Question

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

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：像許多書籍愛好者，瑪麗和她的丈夫李察戈德曼，很少路過書店而到里面看看。他們經(jīng)常談?wù)撚幸惶扉_自己的商店。當(dāng)瑪麗于1989因心臟病住醫(yī)院后，他們決定認真考慮。他們開始跟書店老板交談開展商業(yè)調(diào)查。1992萬圣節(jié)前夕，他們在他們家附近開了Mystery Lovers書吧。商店在第一年，只有120000美元的銷售額。但瑪麗總是想出新的方法來吸引客戶。今天Mystery Lovers每年約420000美元的銷售。納稅后，營業(yè)成本和六名兼職銷售員，李察和瑪麗一起獲得大約34000美元。“你喜歡的工作可能不會有一百萬美元的收入，”李察說。“這一直是我們愉快的生活，而不是掙一大筆錢。

1.總結(jié)判斷題。通讀前三段可知當(dāng)Mary生病時這對夫婦才將開設(shè)自己的一家書店的計劃付諸實施。故選A。

2. started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry.可知選C。

3. cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.和第五段首句The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales 可知選B。

4. job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”可知理查德開書店是為了做他喜歡做的事，所以選D。

考點：日常生活類閱讀。