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Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.

A woman in a(n)    suit stepped in. "Hi, Libby." she said. Wow, what a    ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay.     many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and    . Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?

In 2003, we'd    this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles(阻碍). "There is no such thing as a  lunch," one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them     , shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no    . The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account.     we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers(传单)around the neighborhood, asked friends to    the word, and held our breath.

Word traveled fast,     stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or    an hour of work. But most gave what they could,     it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a     for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates.      another donated a truck so we could transport    from suppliers.

People came here partly for what our cafe    —SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with    . We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might    one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our    to open the cafe was worth it.

1.A. dinner         B. evening       C. business        D. summer

2.A. change         B. beauty        C. fool            D. coincidence

3.A. With           B. Like          C. Besides        D. Towards

4.A. wait           B. sing          C. perform         D. sweep

5.A. lived          B. hatched       C. ignored       D. achieved

6.A. packed         B. delicious    C. free            D. delivered

7.A. crowd together B. flood in      C. walk away     D. turn up

8.A. staff support B. regular customers C. lunch boxes D. cash register

9.A. Unfortunately  B. Finally       C. Interestingly  D. Illegally

10.A. analyze       B. read          C. spread          D. approve

11.A. thanks to     B. apart from    C. ahead of        D. according to

12.A. regretting   B. gaining      C. donating        D. balancing

13.A. only when    B. and forever   C. so that        D. even if

14.A. reward        B. check         C. bill            D. list

15.A. Still         B. Instead       C. Otherwise       D. Thus

16.A. lunch        B. customers    C. dishes         D. produce

17.A. stood for     B. applied for   C. benefited from D. depended on

18.A. patience      B. generosity    C. confidence      D. dignity

19.A. protect       B. trust         C. help           D. treasure

20.A. dream         B. struggle      C. management      D. Style

 

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.A 18.D 19.C 20.B 【解析】 试题分析:本文主要讲述了作者和丈夫的一个疯狂的想法。作者和丈夫打算开一家特别的饭店,其特别之处在于用捐赠箱代替收款机。作者他们这样做得目的是营造一种互信互助的氛围。 1.C 考查名词辨析。A. dinner晚饭,正餐;B. evening傍晚,晚上;C. business商业,事情;D. summer夏天。根据文章最后的“The woman in business suit...”可知,进入饭店的是一位商务人士,故选C。 2.A 考查名词辨析。A. change改变,变化;B. beauty美;C. fool傻子;D. coincidence巧合。根据“The first time she came...she had no money to pay...Look at her now: confident and hopeful”可知,这位女士以前身无分文,现在已经成为一位自信的商务人士,说明她发生了很大变化,故选A。 3.B 考查介词辨析。A. With和,带有;B. Like像;C. Besides除了;D. Towards向,朝。“ 43 many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes”像许多顾客一样,她主动提出清洗碗盘(来抵饭钱),故选B。 4.D 考查动词辨析。A. wait等待;B. sing歌唱;C. perform表演,表现;D. sweep打扫。she volunteered to wash dishes and .她主动提出清洗碗盘并打扫卫生,以此来抵饭钱,故选D。 5.B 考查动词辨析。A. Lived居住,生活;B. Hatched孵化,谋划;C. Ignored忽视;D. Achieved获得。In 2003, we'd this crazy dream作者和丈夫在2003年就已经开始筹划着一个梦想,根据后文可知,他们的计划付诸实施了,只有B项最合适,故选B。 6.C 考查形容词辨析。A. packed拥挤的,富含......的;B. delicious美味的;C. free免费的;D. delivered已送达的。There is no such thing as a lunch没有免费的午餐。根据上一行“with a donation box”可知答案,故选C。 7.C 考查动词词组辨析。A. crowd together聚在一起;B. flood in涌入;C. walk away走开;D. turn up出现,调大。根据“shaking their heads”可知,代理人、银行家和供应商都不看好这个想法,纷纷摇头离开,故选C。 8.D 考查名词词组辨析。A. staff support辅助人员;B. regular customers常客;C. lunch boxes午餐盒;D. cash register收款机。根据第三段“start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register”可知,作者想开一个没有收款机的饭店,故选D。 9.B 考查副词辨析。A. Unfortunately不幸的是;B. Finally最终;C. Interestingly有趣的是;D. Illegally非法地。 we rented space最终,作者和丈夫用他们的退休金租到了一个地方,故选B。 10.C 考查动词辨析。A. analyze分析;B. read阅读,显示;C. spread传播,伸出;D. approve批准,通过。We put flyers(传单)around the neighborhood, asked friends to the word作者在街区里散发传单,并让朋友们散播这个小溪,故选C。 11.A 考查动词短语。A. thanks to由于,多亏;B. apart from除了;C. ahead of在......之前;D. according to根据。Word traveled fast, stories in the papers and on TV.多亏了报纸和电视上的报道,餐馆开业的消息传播得很快,故选A。 12.C 考查动词辨析。A. regretting遗憾,后悔;B. gaining获得;C. donating捐赠;D. balancing平衡。A few ate without paying or an hour of work.只有个别人没有付钱或是捐出一小时的工作(即在餐馆帮忙一个小时),故选C。 13.D 考查连接词。A. only when只有当;B. and forever永远;C. so that结果,为了;D. even if即使。But most gave what they could, it was just a dollar.大部分的顾客都尽量付了钱,即使只是支付了一美元,故选D。 14.B 考查名词辨析。A. reward奖励,报答,赏金;B. check(餐馆的)结账单,支票;C. bill(商品或服务的)账单;D. list目录,清单。One of our customers left a for 500 dollars.有一位顾客留下了一张500美元的支票,故选B。 15.A 考查副词辨析。A. Still然而,更;B. Instead代替,相反;C. Otherwise否则;D. Thus因此。 another donated a truck甚至有人捐赠了一辆卡车,故选A。 16.D 考查名词辨析。A. lunch午餐;B. customers顾客;C. dishes(用过的)餐具;D. produce农产品。we could transport from suppliers作者可以用捐赠来的卡车从供应商那里运送产品,故选D。 17.A 考查动词短语。A. stood for代表;B. applied for申请;C. benefited from受益于;D. depended on依靠,取决于。根据“SAME: So All May Eat”可知,顾客光临这家饭店的部分原因是饭店的经营理念,故选A。 18.D 考查名词辨析。A. patience耐心;B. generosity慷慨;C. confidence自信心;D. dignity尊严。根据“So All May Eat.”可知,饭店的理念是“人人都有饭吃”,由此可知,作者他们让每位顾客都感到自己很有尊严,故选D。 19.C 考查动词辨析。A. protect保护;B. trust信任;C. help帮助;D. treasure珍视。develop a sense of community so that we might one another作者他们希望形成一种互帮互助的整体意识,故选C。 20.A. dream梦想;B. struggle奋斗,努力;C. management管理;D. style风格。Our to open the cafe was worth it.作者认为,为开设一家这样的饭店所付出的努力都是值得的。one’s struggle to do sth某人为做某事所付出的努力,故选B。 考点:故事类短文阅读
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