Question

Is it fair for restaurants to ban little eaters? In Monronroeville, a local restaurant, McDain’s, recently decided to ban young children. Alice Roseman, its manager, says kids have bad manners and make too much noise. Other people, however, say the rule is hard to accept. Since it has become a hot topic in public, we caught several local people talking about it.

YES There is no law stopping restaurants from banning young children. Restaurant owners should be allowed to ban them. Kids often run around and cause problems for waiters and other customers. ----Kate Barker Kids always cause a mess, but the parents refuse to do anything about their kids’ behaviors. Although kids may be at the center of their parents’ universe, they aren’t at the center of everyone else’s. ------Mike Vuick Adults sometimes want to talk and enjoy their dinner, but they can’t if a child is crying and running all over the place. That’s why sometimes parents don’t like eating at home. They wish they could have a good meal in the restaurants without kids’ noise. ------Dale Levitsky

NO Banning kids from restaurants is a bad idea. If kids were banned, many restaurants would lose business. Even if restaurants gave customers the chance to buy take-away meals for their kids, many families would probably still not eat there. --------Nicholas Song Restaurants owners who ban kids think all children are wild and rude. But that’s not true. Most children’s eating behaviors are good enough. Even though some kids do have bad manners, banning is not a right way to teach them. I think how a society treats its children is important. After all, all kids are people, too. -------Elliott Hall

1.The restaurant in Monronroeville refuses ___________ to eat there.

A. women

B. pets

C. men

D. kids

2.Dale Levit sky thinks parents sometimes don’t like eating at home because _________________.

A. they are too busy

B. kids are too noisy

C. they dislike doing the dishes

D. restaurant food is more delicious

3.Who thinks it is wrong to ban kids?

A. Mike Vuick

B. Kate Barker

C. Nicholas Song

D. Alice Roseman

4.Which of the following opinion is mentioned in the passage?

A. Not all kids have bad behaviors.

B. Children waste too much food.

C. Boys make more noise than girls.

D. Restaurants needn’t help parents.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，叙述了位于美国的门罗维尔县当地的一家饭店，禁止小孩进入吃饭的规定，通过对当地人的采访，阐述了对待这件事情人们所持有的两种观点。

1.细节理解题。根据本文中"In Monronroeville, a local restaurant, McDain’s, recently decided to ban young children"，由young children可知选kids。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据文中"Adults sometimes want to talk and enjoy their dinner, but they can’t if a child is crying and running all over the place. That’s why sometimes parents don’t like eating at home.They wish they could have a good meal in the restaurants without kids’ noise"，可知，父母们想在饭店里面吃饭，是因为没有小孩的吵闹。故选B。

3.细节理解题。首先根据题目"Who thinks it is wrong to ban kids?"可以排除A、B，D文中没有提及。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。综合全文，文中主要有两种观点，一种认为小孩没有好的吃饭礼仪，在吃饭时比较吵闹，禁止他们进入饭店吃饭是正确的。另一种认为，并不是所有的小孩都有好的吃饭礼仪，他们中大部分吃饭时的礼仪还是比较好的，认为饭店不应该将他们排除在外。由此可以排除B、C、D。故选A。