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山东省济南育英中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学预备测试英语试题
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in a town of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. 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 more Starbucks stores in Seattle and they joined into a small company.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year. Howard Schultz met the three men who run (经营) Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen instrument. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he was interested in the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original (原先的)Starbucks owners chose Schultz as the company's head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The special atmosphere(氛围) of the coffee bars there caught his eye. To Schultz, it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work, and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new stores - and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of stores, including stores in twenty - six countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right places for their customers.
DIY Recipe(食谱)From the Kitchen What you need: 2 cups cookies 1/2 cup butter 2 spoons sugar 1/3 cup corn syrup (糖浆) 1/2 spoon cheese l cup powdered sugar (糖粉) 2/5 spoon chocolate powder What you do: Step 1 Mix together the cookies, sugar, cheese and chocolate powder in a bowl. Step 2 Add the butter and corn syrup. Mix well. Step 3 Roll (卷起) the mixture into balls. Place them on a large plate covered with wax paper. Leave the plate in the fridge for an hour. Step 4 Take butter balls out of the fridge. Put powdered sugar in a small bowl. Roll each ball in the powdered sugar until it is covered. |
Don't Worry! Be Happy! If I were a bird, I'd fly up high, Above the clouds, up in the sky. I'd float and sing and soar and play, Without any worries to ruin my day. | If I were a dog, during the day. I'd rest, So when Master came home,I'd be at my best— Ready to run or play balls or catch, Ready to jump, roll over or fetch. |
If I were a dolphin, I'd splash in the sea, And dive and Dip— great fun for me! I'd play with friends under the sea so blue. There'd be no chores or homework to do. | But I'm not a dog or a bird or a bear, I'm not a dolphin who can swim everywhere. I'm just a kid who wants to have fun, But I know I can't till my work's all done! |
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