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
With its recession-friendly coffee prices, plentiful tables and available bathrooms, McDonald’ s restaurants all over the countr
With its recession-friendly coffee prices, plentiful tables and available bathrooms, McDonald’ s restaurants all over the countr
admin
2018-11-19
38
问题
With its recession-friendly coffee prices, plentiful tables and available bathrooms, McDonald’ s restaurants all over the country, and even all over the world, have been adopted by wise customers as a coffeehouse for grass roots, a sort of everyman’ s Starbucks. Behind the Golden Arches, older people seeking company and conversation, schoolchildren putting off homework time and homeless people escaping the cold have transformed the banquettes into headquarters for the kind of leisurely socializing. And so restaurant managers and franchise owners are often frustrated by these, their most loyal customers. Such regulars hurt business, some say, and leave little room for other customers.
Tensions can sometimes erupt. In the past month, those tensions came to a boil in New York City. When management at a McDonald’s in Flushing, Queens, called the police on a group of older Koreans, prompting outrage at the company’ s perceived rudeness, calls for a worldwide boycott and a truce mediated by a local politician, it became a famous case of a struggle that happens daily at McDonald’ s outlets in the city and beyond.
Is the customer always right, even when they sit for long hours without spending? The answer seems to be yes among those who do the endless sitting at McDonald’s restaurants in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; Midtown Manhattan; Astoria, Queens; and the East Village. If Mike Black’ s friends are looking for him, they know to check the McDonald’s on Utica Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, he said. That is where Mr. Black, who is in his 50s, spends hours opening and reading his junk mail."I don’t eat fast food," he said, arguing that his one coffee entitled him to all the leisure time he needed. "I just come here to hang out and deal with my mail."
At some of New York City’s 235 McDonald’s outlets, customers say they have adopted the fast-food franchise as a cafe for a less affluent crowd, a view strengthened by the company’s newer offerings, like McCafe coffee drinks.
"We’re pleased many of our customers view us as a comfortable place to spend time," Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman for the company, said in an email, citing free Wi-Fi and areas for children to play as part of the appeal. "McDonald’s offers convenience and value in a fun and familiar atmosphere."
But the leisurely cafe culture and the business plan behind fast food are in opposition. Although signs hang in many McDonald’ s stores instructing customers to spend half an hour or less at the ta bles, Ms. McComb said there was no national policy about discouraging longtime sitting.
On which of the following does the author agree, according to Paragraphs 3-4?
选项
A、People can find their friends whenever they go into McDonald’ s.
B、Customers stay in McDonald’s for a long time mainly for leisure.
C、McDonald’ s is open specially to a less affluent crowd.
D、New York City’s 235 McDonald’s outlets are different in designs.
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第三、四段。由第三段中的his one coffee entitled him to all the leisure time he needed和I just come here to hang out and deal with my mail可知,B项符合题意。因此,正确答案是B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/euH7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
WhyIBecameaTeacher:toPassonMyLoveofLiteratureA)Likelotsofpeople,IneverthoughtI’dbeateacherwhenIwasats
A、St.John’sUniversity.B、MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.C、UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.D、YaleUniversity.A细节题
Oldstereotypesdiehard.Pictureavideo-gameplayerandyouwilllikelyimagineateenageboy,byhimself,compulsivelyhammer
A、Thinair.B、Highlongitude.C、Highaltitude.D、TooCold.C推断题。根据Nohumidity,moderatetemperatures,butyoudoneedtobecarefu
A)TheSupremeCourtunambiguouslyruledWednesdaythatprivacyrightsarenotsacrificedto21stcenturytechnology,sayingunan
Withitsrecession-friendlycoffeeprices,plentifultablesandavailablebathrooms,McDonald’srestaurantsalloverthecountr
A、Theyareverygoodparents.B、Theyquarrelalot.C、Theyhaveonlyonechild.D、Theyloveeachotherverymuch.A细节题。根据Theyar
Ourape-menforefathershadnoobviousnaturalweaponsinthestruggleforsurvivalintheopen.Theyhadneitherthepowerfult
DeerPopulationsofthePugetSoundA)TwospeciesofdeerhavebeenprevalentinthePugetSoundareaofWashingtonStateinth
A、Herhusband.B、Herparents.C、Herdaughter.D、Herbrothers.CChojnacki教授举的第一个例子的主人公指定她的女儿继承管理她的大部分财产,故C)为正确答案。
随机试题
给定资料: 1.2014年6月6日下午两点多,驻马店文化路的一家按摩店门前,敲锣打鼓,秧歌红绸,鞭炮轰鸣……这是十几位盲友为河南盲人高考第一人——李金生参加高考而助威。随后,李金生和盲友们到汽车站坐班车前往考点。 到达考点附近已是下午5点多,确山县招生
男性,60岁,血压180/105mmHg,胸骨后反复疼痛3周,心率128次/分,伴房性早搏8次/分及短暂心房颤动,选哪项治疗效果最佳
A.系统误差B.随机误差C.系统误差和随机误差D.偶然误差E.以上都不是Westgard质控处理规则的应用可以找出下列何种误差
扩大基础施工分为开挖与模筑两大步序,基坑开挖可分为()三种方法。
自中国证监会书面确认()起,基金备案手续办理完毕,开放式基金合同生效。
缺碘对儿童最严重的后果是导致()
马斯洛需求层次理论说明在某种程度上学生缺乏学习动机,可能是由于某种()需要没有得到充分满足而引起的。
根据以下资料。完成完成下列问题。2012年全国公路水路交通固定资产投资14512亿元,占全社会固定资产投资的3.9%。分地区看,西部地区交通固定资产投资5400亿元,所占比重为37.2%,比上年提高1.2个百分点;东、中部地区交通固定资产投资分别为547
李教授:目前的专利事务所工作人员很少有科技专业背景,但专利审理往往要涉及专业科技知识。由于本市现有的专利律师没有一位具有生物学的学历和工作经验,因此难以处理有关生物方面的专利。以下哪项如果为真.最能削弱李教授的结论?
HowmanycountriesdidMr.Bellvisitlastsummer?
最新回复
(
0
)