British people are famous for drinking tea. 1  both Sahar and Bobby Green became young millionaires（百万富翁） 2   they opened a chain of American-style（美国风味的） coffee shops in the U.K.

    Having the idea：It started when Sahar took a weekend   3   to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening , in a Thai restaurant，Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style     4  in London ,Bobby   5   they start their own coffee shop. Sahar fell in love with the  6.

   Doing the Research： 7  in London , she spent a whole day on the London subway , getting off the train at  8  stations to  9  the coffee. “It was terrible ,and I know there was a gap （缺口） in the market.”  10   November 1995 , they opened their first Coffee Republic  11   in central London.

   Making it work：The first year was very  12   There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people  13  the names of American coffees , like Latte and Macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to  14 .Today , there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the county and the company has revenues（收入） of $30 million a  15.

1．A．But             B．Although         C．So                  D．And

2．A．when                B．before                     C．until                       D．By

3．A．trip                   B．walk                       C．time                       D．call

4．A．coffee            B．tea                          C．juice                       D．milk

5．A．ordered             B．agreed                    C．decided                   D．suggested

6．A．rule                   B．joke                        C．decision                  D．idea

7．A．Returns             B．Returned                 C．Return                    D．Back

8．A．same                 B．large                       C．small                      D．different

9．A．smell                 B．taste                       C．buy                        D．sell

10．A．In                   B．On                         C．At                          D．After

11．A．shop                B．school                    C．college                    D．club

12．A．exciting           B．happy                     C．difficult                  D．easy

13．A．are not used to B．are used to              C．were not used to   D．were used to

14．A．start                B．work                     C．give up                  D．continue

15．A．night               B．person                    C．day                        D．year