Question

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why did Marta quit her first job?

A. It was really badly paid.    B. The staff were quite unfriendly.    C. The boss took no interest in her ideas.

2.What does Marta find most surprising about the mobile restaurant?

A. All is advertised online.    B. Food is never thrown away.    C. Menus can be easily changed.

3.What is the best thing about the mobile restaurant for Marta?

A. Customers pay in advance.    B. She can work outdoors.    C. No waiter is needed.

4.What brought difficulty to Marta when she did a meal on a beach?

A. The sun.    B. The wind.    C. The rain.

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. C

4. B

【解析】

M: Today I’m talking to Marta Stanston, who runs her own “mobile restaurant”. Marta, how did you get into the restaurant business?

W: Well, I learnt to cook at college. I always wanted to open my own restaurant－but had no money. So I got a job as a chef. I had all sorts of ideas for new dishes, which the staff thought would sell, but the boss wasn’t interested. That’s when a friend told me about the “mobile restaurant” idea. It sounded great.

M: Tell us about it.

W: Well, it wor ks like this: you decide on a menu－obviously you have to be able to cook－then you advertise it so people can book a meal. The most amazing thing is all the advertising is done through websites. People set up tables in their sitting-room, or in a city car park, an empty factory－anywhere in fact. And because you know how many people you’re cooking for, food doesn’t get wasted.

M: So why is it good for you?

W: Well, various reasons. Like, I could buy all the things without risk because customers pay in advance. The greatest advantage, though, is by having ten customers at most, I don’t need to hire a waiter.

M: Do you ever run into problems?

W: The whole experience is fun. People watch you cook and the atmosphere’s relaxed. I did one meal on a beach which almost went wrong because I didn’t think about the wind blowing sand into people’s food. Fortunately, I’d brought a large umbrella to protect myself from the sun, so I put it around their table instead!

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