Attention STARBUCKS
Owners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug
Mug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug
We’ve recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly account for injury from hot liquid leaking(漏). So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only about STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is printed with “ThermoSServ”, the distributor’s name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.
At STARBUCKS, customers’ safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , for your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS ( NOT including Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure to exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to arrive March 1, 2013.
Don’t use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.
Here’s what you do:
* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.
* New lids will arrive March 1, 2013.
* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.
* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.
If you’d like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.
If you have any questions about this recall, please call us at:
Toll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717
9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS
1.The passage is written in order to ________.
A. warn against the danger of using the mug
B. tell people to exchange a lid
C. persuade people to buy a new lid
D. introduce a new type of mugs
2.The passage is mainly aimed at those who ________.
A. have 16 oz stainless steel mugs
B. often travel around
C. want to buy 16 oz stainless steel mugs
D. are selling the mugs
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. People should stop using the mug immediately.
B. People can get the money back if they return the mug.
C. People with questions can call the company free of charge.
D. People can return the lid between November 2012 and February 2013.
4.We can learn that STARBUCKS from the passage ________.
A. is a club for travelers
B. wants to make more money
C. is an organization helping customers
D. cares about the customers’ safety
5.The passage is most likely taken from a(n) ________.
A. news report B. advertisement C. tour-guide book D. novel
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Attention STARBUCKS
Owners of Stainless Steel Travel Mug
Mug lid Recall---16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mug
We’ve recognized a fault at the cup. The fault might cause some lids to lift slightly from the body of the mug, and could possibly account for injury from hot liquid leaking(漏). So, we have given a lid recall notice immediately. The notice is only about STARBUCKS 16 oz Stainless Steel Travel Mugs which were sold between November 2012 and February 2013. The bottom of the mug is printed with “ThermoSServ”, the distributor’s name. There is not any printing on the mug handle.
At STARBUCKS, customers’ safety is valued above anything else. Therefore, no matter whether your lid is leaking , for your safety, we request you bring your mug to your nearest STARBUCKS ( NOT including Esso STARBUCKS), where they are sure to exchange the lid for a new lid that fits well and safely. The new lids are going to arrive March 1, 2013.
Don’t use your mug until you exchange the lid, please.
Here’s what you do:
* Please do not use your mug until you have exchanged the lid for a new one.
* New lids will arrive March 1, 2013.
* Return your travel mug to a STARBUCKS store.
* Your lid will be exchanged for a new lid.
If you’d like to return the entire mug, bring it back at any time for a full repayment.
If you have any questions about this recall, please call us at:
Toll Free Number: 1-999-701-1717
9:30 am - 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time STARBUCKS
1.The passage is written in order to ________.
A. warn against the danger of using the mug
B. tell people to exchange a lid
C. persuade people to buy a new lid
D. introduce a new type of mugs
2.The passage is mainly aimed at those who ________.
A. have 16 oz stainless steel mugs
B. often travel around
C. want to buy 16 oz stainless steel mugs
D. are selling the mugs
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. People should stop using the mug immediately.
B. People can get the money back if they return the mug.
C. People with questions can call the company free of charge.
D. People can return the lid between November 2012 and February 2013.
4.We can learn that STARBUCKS from the passage ________.
A. is a club for travelers
B. wants to make more money
C. is an organization helping customers
D. cares about the customers’ safety
5.The passage is most likely taken from a(n) ________.
A. news report B. advertisement C. tour-guide book D. novel
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The notion of building brand personality is promoted by Starbucks as a part of company culture to embed meaning in their products and thus attract more customers.
Starbucks literally changed the definition of “a good cup of coffee”. For Starbucks, the brand had three elements: coffee, ________ and stores. Strict control over the quality and processing of the beans ________ that the coffee would be of the highest possible quality. Outstanding store personnel were employed and trained in coffee knowledge and ________ service. Store design, atmosphere and aroma (浓香) all ________ the “Starbucks Experience”.
Almost all Starbucks stores were corporately owned and controlled. Starbucks prided itself on the “Starbucks Experience”, ________ coffee to provide a unique experience for its customers.
_____ those traditional coffee houses providing you with the grab-and-go service, Starbucks provides you with more than coffee. You get great people, first-rate music, a comfortable and upbeat meeting place, and ________ advice on brewing excellent coffee at home. At home you’re part of a family. At work you’re part of a company. And somewhere in between is a place where you can sit back and be yourself. That’s what a Starbucks store has been ________ to creating for its customers — a kind of “third place” where they can ________, reflect, read, chat or listen.
The green Starbucks logo is a mermaid that looks like the end of the double image of the sea. It was designed by Terry Heckler, who got the ________ from the wooden statue of the sea. Mermaid logo also ________ original and modern meanings: her face is very simple, but with modern abstract forms of packaging; the middle is black and white, the only color on the outside surrounded by a circle.
Starbucks makes the typical American culture gradually broken down into elements of ______: the visual warmth, hearing the way, smelling the aroma of coffee and so on. Just think, through the huge glass windows, watching the crowded streets, ________ sipping a coffee flavor, which is in line with the “Yapi”, the feeling of experience in the ________ life.
But the ________ of Starbucks is not about the coffee, although it’s great coffee. Coffee is only a carrier. Coffee consumption, to a great extent, is an emotional and cultural level of consumption.
1.A.people B.managers C.customers D.clients
2.A.assured B.promised C.ensured D.predicted
3.A.emergency B.environment C.employment D.customer
4.A.consisted of B.benefited from C.contributed to D.headed for
5.A.going beyond B.coming across C.making up D.depending on
6.A.With regard to B.In addition to C.Compared with D.In terms of
7.A.general B.reasonable C.legal D.fascinating
8.A.committed B.alerted C.subjected D.required
9.A.negotiate B.perform C.conceal D.escape
10.A.imagination B.inspiration C.patent D.philosophy
11.A.creates B.cultivates C.credits D.conveys
12.A.brand B.logo C.possession D.experience
13.A.greedily B.gently C.persistently D.indifferently
14.A.busy B.easy C.miserable D.energetic
15.A.product B.vision C.essence D.importance
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The two tables are of the same shape but the one made of steel costs more than ________ made of wood.
A. that B. those C. one D. it
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A chair made of steel is stronger, though costs much more, than _____ made of wood.
A.that | B.one | C.it | D.those |
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Danielle Steel, America’s sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to dive into the book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death, new babies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her work shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books had been made into films. She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not satisfied with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden GateBridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention, her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But, if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable (独特的) style. There is only one Danielle Steel.
1.Danielle Steel is different from other writers because ________.
A. she can write several books at the same time
B. she often does some research before writing a book
C. she is one of the most popular American women writers
D. she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break
2. Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know ________.
A. how to deal with affairs at school
B. what to do if Max and Martha die
C. what to do when new babies are born into their families
D. how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes
3. One of Danielle Steel’s achievements is that ________.
A. some TV plays were based on her books
B. her picture books attracted a lot of young men
C. one of her books became a best-seller in 1998
D. she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records
4. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel ________.
A. lives an exciting life
B. values her readers a lot
C. writes about quiet women
D. is pleased with her achievements
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There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters(匪徒)in return for “protection”. If the money was not paid immediately, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Getting “protection money” is not a modern means. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
Then Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a group of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to those who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money with this method. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero .When he died at eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had his picture painted, which was in memory of “this bravest man”.
1.What protection did Chicago gangsters give to those who paid them?
A. They saved those people’s businesses from destruction.
B. They left those people’s business unharmed much.
C. They sent soldiers to serve them no matter what help they needed willingly.
D. They didn’t take those people’s lives
2.Sir John Hawkwook's Italian name “Giovanni Acuto” was one which .
A. he gave himself in order to become better known to the Italians
B. he earned through his sharp practice of selling his ‘protection’
C. he needed so as to hire his soldiers to Italians
D. was given him in telling his services to the others’
3.The Italians regarded Hawkwood as a sort of hero .
A. because they couldn’t help admiring his bravery and boldness(胆大)
B. as he aided the citizens in peacetime when business was bad for them
C. he had played an important role in their daily life
D. for he lived so long and was given a state funeral by the Florentines
4.From the passage, we can guess the gangsters were those .
A. who were of great importance to the poor
B. who made the businessmen do whatever they were in need of
C. who were always ready to be sent abroad
D. who did harm to others
5.According to the writer, Hawkwood was .
A. a sort of national hero B. an experienced leader C. a brave soldier D. a noble gangster
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Restaurant owners should not use disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment , an official of the China Cuisine Association(中国烹饪协会)said.
Bian Jiang, its secretary general, recently called on restaurant owners to say no to one-off tableware(餐具), especially wooden chopsticks. “The country produces and throws away over 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks every year, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million tree.” Bian said.
“That’s a heavy blow to the county’s shrinking(正在减少的) forests,” he said, “We should not turn a deaf ear to the call for environmental protection. We should stop using disposable tableware from now on.”
In order to discourage the use of wooden chopsticks and to protect wooden resources, the government put a 5% tax on them in April.
The use of disposable chopsticks has been discussed for years. Their supporters say that both restaurant owners and consumers prefer them, and that an industry has grown up around their production.
. 1.
The secretary general suggests that wooden chopsticks be stopped from being used because ________.
A. they cause a lot of pollution of the environment
B. the environment is no longer green
C. the government is not happy with that
D. too many trees are cut
2.
From the text we know that the idea of no disposable tableware will be ________.
A. hard to put into practice B. welcomed by a lot of people
C. receiving indifferent attitudes D. rejected by some people
3.
What does the underlined word “disposable” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Waste B. Expensive C. Man D. One-use
4.
What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Many people support the idea of saying no to using wooden chopsticks.
B. The government calls on people to stop using wooden chopsticks.
C. Disposable tableware wastes a lot of forests and does damage to the
environment.
D. People are aware of the cost of using disposable tableware
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There are a growing number of pet owners who feed their pets on raw foods, which means “uncooked” meat and bones. William Burk, a pet food specialist from the Food and Drug Administration(FDA), believes that feeding raw meat to pets is against its goal of protecting the public from health dangers, and that raw meat and bones do not have all the required nutrition that a pet needs every day.
Recognizing how popular these foods are, the FDA has provided guidelines for producers of pet foods which contain uncooked meat for dogs, cats and other pets. The guidelines give rules to protect pet owners and pets from dangers about food safety and lack of nutrition.
Pet owners who feed raw meat and bones to their pets should deal with these products very carefully to protect themselves against possible dangers, says Burk. Just as when you are preparing foods for human beings, use hot water and soap to wash your hands, containers, and surfaces that come into contact with the food. Don’t put your hands near your mouth until you have washed them, and don’t allow your pet to touch your face right after it has eaten raw meat.
“If pet owners choose to feed bones to their pets, they should watch their pets carefully when they are eating bones,” Burk says, “If a pet eats a big piece of bone that won’t pass through its digestive system(消化系统), it is likely to kill the pet.”
1.What does William Burk think of feeding pets on raw meat?
A. It’ll make the pet owners sick.
B. It’ll keep the pets’ wild nature.
C. It’s against the policy of the FDA.
D. It’s dangerous and lack of nutrition.
2.The FDA has provided guidelines for producers of pet foods with raw meat because ________.
A. pet safety is a serious problem
B. most pets lack nutrition
C. feeding pets on raw foods is popular
D. the quality of pet foods is dropping
3.Those who feed pets on raw foods should do some necessary cleaning when ________.
A. preparing raw meat for pets
B. touching the food containers
C. taking their pets out for a walk
D. preparing foods for human beings
4.What suggestion is given to pet owners in the last paragraph?
A. Pets should be forbidden to eat raw bones.
B. Pets should be kept away from the raw meat.
C. Pets should be checked on their digestive system.
D. Pets should be watched carefully while eating bones.
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In order to attract more online shoppers on Double-Eleven Day, the owners of Taobao promised that they would have those ordered goods _____ to their homes in less than 3 days.
A. to send B. sending C. sent D. send
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Don’t handle the vase as if it ______ made of steel.
A.is B.were C.has been D.had been
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