C

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice.

Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts attract diners to order more. It also could extend the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner?

“It's about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are he'll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu  increased by about 11% . Customers often call ahead to reserve （預(yù)定）spots equipped with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters.

At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled（爭(zhēng)吵） over desserts. “It’s more visual,” says Uriel, as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.”

1．The following are the advantages of “restaurants with” EXCEPT that_______.

       A．eating in them is more comfortable

       B．the restaurants can save a lot of money

       C．they can attract more youngsters to the restaurants

       D．customers can see the pictures of their ordered foods

2．The underlined word “impulse—buying” in the 3rd paragraph means_______

       A．having no idea in buying things

       B．being uninterested in buying things

       C．having no patience in buying things

       D．being encouraged in buying things

3．According to the last paragraph, we know that_______.

       A．costomers feel little interest in the e-menus

       B．e-menus only attract a small number of customers

       C．it still takes time for e-menus to be widely accepted

       D．restaurants of this kind are refused by customers

4．The best title of this passage may be “_______”.

       A．Computers in restaurants

       B．Restaurants try e-menus

       C．Modern restaurants

       D．Great changes in restaurants

5．This passage might be taken from_______

       A．a(chǎn) food guide           B．a(chǎn) website

       C．a(chǎn) traveling magazine       D．classic advertisements

 

C

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice.

Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts attract diners to order more. It also could extend the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner?

“It's about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are he'll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu  increased by about 11% . Customers often call ahead to reserve （預(yù)定）spots equipped with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters.

At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled（爭(zhēng)吵） over desserts. “It’s more visual,” says Uriel, as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.”

1．The following are the advantages of “restaurants with” EXCEPT that_______.

A．eating in them is more comfortable

B．the restaurants can save a lot of money

C．they can attract more youngsters to the restaurants

D．customers can see the pictures of their ordered foods

2．The underlined word “impulse—buying” in the 3rd paragraph means_______

A．having no idea in buying things

B．being uninterested in buying things

C．having no patience in buying things

D．being encouraged in buying things

3．According to the last paragraph, we know that_______.

A．costomers feel little interest in the e-menus

B．e-menus only attract a small number of customers

C．it still takes time for e-menus to be widely accepted

D．restaurants of this kind are refused by customers

4．The best title of this passage may be “_______”.

A．Computers in restaurants

B．Restaurants try e-menus

C．Modern restaurants

D．Great changes in restaurants

5．This passage might be taken from_______

A．a(chǎn) food guide           B．a(chǎn) website

C．a(chǎn) traveling magazine       D．classic advertisements

 

C

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice.

Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts attract diners to order more. It also could extend the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner?

“It's about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are he'll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu  increased by about 11% . Customers often call ahead to reserve （預(yù)定）spots equipped with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters.

At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled（爭(zhēng)吵） over desserts. “It’s more visual,” says Uriel, as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.”

1．The following are the advantages of “restaurants with” EXCEPT that_______.

       A．eating in them is more comfortable

       B．the restaurants can save a lot of money

       C．they can attract more youngsters to the restaurants

       D．customers can see the pictures of their ordered foods

2．The underlined word “impulse—buying” in the 3rd paragraph means_______

       A．having no idea in buying things

       B．being uninterested in buying things

       C．having no patience in buying things

       D．being encouraged in buying things

3．According to the last paragraph, we know that_______.

       A．costomers feel little interest in the e-menus

       B．e-menus only attract a small number of customers

       C．it still takes time for e-menus to be widely accepted

       D．restaurants of this kind are refused by customers

4．The best title of this passage may be “_______”.

       A．Computers in restaurants

       B．Restaurants try e-menus

       C．Modern restaurants

       D．Great changes in restaurants

5．This passage might be taken from_______

       A．a(chǎn) food guide           B．a(chǎn) website

       C．a(chǎn) traveling magazine       D．classic advertisements

 

 (山東諸城等四縣市2008年高考適應(yīng)性訓(xùn)練C篇)

Restaurants in Europe，the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners older their food direct from a semen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice．

      Besides cutting costs，companies that sell the “e-menu” argue the bytes-for-bites approach has a novelty(有新意的)value that can lure younger customers，and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts tempt diners to order more．It also could extend the TV dinner．How about a computer-game dinner?

      “It's about impulse-buying．” said Adi Chitayat，Conceptie's chief executive．“If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake，the chances are he'll order it．” Frame，a trendy sushi restaurant in Tel Aviv which has installed the system，said sales on tables with the e-menu have increased by about 11 percent．Customers often call ahead to reserve spots equipped with the screens，manager Natalie Edry told Reuters．

    At one of the e-menu tables，information technology worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled over desserts．“It's more visual．” said Uriel，as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses．“We can still choose，we con still argue—but it's much easier when you call all see it．”

66．The following are the advantages mentioned of “restaurants with e-menus” except that      

      A．customers can see die picture of their ordered foods

      B．they can attract more customers to the restaurants

      C．the restaurants save much cost

      D．eating in them is more comfortable

67．The underlined word “impulse-buying” means       ．

      A．having no patience to buy things

      B．having no idea in purchasing

      C．being encouraged to buy things

      D．being uninterested in purchase

68．According to the last paragraph，we know that       ．

    A．this kind of restaurants are popular among customers

    B．it still takes time for e-menus to be widely accepted

    C．customers show little interest in the e-menus

    D．e-menus only attracts a small number of customers

69．The best title of this passage might be      

      A．Modern Restaurants                         B．Restaurants Try E-menus

      C．Great Changes in Restaurants                   D．A New Attraction

70．This passage might be taken from      

      A．food guide           B．Traveling magazine    C．Advertisement    D．Website

 

“San Francisco, open your Golden Gate,” sang the girl in the theatre．She never finished her

song．The date was 18th, 1906．

The earth shook and the roof suddenly divided, buildings crashed to the ground and people

rushed out into the streets．The dreadful earthquake destroyed the city that had grown up when men discovered gold in the deserts of California．But today the streets of San-Francisco stretch over more than 40 steep hills, rising like huge cliffs above the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean．

The best way to see this splendid city, where Spanish were the first to make their homes, is to

take one of the old cable cars which run along the nine main avenues．Fares are cheap; they have not risen for almost a hundred years．

You leave the palm trees in Union Square------the heart of San-Francisco and from the shop

signs and the faces around you, you will notice that in the city live people from many nations—Austrians, Italians, Chinese, and others, giving every part of the city a special character．More Chinese live in China Town than in any other part of the world outside China．Here, with Chinese restaurants, Chinese post-boxes, and even odd telephone-boxes that look like pagoda（寶塔）, it is easy to feel you are in China itself．

Fisherman’s Wharf, a place all foreigners want to see, is the end of the ride．You get out, and

then set out to find a table in one of gay little restaurants beside the harbor．As you enjoy the fresh Pacific sea food, you can admire the bright red paint of the Golden Gate Bridge in the harbor and watch the traffic crossing beneath the tall towers on its way to the pretty village of Tiberon．When you finish your meal, you may decide to take a boat-trip around the bay to look at the sights．You can stare at the famous, now empty, prison of Alcatraz．Then why not go to the fishing village of Sansalito—a little like London’s Chelsea or New York’s Greenwich Village—to see people painting and to look at their pictures．You will be able to enjoy a view of the city from the sea and take pleasure in the soft red and blue Spanish-type houses shining in the bright Pacific light．If you have time you might like to go by bus to Carmel, a hundred miles south of San-Francisco, where you will discover a wild and wonderful coast with high cliffs．

1.The first two paragraphs tell the readers that_____．

       A．everybody will be attracted by the beauty of San-Francisco．

       B．this fantastic modern travel city was built by many hard-working people．

       C．San-Francisco has experienced so much before it became a modern international city．

       D．There are so many entertainments in attractive San-Francisco

2.How many means of transportation are suggested in the passage?

       A．One                 B．Two                                           C．Three           D．Four

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．The origin city of San-Francisco is created by Spanish people．

       B．More Chinese live in San-Francisco than in any other part of the world outside China．

       C．Alcatraz used to be a prison but now is deserted．

       D．San-Francisco lies near the blue waters of the Pacific．

4.Which is the right order of the travel route given in the passage?

       A．Union Square—Fisherman’s Wharf—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon—prison of

Alcatraz—Sanalito．

       B．Union Square—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon--prison of Alcatraz—Sanalito—

Fisherman’s Wharf．

       C．Union Square—Fisherman’s Wharf—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon--Chelsea—

Greenwich Village．

       D．Union Square—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon—Chelsea—Greenwich Village—

Fisherman’s Wharf．

5.Which of the following can be the best title?

       A．San-Francisco—a prosperous city after the earthquake．

       B．San-Francisco—a charming travel city of America．

      C．San-Francisco—a city to open her Golden Gate．

       D．San-Francisco—a harbor stretching over steep hills．