首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Creating special language. B、Selling a variety of products. C、Providing a comfortable environment. D、Opening stores in busy ar
A、Creating special language. B、Selling a variety of products. C、Providing a comfortable environment. D、Opening stores in busy ar
admin
2013-07-30
69
问题
If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high that you are not far from a Starbucks. In fact, you might be very close to several of these coffee stores. The company started in the West Coast city of Seattle, Washington, in 1971. Starbucks was named after a character in the famous American novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Today, there are more than twelve thousand Starbucks around the world.
Sales last year were almost eight billion dollars. The company believes in opening many stores in busy areas of cities. For example, there are about thirty Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle. Recently, three Starbucks opened in the area near VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee. It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language and coffee workers called baristas. It sells many kinds of hot and cold coffee drinks, like White Chocolate Mocha and Frappuccino. It also sells music albums, coffee makers, food, and even books. But most of all, it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit, read or talk.
Starbucks is a great success story. Buyers are willing to pay as much as five dollars for a coffee drink. People we talked to said they go to Starbucks because they can depend on it to have exactly what they want and to be nearby.
However, some people do not like the company’s aggressive expansion. A small coffee seller is taking the company to court. She says the way the company does business is illegal because it stops property owners from leasing stores to other coffee companies. She sees Starbucks as controlling the market and forcing out competition.
Nicolas O’Connell works for La Colombe, a coffee roasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries. But he criticizes the company for using machines more than people to make the coffee. Mr. O’Connell points out that the coffee culture is all about a hand-made product and interaction between people.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Where did Starbucks’ the store name come from?
34. What is Starbucks’ most extraordinary character?
35. Why does Mr. O’Connell not like Starbucks?
选项
A、Creating special language.
B、Selling a variety of products.
C、Providing a comfortable environment.
D、Opening stores in busy areas of cities.
答案
C
解析
短文中提到星巴克咖啡的很多特点,它既出售各种各样的冷热咖啡,又出售音乐唱片、咖啡壶、书籍等;然后以But转折,提到星巴克咖啡最重要的特点(most of all)在于it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place,[C]是对此的同义转述,故为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HB97777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Stopinthemiddleoftheclass.B、Speedupthepace.C、Marchinplaceforawhile.D、Concentrateonexercise.C短文谈到,如果你在有氧课里太
A、Itwillbetooexpensive.B、Itmaynotbeonconvenienttime.C、Itmaybetoocrowded.D、Whethershecanstillregister.C女士问男
Whywork?【C1】______youhaveperiodicallyaskedyourselfthesamequestion,perhapsfocusedon【C2】______youhavetowork.Selfi
Althoughinteriordesignhasexistedsincethebeginningofarchitecture,itsdevelopmentintoaspecializedfieldisreallyqui
Thinktwicenexttimesomeoneasksyoufor"fiveminutesofyourtime"itcouldcostyoumorethanyouthink.ABritishprofesso
HowtoSurviveaLayoffYou’velostyourjob,butit’snottheendofyourcareer.Getthehelpyouneedtosetyoubackon
A、Afoodfightamongchildhoodacquaintance.B、Acustomofcelebratingharvest.C、Anactivityofkeepinghealthy.D、Abattleamo
A、Theywouldgoonwearingcostumesanddancing.B、Theywouldattempttotelleachother’sfortunes.C、Theywouldusethecampf
随机试题
闻道百,以为莫己若者,我之谓也。
在使用FX2N可编程序控制器控制电动机星-三角起动时,至少需要使用()个交流接触器。
A.胃液的酸度较高而酶含量低B.胃液的酸度较高而酶含量更高C.胃液的酸度低而酶含量也低D.胃液的酶含量较高而酸度低E.胃液的酶含量较高而酸度更高胃期胃液分泌的特点是()
患者,男性,26岁。糖尿病病程10年,胰岛素治疗,血糖未监测,时有低血糖症。近3月眼睑及下肢水肿,血糖300m/L,尿蛋白(++),WBC0~3个/HP,颗粒管型少许,血尿素氮、肌酐正常。诊断考虑()
从某种程度上说,()最能反映经纪公司在业务开展过程中存在的问题,这些问题往往就是引发风险事故的“隐患”。
某分项工程高处作业高度10m,其高处等级、坠落半径分别是()。
编制利润表主要是根据()。
原始凭证和记账凭证都是具有法律效力的证明文件。()
解决我国民族问题的基本政策是
SURMOUNT:ABOVE::
最新回复
(
0
)