I went into Harrods in London (a huge department store I am sure you have heard of) to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.
Having only 30 minutes between meeting. I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5th to the china department. There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap, etc. He was amazing. He got the plates in seconds, wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card, to which I replied no, because I lived in Switzerland, to which he replied asking if, as I lived abroad, would like a tax rebate form(退税表). After that he showed me what to do, produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities(程序). That was fabulous! I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me. I even asked if he gave this to everyone, to which he answered: “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods”. With that, a tall man in a gray suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying, “Can I introduce myself? I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard…” He had been wandering through the store (as you should do as a hands-on CEO) and had overheard me thanking this salesman, whose face, I can hardly describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!
Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer?
1.The writer went to Harrods to __________.
A．kill time B．buy some gifts C．go sightseeing D．shop for her wedding
2.What does the underlined word “whiz” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A．drive B．arrive C．rush D．leave
3.Which of the following sentences can best replace “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods” in the second paragraph?
A．“I’m an honest man.”
B．“I must obey the rules.”
C．“Harrods is strict with its employees.”
D．“Anybody will receive our good service.”
4.As soon as she bought what she wanted, the writer________.
A．went to a meeting. B．flew back to Geneva
C．visited one of her friends D．attended a wedding ceremony
5.The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experience was so ____.
A．pleasant B．strange C．exciting D．amusing
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题
I went into Harrods in London (a huge department store I am sure you have heard of) to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva.
Having only 30 minutes between meeting. I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5th to the china department. There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap, etc. He was amazing. He got the plates in seconds, wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card, to which I replied no, because I lived in Switzerland, to which he replied asking if, as I lived abroad, would like a tax rebate form(退税表). After that he showed me what to do, produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities(程序). That was fabulous! I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me. I even asked if he gave this to everyone, to which he answered: “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods”. With that, a tall man in a gray suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying, “Can I introduce myself? I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard…” He had been wandering through the store (as you should do as a hands-on CEO) and had overheard me thanking this salesman, whose face, I can hardly describe, was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment!
Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer?
1.The writer went to Harrods to __________.
A．kill time B．buy some gifts C．go sightseeing D．shop for her wedding
2.What does the underlined word “whiz” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A．drive B．arrive C．rush D．leave
3.Which of the following sentences can best replace “I’m just doing what is required at Harrods” in the second paragraph?
A．“I’m an honest man.”
B．“I must obey the rules.”
C．“Harrods is strict with its employees.”
D．“Anybody will receive our good service.”
4.As soon as she bought what she wanted, the writer________.
A．went to a meeting. B．flew back to Geneva
C．visited one of her friends D．attended a wedding ceremony
5.The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experience was so ____.
A．pleasant B．strange C．exciting D．amusing
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I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago. 36 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to 37 them.
My aunt and I were 38 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 39 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 40 nearby and the other one was 41 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was 42 my own thing there, I 43 that the family were not in front of the 44 anymore. I saw the girl 45 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in 46, crying.
I knew that she 47 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 48 big before and we all know that feeling. 49 I went up to her and asked what was 50 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I 51 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the 52 on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and 53 them what happened. People there promised to 54 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the 55. Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
1.A. Luckily B. Usually C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
2.A. help B. encourage C. join D. support
3.A. answering B. looking C. preparing D. calling
4.A. chairs B. children C. signs D. toys
5.A. friends B. book C. family D. bags
6.A. clean B. large C. empty D. beautiful
7.A. studying B. carrying C. buying D. doing
8.A. noticed B. believed C. doubted D. understood
9.A. shop B. gift C. girl D. lady
10. A. get up B. come up C. give up D. make up
11. A. return B. detail C. vain D. tears
12.A. hated B. raised C. lost D. lived
13.A. somewhere B. something C. everywhere D. everything
14.A. If B. As C. So D. Or
15.A. important B. wrong C. strange D. different
16.A. lent B. gave C. sent D. posted
17.A. smile B. hope C. puzzle D. worry
18.A. reminded B. warned C. asked D. told
19.A. look out for B. take care of C. wait for D. call up
20.A. courage B. money C. explanation D. card
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I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago.____, I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to____them.
My aunt and I were____for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two____on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her____nearby and the other one was____So, I decided to sit down. While I was____my own thing there, I____that the family were not in front of the____anymore. I saw the girl____and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in____, crying.
I knew that she____her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or____big before and we all know that feeling____I went up to her and asked what was____and in between tears she told me she was lost. I____her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the____on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and____them what happened. People there promised to____her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the____Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
1.A. Luckily B. Usually C. Sadly D. Surprisingly
2.A. help B. encourage C. join D. support
3.A. answering B. looking C. preparing D. calling
4.A. chairs B. children C. signs D. toys
5.A. friends B. book C. family D. bags
6.A. clean B. large C. empty D. beautiful
7.A. studying B. carrying C. buying D. doing
8.A. noticed B. believed C. doubted D. understood
9.A. shop B. gift C. girl D. lady
10.A. get up B. come up C. give up D. make up
11.A. return B. detail C. vain D. tears
12.A. hated B. raised C. lost D. lived
13.A. somewhere B. something C. everywhere D. everything
14.A. If B. As C. So D. Or
15.A. important B. wrong C. strange D. different
16.A. lent B. gave C. sent D. posted
17.A. smile B. hope C. puzzle D. worry
18.A. reminded B. warned C. asked D. told
19.A. look out for B. take care of C. wait for D. call up
20.A. courage B. money C. explanation D. card
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Where can you most probably hear this talk?
A. In a department store. B. In a post office. C. In a bank.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a department store. B. In the street. C. In a bank.
2.What is the man most likely to do at last?
A. Take his money back. B. Change another one. C. Show her the receipt.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where are the two speakers?
A. In the library. B. In a department store. C. In the street.
2.Who are the two speakers?
A. A woman and his husband. B. A woman and a passer-by. C. A woman and her friend.
3.Where will the woman change buses?
A. At the zoo. B. At the traffic lights. C. At the end of the No. 9 bus.
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In fine department stores everywhere, you’ll see the light-blue boxes of Estee Lauder. These popular cosmetics (化妆品) are sold in more than 130 countries. Who’s the woman behind this worldwide cosmetics empire (帝国)? Estee Lauder herself, of course. This businesswoman became, for a time, the world’s richest self-made woman. Her secret? “I didn’t get there by dreaming about it,” she would say. “I got there by doing it.” Estee was born in the early 1900s in Queens, New York. Her father ran a hardware (五金器具) store, and from him Estee learned how to be a successful salesperson. Estee learned from her uncle John Schotz, too. He made creams in a small laboratory behind the family’s house. Estee watched him. Soon, she was experimenting with her own cosmetics. She put lipstick (唇膏) and creams on any female relative who’d let her, until her annoyed father told her to stop.
She married Joseph H. Lauder in 1930, and continued her experiments. She would cook dinner for the family, and at the same time, make her face creams. Then she began to sell her products in a Manhattan beauty shop.
In 1960, Estee began to sell her products in Europe. After many tries she succeeded and began selling her products in some stores in London. But France proved even more difficult. The store Galleries Lafayette refused to sell her products. So Estee “by accident” dropped a bottle of youth dew (香水) on the floor in the cosmetics department. As the scent spread around the store, customers came over and asked to buy it. The store soon began selling Estee’s products.
Estee led her company until 1982, when her son Leonard took over the business. Until her health worsened in the mid-1990s, she continued to attend the opening of a new store wherever in the world. She died on April 24, 2004. Estee Lauder’s talent as a saleswoman was extraordinary. Her son Leonard said, “There was never anyone who could sell like she could.” All who worked for Estee appreciated her special talent.
1.Which of the following can best describe Estee Lauder?
A. A successful cosmetics saleswoman.
B. A beautiful shop owner in London.
C. A popular cosmetics producer in France.
D. A founder of a cosmetics company in America.
2.What was Estee Lauder’s father’s attitude towards her when she tried her products on her female relatives?
A. He supported her and helped her.
B. He didn’t care about what she did.
C. He was very angry at her for what she did.
D. He was proud of what she did.
3.Estee managed to get her products known to the French customers by dropping a bottle of youth dew on the floor in the cosmetics department of a store ______.
A. on purpose B. with the store’s permission
C. by accident D. carelessly
4.The underlined word “scent” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.
A. Estee’s product B. a customer’s praise
C. a pleasant smell D. the broken pieces of glass
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You’re in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation: “I can’t believe it—Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn’t it beautiful? And it’s a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”
They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It’s nice and the price is right. You’ve never heard of the brand of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. Their clothes follow the fashion. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes to be heard by others.
Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.
Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don’t pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation-consumers between the age of 18 and 34.It’s a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don’t trust ads.
So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.” It is true, because everyone knows an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. However, you don’t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.
1.The two attractive young women were talking so as to __________.
A. get the sweater at a lower price B. be heard by people around
C. be admired by other shoppers D. decide on buying the sweater
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “stylish” in the passage? ________.
A. out of date B. convenient
C. ancient D. fashionable
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Traditional advertising will soon disappear in the market.
B. The MTV generation tends to be more easily influenced by all kinds of ads.
C. That traditional advertising is too direct may lead to its decreasing effectiveness.
D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Two Attractive Shoppers. B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters.
C. Undercover Marketing. D. Ways of Advertising.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater．You listen to their conversation：
“I can't believe it－Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find．Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome．”
They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater．It's nice and the price is right．You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish．They must know．So, you buy it．You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency．They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes．
Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating．If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too．This is the secret of undercover marketing．Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it．
Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising．This is particularly true of the MTV generation－consumers between the age of 18 and 34．It's a golden group．They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads．
So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go．Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative．“Look at traditional advertising．Its effectiveness is decreasing．”It is true, because everyone knows an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something．However, you don't know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance．
1.The two attractive young women were talking so as to ________．
A. get the sweater at a lower price
B. be heard by people around
C. be admired by other shoppers
D. decide on buying the sweater
2.Lorenzo Bertolla is ________．
A. a very popular male singer
B. an advertising agency
C. a clothing company in Rome
D. the brand name of clothes
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Traditional advertising will soon disappear in the market．
B. The MTV generation tends to be more easily influenced by all kinds of ads．
C. That traditional advertising is too direct may lead to its decreasing effectiveness．
D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government．
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Two Attractive Shoppers
B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters
C. Undercover Marketing
D. Ways of Advertising
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_____ as a salesgirl in a department store for 3 years, I decided to set up my own business.
A. Worked B. Working
C. Having worked D. To work
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