() 5. Mum won't let Simon go out unless he promises to be back ______ 10 o'clock tonight.
A.till
B.before
C.as
D.since

B

unless引导条件状语从句，结合语境“妈妈不让西蒙出去，除非他答应今晚10点前回来”，“在……之前”用before，till表示“直到”，as“当……时”，since“自从”，均不符合题意，故选B。

() 6. As the "mother river of China", the Yellow River is the ______ of spirit of the Chinese people.
A.symbol
B.background
C.dream
D.shape

A

首先分析各个选项的含义。选项B“background”表示背景；选项C“dream”表示梦想；选项D“shape”表示形状。而根据题意，黄河作为“中国的母亲河”，它应该是中华民族精神的一种象征，“symbol”有象征的意思，符合语境。
选项A“symbol”代入句子“the Yellow River is the symbol of spirit of the Chinese people.”中，意思是“黄河是中华民族精神的象征”，语义通顺合理。

三、阅读理解
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, US. It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans. The coffee shop's business did well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks shops in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment(设备). He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers and he was curious about the company. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did, and he liked what he saw. He wanted to become part of the company. In 1982, the original(原先的) Starbucks owners hired(聘用) Schultz as the company's head of marketing.
In 1983, Schultz travelled to Italy. The special atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eyes. To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places: home, work and coffee bars. His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle.
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable, and customers(顾客) everywhere seemed to like it. Between 1987 and 1992, Starbucks opened 150 new shops—and that was only the beginning. In fact, by the year 2000, three new Starbucks shops opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today, Starbucks has thousands of shops, including shops in more than sixty countries. One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local shops and restaurants. By working together with a store already in the city, Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city. This understanding helps Starbucks open shops in the right locations for their customers.
() 1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How Starbucks has grown.
B. What Starbucks makes.
C. Starbucks customers.
D. How Starbucks makes its coffee.
() 2. Which is TRUE about Starbucks first ten years of business?
A. It grew very quickly.
B. It was run by Howard Schultz.
C. It made special coffee makers.
D. It was a small company.
() 3. What kind of person is Howard Schultz?
A. A coffee seller in New York.
B. An Italian coffee maker.
C. The man who changed the company.
D. One of the original owners of the company.
() 4. What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?
A. Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year.
B. Only selling locally produced coffee beans.
C. Working with other major coffee making companies.
D. Learning about local customers.
() 5. Which is the CORRECT order according to the passage?
a. One hundred and fifty new shops opened.
b. Schultz met three owners of Starbucks.
c. Schultz got a new idea for Starbucks.
d. Starbucks is popular all over the world.
e. Schultz was a member of a company which made kitchen equipment.
A. b-e-a-d-c
B. e-b-c-a-d
C. e-c-a-b-d
D. b-e-c-a-d

1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. B

1. 文章主要描述了星巴克从成立到如今的发展历程，包括重要的时间节点和决策，所以A选项“How Starbucks has grown”符合文章主旨。B选项文章未重点说制作什么；C选项顾客不是文章主要内容；D选项制作咖啡也不是重点。
2. 文章开头提到1971年第一家星巴克咖啡店开业，到1981年西雅图只有四家店，说明前十年它是个小公司，发展并不快，D选项正确。A选项增长不快；B选项1982年才聘用舒尔茨；C选项它不是制造特殊咖啡机的。
3. 舒尔茨加入星巴克后，带来了新的理念，改变了星巴克的发展轨迹，C选项“改变公司的人”符合。A选项他不是在纽约卖咖啡的；B选项他不是意大利咖啡制造商；D选项他不是原始所有者之一。
4. 文章最后提到星巴克与当地的商店和餐馆合作，了解当地顾客，这有助于它在国外成功，D选项正确。A选项与文章说的快速开店不符；B选项文章未提及只卖当地咖啡豆；C选项不是与主要咖啡制造公司合作。
5. 根据文章内容，舒尔茨先是在一家制造厨房设备的公司工作（e），然后遇到星巴克的三位所有者（b），之后在意大利有了新想法（c），接着1987 - 1992年开了150家新店（a），最后星巴克在世界各地受欢迎（d），B选项顺序正确。