第部分 阅读理解 (满分40分)
阅读短文，从A、B、C和DOdland remembers like it was yesterday working in an expensive French restaurant in Denver. The ice cream he was serving fell onto the white dress of a rich and important woman.
Thirty years have passed, but Odland can not get the memory out of his mind, nor the woman’s kind reaction. She was shocked, regained calmness and, in a kind voice, told the young Odland. “It is OK. It wasn’t your fault.” When she left the restaurant, she also left the future Fortune 500 CEO with a life lesson: You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she treats the waiter.
Odland isn’t the only CEO to have made this discovery. Instead, it seems to be one of those few laws of the land that every CEO learns on the way up. It’s hard to get a dozen CEOs to agree about anything, but most agree with the Waiter Rule. They say how others treat the CEO says nothing. But how others treat the waiter is like a window into the soul.
Watch out for anyone who pulls out the power card to say something like, “I could buy this place and fire you,” or “I know the owner and I could have you fired.” Those who say such things have shown more about their character than about their wealth and power.
The CEO who came up with it, or at least first wrote it down, is Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson. He wrote a best-selling book called Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management. “A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person,” Swanson says. “I will never offer a job to the person who is sweet to the boss but turns rude to someone cleaning the tables.”
What happened after Odland dropped the ice cream onto the woman’s dress?
A. He was fired.
B. He was blamed.
C. The woman comforted him.
D. The woman left the restaurant at once.
Odland learned one of his life lessons from ________.
A. his experience as a waiter B. the advice given by the CEOs
C. an article in Fortune D. an interesting best-selling book
According to the text, most CEOs have the same opinion about ________.
A. Fortune 500 companies
B. the Management Rules
C. Swanson’s book
D. the Waiter Rule
From the text we can learn that ________.
A. one should be nicer to important people
B. CEOs often show their power before others
C. one should respect others no matter who they are
D. CEOs often have meals in expensive restaurants
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Summer cools down in August when the city features a lot of jazz to send excitement to any music fan. Beginning August 28, the city hosts a week of jazz performances in a variety of places.
This year’s annual Jazz Festival in Grant Park will offer a “tribute to New Orleans” with performers from the city, honoring the birthplace of Jazz. Jazz fans who want to be part of the week-long celebration can start with a free concert at Millennium Park’s famous Pritzker Pavilion on Monday, August 28 at 6:30 pm.
※ Other events will include:
Tuesday, August 29 — the Jazz Institute of Chicago presents the Fourth Annual Gala Concert.
Wednesday, August 30 — Heat up Wednesday night with a ride to the best jazz hot spots and learn a bit of history of the genre (风格) with the Jazz Institute's Jazz Club Tour, which starts at 6 pm until midnight. For one low price, visit more than a dozen Jazz Clubs. The tour covers nearly every inch of Chicago.
※The Chicago Jazz Festival Officially opens with a ticketed performance at the Symphony Center on Thursday, August 31. Then, the festival moves to Grant Park on Friday, September 1, for three days of free music on three stages. The event opens daily at 11 am.
※ Performance hours are:
Jazz on Jackson Stage 12 pm — 4:30 pm.
Jazz & Heritage Family Stage 12:30 pm — 4:30 pm.
Petrillo Music Shell 5 pm — 9:30 pm.
※ In addition to the music, the Chicago Jazz Festival features an art fair lying in the rose garden just south of Jackson. The fair offers all kinds of handmade crafts and artwork.
What is special for the Chicago Jazz Festival this year?
A. Jazz on Jackson Stage.
B. Jazz & Heritage Family Stage.
C. Tribute to New Orleans.
D. Jazz Club Tour.
According to the text, most probably Pritzker Pavilion is __________.
A. a place to hold the concert
B. a well-known jazz band
C. a famous jazz performer
D. a jazz fan
Which of the following events need to pay to attend?
A. The concert at Millennium Park.
B. The Fourth Annual Gala Concert.
C. The Jazz Institute's Jazz Club Tour.
D. The art fair in the rose garden.
The purpose of writing the ad is to ___________.
A. introduce the Chicago Jazz Festival
B. welcome people to the week of jazz performances
C. earn more money from tourists
D. honor the birthplace of Jazz
