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, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $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 cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of 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 clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.

“The 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.”

1. After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.

A. to study industrial management (工业管理)

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

2. 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 cover all the costs.

C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

D. They failed though they worked hard.

3.According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _________.

A. to pay for 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.C

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：像许多书籍爱好者，玛丽和她的丈夫李察戈德曼，很少路过书店而到里面看看。他们经常谈论有一天开自己的商店。当玛丽于1989因心脏病住医院后，他们决定认真考虑。他们开始跟书店老板交谈开展商业调查。1992万圣节前夕，他们在他们家附近开了Mystery Lovers书吧。商店在第一年，只有120000美元的销售额。但玛丽总是想出新的方法来吸引客户。今天Mystery Lovers每年约420000美元的销售。纳税后，营业成本和六名兼职销售员，李察和玛丽一起获得大约34000美元。“你喜欢的工作可能不会有一百万美元的收入，”李察说。“这一直是我们愉快的生活，而不是挣一大笔钱。”

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2.120,000 in sales 可知选B。

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考点：日常生活类阅读。