Do you like drinking coffee?If you are polite when ordering in a cafe(咖啡馆)in America,you may get a reward(奖励).(1) The shop offers rewards to those who mind their manners.There is a sign outside the shop.It says different prices for a cup of coffee depending on how polite the customer is.(2) They include:"Small coffee"at 5 dollars,"Small coffee,please"at 3 dollars and"Hello,one small coffee,please"at 1.75 dollars.(3) A cafe called Petite Syrah in France also encourages customers to have good manners with different prices.(4) .
The manager of Petite Syrah said of the reason,"(5) "And he added,"I know people may say that our service can be impolite,but it is also true that customers can be impolite when they are busy."
The American cafe is copying the French cafe because it has been a success in changing customers'behavior (行为).The manager of Petite Syrah says that he has been a great difference in his customers'behavior since the sign was put up.
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A.This isn't the first time that a coffee shop has tried to teach customers a lesson. B.At lunchtime people would come under great stress and were sometimes impolite to us when they ordered a coffee. C.The cafe in America has tried to encourage customers to be more polite in a new way. D.The French cafe is copying the American cafe so that it can change customers'behavior. E.The prices are listed with the typical expression customers might use when they are ordering. F.Customers need to pay 5.96 pounds for"A coffee",but 3.62 pounds for"A coffee,please". |
We are sorry to hear that you are not with your new car.(satisfy)
Jim laid out the and forks at the lunch table.(knife)
It's dangerous to drive on days.(snow)
Summer rains came and never stopped.When it grew darker,Grandmother sent my sister
Cathie and me out to gather roses.We carried many roses into the house,filling all the bottles we
could find.The (16) filled the air,and the ants came out of the flowers,filling the house.
Grandfather held his new camera,taking pictures of the ants,roses and everything.The camera light came out everywhere until Grandmother became(17) .
"Marcus!I can't read!Go away.Be a(18) ."
"I am a farmer who takes pictures,"he said(19) ,"I am a photographer﹣farmer."
Grandmother drove him to the barn(畜棚).I(20) Grandfather there,watching him take photos of cows (21) they showed him their backsides.I stood behind Grandfather,trying to see what he saw (22) the camera.
Then I walked to the back of the barn where his pictures hung.And then I saw it﹣the picture I had taken of (23) with Cathie,Cathie's mouth opened,both lost in a singing game,light from the window around them.The picture wasn't(24) as if it was a painting or a memory.For a moment,I felt like I was Cathie.I stepped back to see the picture better and(25) against Grandfather standing behind me.
"You moved the camera,"he said."That's(26) it didn't come out clearly."
I nodded.
"It's not a good picture."
"Joe,"said Grandfather softly,"it is a wonderful picture."
"But I (27) the camera."
"You did.See how it looks like Cathie and I are the only ones there.What a wonderful picture!"
Grandfather's voice rose (28) .
I said shyly,"Well,it's not perfect.""Perfect!"Grandfather said,his voice loud."What is(29) ?Joe,a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine.That goes for a(30) .That goes for life."
16.A.rain |
B.roses |
C.bottles |
D.smell |
17.A.inactive |
B.impatient |
C.impolite |
D.unfair |
18.A.farmer |
B.photographer |
C.cowboy |
D.painter |
19.A.correctly |
B.luckily |
C.proudly |
D.successfully |
20.A.invited |
B.followed |
C.led |
D.showed |
21.A.until |
B.when |
C.so |
D.unless |
22.A.above |
B.across |
C.through |
D.over |
23.A.Grandfather |
B.Grandmother |
C.Grandparents |
D.myself |
24.A.clean |
B.interesting |
C.colorful |
D.clear |
25.A.beat |
B.bumped |
C.played |
D.held |
26.A.how |
B.why |
C.where |
D.what |
27.A.moved |
B.dropped |
C.broke |
D.opened |
28.A.in surprise |
B.in confidence |
C.with patience |
D.with excitement |
29.A.happy |
B.soft |
C.polite |
D.perfect |
30.A.camera |
B.painting |
C.picture |
D.memory |
"Make﹣A﹣Wish"is one of the world's most well﹣known charities,It makes wishes come true for children who have (71)s illness.It gives them hope and helps them forget about their (72)h problems.
It (73)s in 1980in Phoenix,Arizona.Christopher was a 7﹣year﹣old boy who was very sick.He always dreamed of becoming a (74)p to fly in the sky.They gave Christopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter(直升飞机) and (75)b a space helmet of him.
There are four kinds of wishes children usually have:
I wish to go.Children usually want to visit some (76)p of interest,like the statue of Liberty.
I wish to meet.Children sometimes want to meet their (77)f film stars or sports players.
I wish to be.Some children wish to become doctors to help people who don't have money for (78)m treatment.
I wish to have.Some children want to have a computer,a bike or many other things.(79)L for them,they can get what they want from the charity.
Let's hope more wishes will come true in the (80)f .People who work in the charity always try for the best.Will you be one of them?