls.

 

When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes．Think about the kind of clothes you really need．Then look for those clothes you really need．Then look for those clothes on sale．

There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes．The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes．The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water．A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water．The label on a coat may say “dry clean only”, for washing may ruin this coat．If you do as the directions (说明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time．

Many clothes today must be dry cleaned．Dry cleaning is expensive．When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned．You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed．

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made． Well-made clothes last longer．They look good even after they have been washed many times．Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily better made．They do not always fit better．Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes．

1.If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that __．

A．don’t fit you	B．don’t last long
C．need to be dry cleaned	D．can be washed

2.The labels inside the clothes tell you______．

A．whether they fit you or not

B．how to save money

C．where to get them dry cleaned

D．how to keep them looking their best

3.The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is __.

A．to look for well-made clothes

B．to see how much money you can pay

C．to know how to wash them

D．to read the labels inside them

4.We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes __.

A．can sometimes fit you better	B．must be dry cleaned
C．are always worse made	D．can not be washed

 

For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall．Soon, that will change．Electronic commerce （trade） is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices．There will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from being cheated will be harder．Many governments therefore want to apply street regulations to the electronic world．But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation．

Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything for the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs or their rights to refund when goods are faulty．But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence is on the screen．Even in a country where a clear right to compensation exists, the on-line customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to get a refund for a clothes purchase．

One answer is for government to cooperate more: to recognize each other’s  rules．But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules．And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober countries to accept．There is, however, another choice．Let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves．They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so．

In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset．Governments, too, may compete to be trusted．For instance, customers ordering medicines on-line may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead．

Customers will still need to use their judgment．But precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than customers of the normal sort．And the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down．In this way, at least, the advent of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more．

1.According to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?

A．Self-regulation by the business．           B．Strict consumer protection laws．

C．Close international cooperation．           D．Government protection．

2.In case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country, what could he do?

A．Refuse to pay for the purchase．           B．Go to the seller and ask for a refund．

C．Appeal to consumer protection law．        D．Complain about it on the Internet．

3.In the author’s view, businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world _________________________________．

A．international cooperation would be much more frequent

B．consumers could easily seek government protection

C．a good reputation is a great advantage in competition

D．it would be easy for consumers to complain

4.We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is ____________________．

A．very quick         B．very cautious       C．very slow          D．rather careless

5.If a customer buys something that does not meet his expectation, what is the advantage of dealing through electronic commerce over the present normal one?

A．It will be easier for him to return the goods he is not satisfied with．

B．It will be easier for him to attain the refund from the seller．

C．It will be easier for him to get his complaints heard by other consumers．

D．It will be easier for him to complain about this to the government．