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Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they do not all have the same coffee culture. In Europe, for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, people in North America would like to drink coffee in their homes with their friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment(设备). He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, Schultz began to work for Starbucks as the company’s head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special atmosphere(氛围) of the coffee bars there drew his attention. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more positions across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 32,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks positions have closed over the past few years. One is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.

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( )41. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. How a Company Has Grown
B. What Can Be Added to Coffee
C. How to Make Coffee
D. The Kind of Coffee That Customers Like
( )42. Which is RIGHT about Starbucks’ first ten years of business?
A. It opened only one store.
B. It first appeared in New York.
C. It was run by Howard Schultz.
D. It roasted its own coffee beans.
( )43. Who is Howard Schultz?
A. A coffee seller from New York.
B. The man who changed the company.
C. An Italian coffee maker.
D. One of the first owners of Starbucks.
( )44. Which is the right order of the following things?
①Schultz traveled to Italy.
②There are 32,000 Starbucks all over the world.
③Schultz went to Seattle to learn about Starbucks.
A. ①②③
B. ①③②
C. ③①②
D. ③②①
( )45. What led to the closing of some Starbucks positions?
A. All of the coffee tasting the same.
B. Selling drinks that are too expensive.
C. Cultures that do not drink coffee.
D. Too many coffee shops in one place.

答案： 41～45 ADBCD