1. Why does the woman suggest eating at home?
| A．She wants to save money. |
| B．She is tired of preparing a meal. |
| C．She’d like to try something new. |
| A．It is not delicious. | B．It is too spicy. | C．It is unhealthy. |
| A．Indian food. | B．Italian food. | C．Chinese food. |
1. What does the man order?
| A．Juice and eggs. | B．Milk and toast. | C．Coffee and a sandwich. |
| A．It is cold. | B．It tastes strange. | C．It has too much sugar in it. |
| A．Go to Starbucks. | B．Use the Internet. | C．Fix the microwave. |
1. When will the man go to the restaurant?
| A．On Tuesday. | B．On Wednesday. | C．On Thursday. |
| A．A couple. | B．Some friends. | C．His family. |
| A．Provide personal information. |
| B．Tell the waitress his arriving time. |
| C．Ask for a table at the non-smoking area. |
1. What are the man and woman looking for?
| A．A comfortable hotel. | B．A modern hotel. | C．An inexpensive hotel. |
| A．A policewoman. | B．A waitress. | C．A passer-by. |
| A．In the next street. |
| B．Next to a bank. |
| C．Two-minute drive to the west. |
| A．In a street. | B．In a restaurant. | C．In a hotel. |
1. What does the man want?
| A．To find the phone number for room service. |
| B．To have his breakfast at 8:30 today. |
| C．To have his breakfast served in his room at 8:30 tomorrow. |
| A．The continental breakfast. | B．The English breakfast. | C．The Chinese breakfast. |
| A．Tell the man the phone number for room service. |
| B．Make a note of the man’s request. |
| C．Take the man’s breakfast to his room now. |
6 . Frato’s Pizza looks like a typical family restaurant, with its black-and-white checkered floor and red chairs. But in the kitchen, the cooks are cooking for four other restaurants at the same time.
There is, of course, the delicious pizza that customers have come to expect from Frato’s when they walk through the door. But there are also spicy chicken gyros for Halal Kitchen, barbecue chicken tenders for Tenderlicious, salmon grilled cheese for Cheesy Deliciousness and Butterfinger milkshakes for Heavenly Shakes, all of which can only be ordered through online sites Grubhub, DoorDash and UberEats.
Owner Michael Kudrna launched the four spin-offs (分店) earlier this year in a matter of weeks as he races to keep his Chicago-area business ahead of a growing trend: restaurants designed only for delivery or take-out.
Thousands of restaurants are experimenting with these virtual spin-offs tucked (隐藏) inside their own kitchens. Others are opening “ghost kitchens”, where all food is prepared to go.
Both concepts have come out to take advantage of the rising popularity of ordering out instead of dining in. The trend also speaks to the growing power of third-party delivery companies, which have transformed the way many people find restaurants and raised expectations for speed and convenience.
The $26.8 billion online ordering market is the fastest-growing source of restaurant sales in the United States, according to David Portalatin, a food industry adviser for The NPD group. Digital orders, while still accounting for just 5% of all restaurant orders, are growing by some 20% each year. Restaurant visits, meanwhile, are remaining mostly flat.
In this case, UberEats has helped launch 4,000 such virtual restaurants worldwide and about half of them are in the U.S. and Canada, according to Kristen Adamowski, head of Uber’s virtual restaurant program.
Grubhub and UberEats say their virtual restaurant programs help small businesses compete in this landscape. Both actively reach out to restaurants with suggestions for online spin-offs based on data collected from customer searches — extending their influence from how people get their food to what should go on the menu.
Virtual restaurants also have the obvious benefit of testing new concepts without taking on the high rent or hiring more staff, said Rick Carmac, head of restaurant management at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York.
1. What is the purpose of paragraphs 1-3?| A．To introduce a famous restaurant. | B．To list some examples of diverse food. |
| C．To add some background information. | D．To introduce the topic of the passage. |
| A．People find restaurants have changed. | B．Ordering out has become a trend. |
| C．Customers expect speed and convenience. | D．The delivery companies grow quickly. |
| A．Smooth. | B．Calm. | C．Inactive. | D．Boring. |
| A．The Rise of Virtual Restaurants | B．The Benefit of Online Restaurants |
| C．Restaurants Designed for Delivery | D．Booming Stores on the Internet |
7 . THE BOAT RESTAURANT
| Starters Tomato Soup $2.50 French Onion Soup $ 2.50 Chicken Salad $ 3.50 | Snacks Cheese Burger $ 3.40 Burger $3.00 |
| Main courses Chips $7.00 Cheese & tomato pizza $5.00 Chinese chicken & rice $6.15 | Desserts Ice cream $3.00 Lemon cake $2.45 Chocolate cake $2.45 |
| Drinks Water $ 1.50 Fresh orange juice $ 1.25 Coffee $ 0.80 | |
| Lunch served 1:30 — 2:30 p.m. Dinner served 6:00 — 9:00 p.m. | |
| A．$ 2.45. | B．$ 2.50. | C．$ 4.95. | D．$ 5.00. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six |
| A．At 2:00 p.m.. | B．At 9:00 p.m.. | C．At 6:00 p.m.. | D．At 1:00 p.m.. |
8 . Please sit down and enjoy your meal. Just don’t talk about it.
These are the requirements at a popular dining party that is known as “silent dinners”. It encourages people who take part in the dining party not to speak for one to two hours and not to use electronic devices. Instead, the idea is to just on the food.
“Silent dinner parties are fast growing, ” said Honi Ryan, who has hosted 32 silent dinner parties in 11 cities across eight countries, including Germany, Australia and the United States. “The way we communicate is changing so fast that we need to stop and think about it. ”
According to a 2013 nationwide survey, restaurant noise came in second only to poor service among customer (顾客) complaints. And 19 percent of diners who took part in the survey said noise and crowds disturbed them most while eating out.
Though silent dinners may seem curious, the idea is not a new one. Yogis (瑜伽信徒) have long enjoyed silent meals as part of a deepened practice. In fact, it was a trip to a temple (寺庙) in India by a man that encouraged one Brooklyn restaurant recently to add a silent dinner to its event programming.
“We’ll make a small speech at the beginning of the meal to make sure everyone understands what is happening and ask them not to speak or use their mobile phones for at least an hour, ” said EAT Greenpoint owner Jordan Colon. And background music will be turned off, too.
“It’s funny; when I first opened EAT, I didn’t play music for some time and people had very different reactions (反映) to that,” said Colon. “Some people who come out to eat are ready to party, but it was so quiet without music. But I wanted to create an environment that makes you relaxed. ”
Although personal reactions to a silent dinner may be various, in general they are more likely to get into a lot of talk afterwards, said Ryan. “At the end of the night people always have a lot to say about silence. But the most reaction is that there is always a good laugh.”
1. The first paragraph is written to be a(n)____ .| A．Conclusion | B．Introduction |
| C．Argument | D．warning |
| A．leave before they finish eating | B．just pay attention to the food |
| C．use a mobile phone or listen to music | D．take electronic devices to the party |
| A．Silent meals help people live longer. |
| B．Yogis are the first to hold silent dinners. |
| C．More and more people like eating in silence. |
| D．The idea of eating in silence appeared long ago. |
| A．make people comfortable and relaxed | B．are hard to be accepted by most people |
| C．can help him to attract more customers | D．provide a chance to get to know others |
9 . “I know when to go out, and when to stay in…,” English rock star David Bowie once confidently sang in his hit single Modern Love. However, when it comes to matters of dining, the decision claimed (声称) by the singer-songwriter is more confusing than one can hope for. As for me, I agree that it is better to dine out than to stay in and order home delivery.
To begin, dining out is not simply the act of leaving our house and eating outside of it. When we set foot in a restaurant, we are immediately greeted not only by a server ready to seat us, but also by a flooding of senses. In other words, to dine out is to experience an atmosphere, one that is unique to each café and restaurant. Besides, going out for a meal can be a break from the hard boring work of domestic (家务) living. We could take it as an opportunity for self-care-a chance to treat ourselves by dressing up and arriving in style at a fancy restaurant.
Some food delivery app users would reason that it is too much of a hassle (麻烦) to dress up and go out to eat, and that it is much more convenient to dine at home. However, it is worth noting that we may not always receive our food in the most satisfactory condition when choosing home delivery. There is the risk of receiving food orders with missing items or even entirely wrong orders that cannot be sent back. Consequently, it might make more sense to make the trip out to dine out, rather than risk disappointment by ordering home delivery.
All in all, dining out can be a breath of fresh air to step outside the four walls of the house every once in a while and reap the many benefits of patronizing (光顾) a dining place.
1. Why does the author mention David Bowie?| A．To attract the readers. | B．To explain some rules. |
| C．To introduce the topic. | D．To support an argument. |
| A．It saves large amounts of time. |
| B．It helps us skip social interactions. |
| C．It improves our sense of achievement. |
| D．It offers us a short getaway from housework. |
| A．The delivery will be charged. | B．The orders may be sent by mistake. |
| C．It is inconveniently delivered. | D．The food doesn’t taste very delicious. |
| A．A speech. | B．An advertisement. | C．A survey report. | D．An announcement. |
1. What does the man want on his pizza?
| A．Ham and pineapple. |
| B．Bacon and tomatoes. |
| C．Sausage and mushrooms. |
| A．5:00. | B．5:15. | C．4:15. |
