A
A year ago,Marian Wilson was just a university student looking for a quiet and peaceful place to study,but it seems she wasn’t the only one.Her once quiet study room became a busy eating and meeting place.Now she has turned it into a book cafe.Helen Sheldon talked to Marian just before the opening of the cafe.Her study room has been one of the most popular meeting places for university students.It all started a year ago when she was preparing for graduation,she was looking for a place to study and write her final project.She couldn’t stand the dark unfriendly feeling of the library.She preferred a comfortable,sunny study room so she rented the top floor of an old house near the university and spent her afternoons reading books and working on her project.Then word spread and her friends started turning up.It was a great place to relax,talk and compare ideas.They even started leaving their books behind and leaving some money for the things they used,like coffee and pens etc.She also doesn’t want a stressful nine-to-five job.She’s trying to find a lifestyle that suits her.
She knows she’ll enjoy it.It’s going to be a challenge but,hopefully,she’ll also have time to write.Actually,she wants to be a writer but she knows it’s difficult to make a living doing that.There’s a need for relaxing places like this for people,especially students,to eat,talk and have fun without spending too much money.If the feeling of the place is right,people are going to come to the cafe.Anyway,it’s more than just a business decision.It’s also a decision about the lifestyle she wants to have and about trying to create something new and different.It opens tomorrow at 9:30 am so she can come by for something to eat,drink or just to have a chat.
21.What’s the best title of the passage?
A.From Schoolgirl to Businesswoman
B.Open a Cafe to drink
C.Find a Place to Rest
D.Build a Room to Read
答案A
解析主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲了一年以前,MarianWilson还是一名大学生。她在准备毕业设计的时候,由于不喜欢图书馆的不友好的氛围,自己在学校附近租了一个房子,创造了一个舒适的学习环境。后来朋友们听说了,也来这个房子里聊天和学习。MarianWilson不喜欢朝九晚五的工作,于是干脆利用这个资源办了一家咖啡书屋。所以这篇文章最好的题目是从女学生到女商人,故选A项。
22.Her study room was built .
A.just before she graduated from university
B.just after she graduated from university
C.a year before she left university
D.as soon as she entered the university
答案C
解析细节理解题。由第一段中的“Itallstartedayearagowhenshewaspreparingforgraduation,shewaslookingforaplacetostudyandwriteherfinalproject.Shecouldn’tstandthedarkunfriendlyfeelingofthelibrary.Shepreferredacomfortable,sunnystudyroomsosherentedthetopfloorofanoldhouseneartheuniversityandspentherafternoonsreadingbooksandworkingonherproject.”可知,她离开大学的前一年,她的自习室建立起来了,故选C项。
23.Marian’s friends started to come to her study room because .
A.it was a nice place to study
B.the library was too dark
C.they liked to eat there
D.it was the quiet to drink coffee
答案A
解析细节理解题。由第一段中的“Thenwordspreadandherfriendsstartedturningup.Itwasagreatplacetorelax,talkandcompareideas.”可知,Marian的朋友开始来她的自习室是因为它是一个学习的好地方,故选A项。
24.Marian really wants to be .
A.a business owner
B.a writer
C.a university student
D.a university teacher
答案B
解析细节理解题。由第二段中的“Actually,shewantstobeawriterbutsheknowsit’sdifficulttomakealivingdoingthat.”可知,Marian实际上想要成为一名作家,故选B项。
