阅读理解 阅读下列文.从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中.选出最佳答案. The old-fashioned general store is fast di

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阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Theold-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity,because shopping today seems to lack that that personal element which existedwhen the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, forinstance, remember which brand of tea Mr. Smith usually bought or what sort ofwashing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buyingand selling, but also a social meeting place.

    A prosperous general storemight have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very fewproblems in management as far as the staff were concerned. But now that thesupermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changedcompletely. The modern supermarket manager has to properly deal with a staff ofas many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running alarge business.

    Every morning the managermust, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of thebusiness of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He willhave to give advice and make decisions as problems appear, and he must know howto get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respectiveresponsibilities.

    No matter what he has to dothroughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for anyemergency that may happen suddenly. They say in the trade that you are notreally an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, afire, a birth and a death in your store.

1．The main purpose of the passage is toshow ________.

    A. the old-fashionedgeneral store is fast disappearing

    B. the supermarket hasreplaced the old general store

    C. the role that the storemanager plays when the store undergoes (经历) an overall change

    D. a supermarket managerdeals with problems every morning

2．According to the author, it is a pitythat there are fewer old general stores now because ________.

    A. there is less tradingbusiness

    B. there used to be moresocial activities in the old days

    C. the supermarket managerhas more problems than before

    D. there is less personalcontact between manager and customer

3．In what aspect has the job of the storemanager changed?

    A. He doesn't sell tea andwashing-powder any more.

    B. He has much larger staffto take care of, not to say all the other daily problems of running the store.

    C. He must try hard toremember the names of regular customers.

    D. He has to give adviceand make decisions when problems appear.

4．Who are Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jonesmentioned in the first paragraph?

    A. They are friends of thestore manager's.

    B. They are shopassistants.

    C. They are both regularcustomers of the old general store.

D. They represent (代表) any of the regular customers of the oldgeneral store.

试题答案

答案：C;D;B;D