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【題目】Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, expected to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(產(chǎn)業(yè)). “We knew it had to be a specialty(專業(yè)) store because we couldn’t afford enough money,” says Mary. One idea came to her: She’d read somewhere that about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To pay the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from friends and from an bank.

The store only broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract(吸引) buyers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and provided dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited some writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales workers, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

【1】When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

A. they had to put their plan into practice

B. health was more important than money

C. heart trouble was a serious illness

D. they both needed to stop working

【2】 After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

A. to study how to open a bookstore

B. to buy and read more mystery books

C. to do market research on book business

D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

【3】 How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B. They made just enough to pay all the costs.

C. They succeeded in making a lot of money.

D. They failed though they worked hard.

【4】 According to Richard, the main purpose of opening the bookstore is _____.

A. to pay for their children’s education

B. to get to know more writers

C. to set up more bookstores

D. to do what they like to do

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文講述了Richard夫婦很愛讀書，而且覺得開家自己的書店。他們做了相關(guān)調(diào)查后，開了家關(guān)于神秘小說的書店。在開始時(shí)書店沒有什么收益，但他們夫婦想了一些吸引顧客的法子，后來書店的收入非常大。Richard認(rèn)為做自己喜歡的事情才是最重要的。

【1】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容They often talked of opening their own store one day.他們經(jīng)常談?wù)撃程焖麄冏约洪_家店子，以及后面they decided it was time to get serious.他們決定是時(shí)候認(rèn)真對待的了；從而得知此題選A，決定把計(jì)劃付諸行動(dòng)。

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry(產(chǎn)業(yè))他們可是和書店老板交談并且研究這個(gè)行業(yè)；從而選C，對書店行業(yè)進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

【3】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The store only broke even in its first year書店在第一年只是不賠不賺；故選B。

【4】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income(收入)” says Richard. “This has always been about a pleasant life for ourselves , Richard說你手頭的工作可能沒有很大的收入，這總是與我們自己的愉快生活相關(guān)。故此題選D，做他們喜歡的事情。