【題目】Answer the questions:

Fran Klans is the owner of a coffeehouse in Beckley, West Virginia. Her coffeehouse is called Serendipity. Until this fall, Serendipity was a comfortable place to drink coffee and chat with friends. That all changed when Klaus met Cameron Taylor. Taylor is a computer expert. He wanted to bring new technology to West Virginia.

Klaus and Taylor decided to turn Serendipity into a cybercafé. "It was like a bolt of lightning hit us both at the same time," Klaus said. "When we met, we realized what a good team we would be."

With the popularity of computers, email, and the Internet, the newly opened cybercafé at Serendipity is very busy. It was just what Beckley, West Virginia needed.

Serendipity is the first cybercafé in West Virginia, but cybercafés are not unusual in other parts of the country. In fact, the first one in the United States opened in 1984. In the early 1990s, there were fewer than 100. Today, cybercafés are popular in many places. There are now over 1000 cybercafés in cities round the world.

Serendipity's cybercafé has four new computers. Customers can use the computers to do many things. For example, they can write business reports, do homework, or play games. They can also use the computers to surf the Internet, send or receive email messages, and find entertainment information. They can do all of these things in the comfort of a coffeehouse atmosphere.

"We are a favourite place for young professionals and students," Klaus said. "You see lots of people here with laptop computers. Computers and coffee cups, business and coffee beans. They just seem to go together.

The cybercafé is also a favourite place for travelers. "Travelers can check their email, send business documents, communicate with their office, and have a cup of coffee at the same time.

Adding a cybercafé is not the only change for the comfortable coffeehouse. In the future, Klaus and Taylor want to install video-conferencing equipment. With video-conferencing, customers can have face-to-face business meetings with people across the globe.

Serendipity's future plans also include poetry readings on Thursday nights and musical events on Saturday nights.

Lots of people seem to enjoy going to Serendipity's cybercafé. As Klaus said, "Where else can you surf the Net and enjoy a cup of cappuccino with friends?"

【1】What did people use to do in Serendipity before Klaus met Taylor?

【2】Who thought of the idea of turning Serendipity into a cybercafé, Klaus or Taylor?

【3】Cybercafés are rarely seen in other parts of the United States, are they?

【4】What can customers use the new computers to do?

They can use the new computers to do many things such as writing business reports, doing homework, or playing games and _________________.

【5】Who are the regular customers of the cybercafé?

【6】What is Klaus and Taylor's future plan besides poetry reading and musical events?

【7】What does Klaus actually mean by saying "Where else can you surf the Net and enjoy a cup of cappuccino with friends?"

【答案】

【1】People used to drink coffee and chat with friends there.

【2】Both of them.

【3】Yes, they are.

【4】surfing the Internet, sending or receiving email messages, and finding entertainment information

【5】Young professionals, students and travelers.

【6】They want to install video-conferencing equipment.

【7】You can only surf the Net and enjoy a cup of cappuccino with friends in Serendipity.

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了西維吉尼亞的第一個(gè)網(wǎng)咖是如何誕生的，并且詳細(xì)介紹了這家店以及網(wǎng)咖的發(fā)展歷史。

【1】根據(jù)“Until this fall, Serendipity was a comfortable place to drink coffee and chat with friends”，可知在改變之前，人們?cè)谶@個(gè)咖啡屋喝咖啡、見(jiàn)朋友，故答案為People used to drink coffee and chat with friends there.

【2】根據(jù)“Klaus and Taylor decided to turn Serendipity into a cybercafé”，可知是兩人一同想出來(lái)的點(diǎn)子，故答案為Both of them.

【3】根據(jù)“Serendipity is the first cybercafé in West Virginia, but cybercafés are not unusual in other parts of the country”，可知網(wǎng)咖在其他地方也很尋常，故答案為Yes, they are.

【4】根據(jù)“For example, they can write business reports, do homework, or play games. They can also use the computers to surf the Internet, send or receive email messages, and find entertainment information”，可知還可以用電腦網(wǎng)上沖浪、收發(fā)郵件、找?jiàn)蕵?lè)信息，故答案為surfing the Internet, sending or receiving email messages, and finding entertainment information。

【5】根據(jù)“We are a favourite place for young professionals and students”和“The cybercafé is also a favourite place for travelers”，可知年輕的專業(yè)人才、學(xué)生、和游客都是固定客人，故答案為Young professionals, students and travelers.

【6】根據(jù)“In the future, Klaus and Taylor want to install video-conferencing equipment”，可知他們還計(jì)劃安裝視訊會(huì)議的設(shè)備，故答案為They want to install video-conferencing equipment.

【7】根據(jù)該句的內(nèi)涵，可知Klaus的意思是Serendipity是唯一一家能讓人們邊和朋友享受咖啡邊網(wǎng)上沖浪的地方，故答案為You can only surf the Net and enjoy a cup of cappuccino with friends in Serendipity.

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