Passage Three
If you are in any major city in America, the chances are high that you are not far from a Starbucks. The company started in the West Coast city of Seattle, Washington, in 1971. Starbucks was [33]named after a character in the famous American novel "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville. Today, there are more than twelve thousand Starbucks around the world.
Sales last year were almost eight billion dollars. The company believes in opening many stores in busy areas of cities. For example, there are about thirty Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle. Starbucks sells more than just plain coffee. It started a whole coffee culture with its own special language and coffee workers called baristas. It sells many kinds of hot and cold coffee drinks, like White Chocolate Mocha and Frappuccino. It also sells music albums, coffee makers, food, and even books. But [34]most of all, it sells the idea of being a warm and friendly place for people to sit, read or talk.
However, some people do not like the company's aggressive expansion. Faith Lapidus, a small coffee seller is taking the company to court. She says the way the company does business is illegal because it stops property owners from leasing stores to other coffee companies. She sees Starbucks as controlling the market and forcing out competition.
Nicolas O'Connell works for La Colombe, a coffee roasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says Starbucks has helped to educate people about coffee from many countries. But [35]he criticizes the company for using machines more than people to make the coffee. Mr. O'Connell points out that the coffee culture is all about a hand-made product and interaction between people.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Where did Starbucks, the store name come from?
正確答案：D
解析：短文說，Starbucks這個名字來自Herman Melville的著名小說Moby-Dick里的一個人物。故答案是D。從選項的提示詞play，fiction可猜測題目可能與文學(xué)作品中的人物有關(guān)。錄音主題是Starbucks，可進(jìn)一步猜測Starbucks和某個人物有聯(lián)系。Novell與novel拼寫相似，但前者指的是以開發(fā)網(wǎng)絡(luò)產(chǎn)品著稱的美國公司。
34. What is Starbucks' most extraordinary character?
正確答案：C
解析：根據(jù)原文，Starbucks最特別之處在于它為人們提供一個溫馨、友善的休憩、看書和交流的理想之地，這也是它的賣點。所以C正確。原形動詞選項，題目可能問目的、建議或打算。根據(jù)短文主題，猜測與Starbucks的經(jīng)營有關(guān)。邊聽錄音邊做好筆記。原文的關(guān)鍵詞是most of all，最高級處往往是考點。
35. Why does Mr. O'Connell not like Starbuck?
正確答案：C
解析：短文說，Mr. O'Connel批評Starbucks在制作咖啡時用機器比用人手更多。故答案是C。由選項可知，題目問的是原因。聽力錄音中有兩個例子說明有些人不喜歡Starbucks。例子里的細(xì)節(jié)往往是考點，而且會出現(xiàn)張冠李戴的陷阱。本題問的是第二個例子的內(nèi)容。A和B涉及的是第一個例子，所以都排除。題目問的是Not like的原因，D是正面的說法，也可排除。