1. What drink does the man ask for?
A.Tea. | B.Juice. | C.Coffee. |
A.To a bank. | B.To his office. | C.To another store. |
A.In a restaurant. | B.In a supermarket. | C.In the woman’s house. |
1. What does the woman like about the restaurant?
A.The atmosphere. | B.The fresh air. | C.The service. |
A.To go shopping. | B.To visit some friends. | C.To keep up with fashion. |
A.By changing the menu. |
B.By playing the latest music. |
C.By keeping the decoration unchanged. |
A.Beef. | B.Wine. | C.Chicken. |
On a Thursday afternoon in March, an e-mail requirement came in to Ekiben restaurant in Baltimore—tempura broccoli (天妇罗西兰花) together with fresh herbs and sliced onion. The man who sent the e-mail didn’t actually want the food itself. He was writing on behalf of his mother-in-law, Rita, who liked the dish so much He went on to explain that she was now in the final stages of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to get the recipe to make it for her there.
Steve Chu, one of the restaurant’s co-owners, read the e-mail and quickly replied with an alternative suggestion. “Your behavior is definitely considerate and touching,” he wrote “We’d like to meet you in Vermont and make it fresh for Rita.”
Brandon Jones, the son-in-law, was astonished. “I e-mailed back, saying, ‘You do know that this is Vermont we’re talking about, right?’” says Brandon. “But Steve responded, ‘No problem. You tell us the date, time, and location and we’ll be there.’”
For the past six years, every time Rita visited Baltimore, the first place she desired to go was Ekiben restaurant so she could enjoy broccoli, and I really wanted her to have it one more time,” Brandon says.
“She had always told us, ‘When I’m on my death bed, I long to have that broccoli’”, recalls Brandon.
That Friday after work, a day after receiving Brandon’s e-mail, Chu loaded his truck with a hot plate and a cooler filled with ingredients and then headed for Vermont.
As soon as Chu and his team pulled into the parking lot, they got to work. They pulled down the gate of the pickup, hooked (钩住) the hot plate to the truck’s power port, and started cooking and deep-frying. After neatly packing everything up, they knocked on their customer’s door and waited for the answer.
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As soon as Rita opened the door, she recognized the good smell.
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Several days later, Chu received an email with several photos from Brandon.
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A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. |
6 . What will restaurants look like in the future? What would your dinner taste like if a robot cooked it? A robot restaurant in Tianjin may give you the answers.
Covering an area of over 400 square meters with a total of 112 seats, the X Future Restaurant is a robot restaurant opened in November 2018. The restaurant has amazed customers with its fully-automated technology, which covers every step of the dining experience, from ordering to cooking to serving the dishes and even taking payment.
Entering the restaurant, one can order dishes by simply scanning the QR codes on the table. There are over 40 choices of dishes. After taking the order, “robot cooks” prepare dishes using fixed time, temperature and ingredients designed by famous Chinese cooks.
“As the cooking is controlled by a computer system, the taste and quality of dishes can be good,”said Li Xiaokui, manager of the X Future Restaurant.
Robots also complete the delivery of dishes. Without following any designed route, the robot waiters serve meals thanks to automated driving technology, which helps each robot timely change its route when something is in the way.
These eye-catching technologies have received wide praise from customers. “The dishes taste surprisingly good. I couldn’t believe that they were made by robots, especially dishes that were difficult to cook”, one customer said. “The application of robots has increased our efficiency and cut down our costs,” Li said, “I think robot restaurants will develop fast and have a bright future.”
1. What do we know about the X Future Restaurant?A.It covers over 112 square meters with 400 seats. |
B.Customers could enjoy fully-automated services |
C.Robot waiters deliver dishes following fixed routes. |
D.Robot cooks design dishes by themselves. |
A.They are prepared by human cooks. | B.They are not accepted by customers. |
C.They are ordered by scanning QR codes. | D.They are not easy for robots to prepare. |
A.Worried | B.Doubtful. | C.Puzzled. | D.Hopeful. |
A.A Robot Restaurant Was Opened in Tianjin. | B.Robots Cook Delicious Dishes like Humans. |
C.The X Future Restaurant Has Become Popular. | D.Robots Are Helpful in Many Restaurants. |
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.In a shop. | B.In a classroom. | C.In a canteen. |
A.The woman hasn’t used plastic plates and cups before. |
B.Paper plates and cups have replaced plastic ones in the U.S. |
C.The man is not interested in plastic materials. |
1. 你是否经常外卖点餐;
2. 你对外卖点餐的看法或感受。
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Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. What does Maria think of the soup?
A.Tasteless. | B.Just fine. | C.Thick. |
A.Salt. | B.Onions. | C.Pepper. |
A.At home. | B.At a restaurant. | C.At a friend’s house. |