______ could he decide what we all were going to do?
A.Whom
B.What
C.How
D.Which
A.Whom
B.What
C.How
D.Which
第1题
A、as quick as he could
B、as quickly as he could
C、as quick as he can
D、as quickly as he can
第2题
A.nor
B.barely
C.almost
D.even
第3题
第4题
A、in order to
B、so as to
C、in order that
D、and
第5题
A.doing this
B.to doing this
C.to do this
D.to doing this
第6题
A.Have; would have
B.Had, would have
C.Did; have
D.Has; could have
第7题
The next day was Saturday. He knew that most of the boys would be down on the playground and choose up sides for the Saturday game. Robert knew he could play well and that just might be enough to prove he was strong, and to make friends with them. He arrived early and did his step exercises. He shot the ball several times and did some other exercises—the most difficult and most wonderful in basketball. Then the boys came. Robert went through what he had done before the game and showed what he could do. No one said a word. The boys just looked at each other and thought about it. In the end, when it was all over, the biggest of the group just smiled and shook his head. Robert knew he had made it.
1. What does “This did not help to make him less lonely” mean?()
A、Robert felt more lonely because the other boys wanted to test him.
B、Robert did not want himself to be less lonely.
C、Robert felt as lonely as before when the other boys tried to find out what kind of a boy he was.
D、The other boys did not want to make Robert feel less lonely.
第8题
问题:a good title for the passage is ()
A、Dorando,hero of the Olympics
B、Dorando,the fastest runner
C、A Marathon race held on a hot day
D、who was the 1st runner?
第9题
When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty -- a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped On his nose.The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the product of a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had never dulled his humor nor his love of a joke. Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give orders, but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like suggestions.One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said, "Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that." Then he drove away with his horses.The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the horses to get their drink."How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired."I don't know."
"How many potatoes did you pick up?"
"I didn't pick any."
"Not any! Why not?"
"You said I could pick them up if I wanted to. You didn't say I had to."
In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget, when Gramp said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.My grandmother ("Gram") worked hard all day, washing clothes, cleaning the house, making butter, and even working in the field when help was scarce. In the evening, though, she was not too tired to read books from the community library. For more than forty years Gram read aloud to Gramp almost every evening. In this way she and Gramp learned about all the great battles of history and became familiar with the works of great authors and the lives of famous men.Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own day.She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave her pleasure. The birds, the flowers, the clouds -- all that was beautiful around her -- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who used to gather grass and show it to his son, saying, "See how beautiful this is!"
In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents, manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.
1.We know that Grandpa's nose ____
A、was flattened because it had been stepped on
B、was not flat when he was a boy
C、was both straight and broad
D、was straight but its tip was a bit flat
2.We learn from the passage that Grandpa ____
A、loved to give orders
B、liked making suggestions
C、was friendly and humorous
D、was a serious and strict person
3.When Grandpa told the writer to pick up potatoes if he wanted to do that, he meant that ____
A、he had to do it
B、he could do it if he wanted to
C、he could do it anytime he was ready
D、he did not really have to do so
4.The writer describes his Grandma as ____
A、someone who could find beauty in life
B、a very obedient housewife
C、a woman who complained about the injustices of life
D、a woman who loved Millet's paintings
5.According to the passage, in the days of the writer's grandparents ____
A、it was difficult for people to keep the "soft qualities" of mind and character
B、most people understood how to appreciate the beautiful things in life
C、it was the "soft virtues" that were thought to be very important
D、only ordinary people managed to appreciate the beauty of nature
第10题
B、a humane government in which a benevolent ruler treats his subjects kindly and ensure that the people would be able to live a happy life
C、the road specifically built for the king
D、the lifestyle. of the ancient kings
第11题
Europeans looking to buy new homes and apartments in the coastal regions of Mediterranean Spain. His frequent
contact with property buyers has made him aware of their need for low cost hotel accommodation during the lengthy
period between finding a property to buy and when they actually move into their new home. These would-be property
owners are looking for inexpensive hotels in the same locations as tourists looking for cheap holiday accommodation.
Closer investigation of the market for inexpensive or budget hotel accommodation has convinced Ramon of the
opportunity to offer something really different to his potential customers. He has the advantage of having no
preconceived idea of what his chain of hotels might look like. The overall picture for the budget hotel industry is not
encouraging with the industry suffering from low growth and consequent overcapacity. There are two distinct market
segments in the budget hotel industry; firstly, no-star and one-star hotels, whose average price per room is between
30 and 45 euros. Customers are simply attracted by the low price. The second segment is the service provided by
two-star hotels with an average price of 100 euros a night. These more expensive hotels attract customers by offering
a better sleeping environment than the no-star and one-star hotels. Customers therefore have to choose between low
prices and getting a poor night’s sleep owing to noise and inferior beds or paying more for an untroubled night’s sleep.
Ramon quickly deduced that a hotel chain that can offer a better price/quality combination could be a winner.
The two-star hotels typically offer a full range of services including restaurants, bars and lounges, all of which are
costly to operate. The low price budget hotels offer simple overnight accommodation with cheaply furnished rooms
and staffed by part-time receptionists. Ramon is convinced that considerable cost savings are available through better
room design, construction and furniture and a more effective use of hotel staff. He feels that through offering hotel
franchises under the ‘La Familia Amable’ (‘The Friendly Family’) group name, he could recruit husband and wife teams
to own and operate them. The couples, with suitable training, could offer most of the services provided in a two-star
hotel, and create a friendly, family atmosphere – hence the company name. He is sure he can offer the customer twostar
hotel value at budget prices. He is confident that the value-for-money option he offers would need little marketing
promotion to launch it and achieve rapid growth.
Required:
(a) Provide Ramon with a brief report, using strategic models where appropriate, showing where his proposed
hotel service can add value to the customer’s experience. (12 marks)