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2011年4月自考英語(yǔ)二閱讀理解(1)
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension(30point,2points each)
從下列每篇短文的問題后所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案,并在答題紙上將相應(yīng)的字母涂黑。
Passage one
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Michael Stadtlander set Toronto's restarant world on fire in the 1980s with his original food, and eastablished a national and international fame. In 1994,however,he decided to leave the city restaurant scene and seek a quiet life in the country, where he has been preparing meals on his farm two hours borth of Toronto and asks guests to bring their own wine.
Not long ago, Stadlander was charged with selling liquer without a licence, He said when a guest asked for wine at a dinner in December, he provided two bottles from his private stock.But the customer turned out to be an undercover Ontario Provincial Police(OPP)officer who returned a few days later along with four armed officers to seize 83 bottles of wine,and to search the farmhouse for records. The punishment could run as high as $100,000 in fines and a year in jail.
When Mr and Mrs Smisth arrived at the farm on a weekend befre Christmas, they said that it was their annual celebrstion and asked if they could get some wine.Nobuyo,Stadtlander's wife,told them the policy was thar guests peovide their own..
Given the occasion, though, Stadtlander agreed to provide a bottle of white wiee from own cellar,at cost,as a favor, Later, Mr Smith asked for a second bottle and a detailed receipt that included the price of thr wine.He turned out to be OPP Detective Paul Smith and "his wife,"an assistant who went as a witness.
"I was shocked,"Nobuyo Stadtlander recalls."How could thy do this to us when we did them a favor?We sold them our wine at our cost.".But Mr.Smith say," No.they made $20."
Stadtlander is determined to prove his innocence and continue the business.
"People who live in the area have been very supportive," he says."And when this is over,I want my wine back."
21.Stadtlander was accused because________.
A. be offered too much wine for a guest
B. be asked guests to bring their own wine
C. be charged too much for the wine offered
D. be sold wise to his guests without a license
22.In the 1980s,Stadtlander________.
A. threw his original restaurant menu into the fine
B. made his restaurant well-known around the world
C. sought for a quiet life in the central part of the city
D. opened one resyaurant after another home and abroad.
23.IT turned out that Mr. and Mrs. Smith were________.
A. two farmers
B. two witnesecs C. hasbend and wife D. police officers
24.Nobuy Studtlander claimed that in the wine case they made________.
A.$1.20 B. no money C.$100,000 D. a lot of money
25.Which of the following could be used as evidence against Stadtlander?
A. What Stadtlander's wife said
B. The second bottle of wine
C. The records from the farmhouse.
D.A receipt with the wine price.
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