1阅读理解训练题（七十二） AFor a small town, Manhattan, Kansas has some big surprises. And one of them is the Holiday Inn Hotel, with rooms built around a swimming pool and a friendly family atmosphere.The Holiday Inn is where Manhattan people often go for a special party, or a night out. A lot of them choose to eat in the brightly lit restaurant near the pool. And many of them will be served by Ellen Logan, who has worked as a waitress here for more than two years .Ellen, like most of the waitresses, is also a student. She comes from Nebraska, but shes planning one day to be a veterinary surgeon, and to care for small animals. But in order to support herself at college, she works twenty hours a week at the Holiday Inn.Ellen soon learned what every waitress finds out. Your best friend has a good pair of shoes. She paid forty - five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. Shes discovered something else too. You dont have to know much about food to be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people.“A lot of business people always stay here when they come to Manhattan, ” she explains. “They like you to recognize them and remember their favorite dishes. But some couples come for a night out together. They just want to be left alone. Then there are people who cant make up their minds. They look down the menu and sayWhat do you suggest?So I ask them how hungry they are. If they say, Not very, I suggest the salad bar, with soup, salad, bread, and a fruit plate. But if they say there very hungry, I suggest a Kansas Strip Steak, with potatoes or rice. You get salad and bread as well. Its very nice. Real good value.”Ellen may get tired feet sometimes, but at least shes learning too much about people . Shell probably make a good animal doctor, but if she find she doesnt like it after all, she can always become a psychiatrist（心理医生）instead.”56A good title for this passage is_ .A. Ellen Logan at the Holiday InnB. American Holiday InnC. A Special Holiday Inn Hotel in ManhattanD. How to Deal with People57The word“a veterinary surgeon” means_.A. an animal doctor. B. an animal trainerC. a hotel manager D. a food expert58From the passage we can infer that_.A. waitresses in the Holiday Inn are all studentsB. waitresses are required to buy a good pair of shoes before they go to workC. waitresses should be familiar with the food thereD. it is more important for the waitresses to know much about people than food59According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The Holiday Inn hotel is one of the big surprises in Manhattan.2B. Businessmen like to be recognized by the people and suggested what to eat.C. The couples like to be left alone.D. One of the reasons why people like to eat in the hotel is that it is full of a friendly atmosphere. BAny mistake made in the printing of stamp raises its value（价值）to stamp collectors. A mistake on a two - penny（便士, 英国辅币）stamp has made it worth million and a half times its face value.Do you think it impossible? Well, it is true. And this is how it happened.The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the former British colony （前英 殖民地）of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order（订货单）for stamps was sent to London. Mauritius was about to become the fourth country in the world to put out stamps.Before the order was filled and the stamps arrived from England, a big dance was planned by the Commander - in - chief of all the armed forces on the island. The dance would be held in his house and letters of invitation would be sent to all the important people in Mauritius. Stamps were badly needed to post the letters. Therefore, an islander, who was a good printer, was told to copy the pattern of the stamps. He carelessly put the words “Post Office ”instead of “Post Paid”, two words seen on stamps at that time, on the several hundred that he printed.Today, there are only twenty - six of these misprinted stamps left- fourteen One penny Reds and twelve Two -penny Blues. Because there are so few Two - penny Blues and because of their age, collectors have paid as much as $ 16, 800 for one of them.60The mistake on a two- penny stamp has made_.A. a lot of trouble for the post officeB. Mauritius the fourth country to put out stampsC. it worth half a million times its face valueD. it worth as much as sixteen thousand and eight hundred dollars61In 1847most countries of the world were_.A. not yet using stampsB. printing stamps in MauritiusC. printing their own stampsD. collecting valuable stamps62The mistake on the island -printed stamps was in the_.A. price B. colourC. spelling of words D. wrong use of words63 “Post Paid” means_.A. the same as “Post Office”B. the Post Office is the place to buy stampsC. money has been paid for the stamp3D. the letter must be posted CNever give out identifying information such as Nam