Question

【題目】A cafe owner has defended her decision to pen a Facebook post (an Internet message to be discussed) stating “No, we are not child-friendly,” saying it breaks her heart when children damage her possessions.

On Monday, the Little French Cafe in Newcastle, Australia, posted an announcement on their Facebook page: “Are we child-friendly? If you are looking for a cafe with a children’ s menu, a play area, lounges for your children to jump on, vast space for your baby carriages, an area for your children to run around, and annoy other customers, while you are unaware of them—then the short answer is ‘No, we are not child-friendly.’ However, if you would like to bring your children here and they are happy to sit at a table with you and behave properly, please come in. Otherwise, there are plenty of places that are specifically designed to entertain your children.” The post has since been deleted.

Some Facebook users called the post “arrogant (傲慢的)” and an “attack on parents,” The Newcastle Herald reports. The cafe owner responded with this statement: “I built the cafe myself. It has my blood, sweat and plenty of tears in it.”

The post came about after the cafe owner was asked by a customer, who had left a one-star review on the cafe’s business page, about whether the cafe was child-friendly. Ms Kotz told news.com.au she wrote the bad review because she felt staff reacted negatively towards children at the cafe.

The cafe owner said it broke a piece of her heart every time when she was watching children emptying salt and pepper shakers into her fireplaces, parents changing nappies (尿布) on her lounges, or kids throwing their own food onto her carpet.

Although the cafe’s policy has attracted a lot of criticism, most people who commented on the Little French Cafe’s Facebook page stood by the owner. One woman named Lesley wrote, “I don’t think there was anything wrong with what you said by any means. If parents want to take their children to your cafe, they need to be responsible for their behavior.”

【1】What is the text mainly about?

A. An Australian cafe’s policy on children.

B. A Facebook post about parents’ manners.

C. The protection of the customers’ basic rights

D. The relationship between staff and customers.

【2】Which of the following is permitted according to the cafe owner’s post?

A. Parents demanding a children’s menu.

B. Children entertaining themselves in the cafe.

C. Children running around their own carriages.

D. Parents taking well-behaved kids to the cafe.

【3】The cafe owner wrote the post _____.

A. after a kid damaged her possessions

B. in response to a customer’s question

C. in order to improve the efficiency of the cafe

D. after the cafe was criticized by some Facebook users

【4】 What did Lesley think of the cafe owner’s action?

A. It was slightly unfair.

B. It was very misleading.

C. It was highly controversial.

D. It was quite understandable.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析 ：面對咖啡店里哭鬧亂跑沒有秩序的孩子們，店主會怎樣對待這些“小顧客”，“小上帝”們呢？澳大利亞一家咖啡店的店主對顧客提出的質(zhì)疑果斷地做出聲明：我們歡迎懂事乖巧的孩子，如果孩子任性不聽話，擾亂到咖啡店的環(huán)境，影響到其他顧客，我們則希望您帶孩子去孩子們高興玩的地方。

【1】A 主旨大意題。本文開篇提出了咖啡店主的公告聲明，表明了咖啡店對進(jìn)店的孩子們的態(tài)度，然后在下文詳細(xì)介紹該規(guī)定和人們對此的反應(yīng)，由此判斷文章主要是介紹這家咖啡店對孩子的規(guī)定，選A。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段if you would like to bring your children here and they are happy to sit at a table with you and behave properly, please come in.可知對于行為規(guī)矩的孩子們，店主是歡迎家長帶來咖啡店的，選D。

【3】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段The post came about after the cafe owner was asked by a customer, who had left a one-star review on the cafe’s business page, about whether the cafe was child-friendly.可知店主寫這則帖子的目的是為了回應(yīng)顧客的質(zhì)疑，選B。

【4】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章末段Lesley所發(fā)表的內(nèi)容可知她是贊同店主的態(tài)度做法的，認(rèn)為店主的態(tài)度是可以理解的，選D。