大学综合英语Book2 Integrated
y we spend our money
C) will not change later in life
D) is the belief of how to manage our finances
正确答案： A
32.
The ant refers to people who ___________________.
A) work very hard in summer in order to store food for winter
B) could make more money if they work harder
C) only care about enjoying the moment by working very hard
D) save money they earn for the later life when they get old and retire
正确答案： D
33.
Mr. Smith always enjoys spending a weekend with his friends, fishing, hunting and playing cards. Moreover, he spends money in a very luxurious way. So, _____.
A) Mr. Smith belongs to the ant type
B) Mr. Smith belongs to the cricket type
C) Mr. Smith belongs to the snail type
D) it's hard to tell which kind of person Mr. Smith is
正确答案： B
34.
The writer of the passage seems to be in favor of _______.
A) the ant
B) the cricket
C) the snail
D) none of them
正确答案： A
35.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A) To make us understand that we should spend our money.
B) To make fun of the three kinds of people.
C) To make us understand the differences and manage our money better.
D) To state that we are the same as animals.
正确答案： C
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work, and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave him a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores — and that was only the beginning.
In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, in