阅读理解 Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don&#039;t all have the same coffee culture. I...

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天津市第一中学2016-2017学年七年级下学期英语期中考试试卷

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Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don't all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.

Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment（设备）. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired （雇佣）Schultz as the company's head of marketing(市场营销).

In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso（浓咖啡） bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.

However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.

（1）、The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means

“ ”.

A、closed B、managed C、left D、sold

（2）、What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined words “coffee makers” in Paragraph 3?

A、咖啡壶 B、咖啡制造人 C、咖啡制品 D、咖啡制造商

（3）、According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences?

a.This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.

b.Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.

c.He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.

d.Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.

A、a-b-d-c B、c-a-b-d C、b-d-c-a D、d-c-a-b

（4）、Why did so many Starbucks close in small areas?

A、Because the coffee in these places was too expensive. B、Because the style of the coffee stores seems the same. C、Because the people like to drink coffee at home with friends. D、Because there were too many coffee shops in one place.

（5）、What's the best title for the passage?

A、The History of Starbucks B、The Culture of Starbucks C、The Popularity of Starbucks D、The Environment of Starbucks

举一反三

    Jane Scott is fourteen and the year before last she began to study in a middle school. She likes dancing and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it difficult to learn. She falls behind her classmates and once failed the math exam. She decides to drop it. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it.
    It was Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his sister, who teaches math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman came quickly and said. “You're a clever girl, Jane. I'm sure you'll soon do well in math if you work hard at it.”
“I'm afraid I can't, Aunt,” said Jane, “Girls can't be good at math.”
“I don't think so,” said the woman. “I was good at it when was a girl. You must do more exercises and practice a math problem again and again until you master it. Remember: Practice makes perfect. Well, it's a math problem. Think about it and practice it again, and you'll work it out.”
“ OK,” said the girl, “Let me try.”
    About an hour later, Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I've done the problem ten times.”
“Well done!” her aunt said happily, “What result did you get?”
“Ten answers.”

    Our three-year-old daughter Becky wanted a dog. But we were too busy to buy one. One day, Becky ran in, shouting, “Mom! Come to see my dog!” Her face was red with excitement.
    I followed her to the bush and found a wolf! He was hurt. Seeing me, he stood up suddenly! I could see his teeth! God! My mouth felt dry. “Don't be afraid. That's Mom. She loves you, too.” Becky said. Then he became friendly. It was unbelievable!
I rushed to find my husband and told him about the wolf. We should have killed the wolf, but Becky loved him. Besides, he was kind to Becky. So we called the vet(兽医) finally.
    Becky named the wolf Ralph and she carried food to him every day. Later, Ralph got well. They played together in the daytime. At night, Ralph would return to the mountains. Sometimes he disappeared but came back several days later.
    On Becky's first day of school, we could see Ralph's sadness. After Becky left school, Ralph lay by the side of the road and waited. When Becky returned, he got happy again. This continued throughout Becky' s school years.
Twelve years passed.
    One day we heard that a wolf was killed. The other wolf was hurt and ran away. We were worried about Ralph. That night, Ralph returned with a wound. Becky held his head kindly and comforted him. We hoped he could come through. However, he died.
     Becky cried. I noticed something strange in the bush—two little yellow eyes! Ralph's child! Before he died, Ralph brought his child to us! He knew he would be safe here, as he had been. Ralph, Ralph, I was moved.
   “Don't be afraid, little…little Ralphie. That's Mom. She loves you, too.”

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.
Believe in yourself;
Catch the chance when it comes up;
Find the system that works for your style;
People will love you for being yourself;
Stay humble (谦逊).

根据你所听到的短文内容，从 A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出正确答案。

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Artist Jasmine Cho paints the picture of famous Asian Americans. But she does not use paper to create her art. She uses cookies. Cho said the sweet treats are meaningful because they can help people know more about Asian Americans. The 39-year-old artist believes her art comes from a feeling of not belonging when she was young.

Cho has got fans over the last several years as she always makes cookie faces in detail. Famous actors like Awkwafina and Daniel Dae have praised her cookie designs. The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Cho has lived since 2009,even honored (给……荣誉) her with a "Jasmine Cho Day" in 2020.

In 2016, Cho made a video in which she was making cookies for her online bakery (面包店). The cookies were exactly like her friends. So the cookies received attention on social media at once. Soon, others wanted her cookies, too.

A few months later, Cho held her first show. She made cookies of Asian American Pittsburgh natives, like Leah Lizarondo, the founder of 412 Food Rescue. Lizarondo remembers how surprised she was to find that Cho bad made her into a cookie face. "I shared it as widely as I could because I was so proud to be among the people she did cookie portraits (肖像) of," Lizarondo said by email.

In 2021, Cho wrote a children's book Role Models Who Look Lite Me. In the following years, she has given over 20 speeches in different countries. For her, the biggest exciting thing is when young Asian Americans, particularly females, feel encouraged. "They tell me things like, ‘I learned more in your 15-minute talk than I have in my whole class that's about Asian American history,' or something like that," Cho said.

请阅读全文，从下列方框里的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文意思完整、连贯。

A.One aim is to better meet the basic needs of more than 100 million people.

B.This problem can be solved by digital(数字的)IDs.

C.A lot of people have the problem of losing ID cards.

D.These people have to go to school or work at different places other than their homes.

E.In the near future,people will just need a digital ID on their smartphone.

F. The digital ID can make people's lives more convenient in many ways.

Imagine you are running to catch a train,only to find that you forgot your ID card! There is no way you can get on board without it.Don't worry.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

On March 11,at a two sessions news conference(两会记者招待会),Premier Li Keqiang said that the government would introduce a digital version(版本)of the national ID cards this year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They need it because they live away from their home provinces.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sometimes to prove that"I am who I am",they have to run back and forth across provinces to provide ID on the spot.It is a waste of time,money and manpower. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Because it can allow relevant(相关的)information to be accessed(获取)by a simple scan with a smartphone,said Premier Li.

In fact,China's Ministry of Public Security started a pilot trial(初步试验)of digital IDs in 2018.It allowed people in cities including Quzhou,Hangzhou and Fuzhou to apply for digital national IDs on Alipay,reported China National Radio. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}It could be used to open bank accounts,check into hotels and buy high-speed railway tickets,among other things.

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