For the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble. When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.
1. Yotel New York
The self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you’d see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings.
2. Marriott Detroit Airport
Another option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (I’ve tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) Here is the basic idea: you download the iphone or Android app. The night before, you can “check-in” virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk.
3. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.
4. Radisson: LaCrosse
The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster, at a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get to the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. It’s super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.
1.Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers to check in?
A. Yotel New York and Marriott Detroit Airport.
B. Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson: LaCrosse.
C. Marriott Detroit Airport. and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson: LaCrosse.
2.Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?
A. Yotel New York. B. Marriott Detroit Airport.
C. Radisson: LaCrosse. D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. At Yotel New York, a robot will help you with all the check-in process.
B. With its check-in app, you may enter your room in Marriott without a key.
C. The barcode you receive from Radisson contributes to the fast check-in.
D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is close to an airport terminal.
It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Teayson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her bead on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. Ile said to me. “Mums it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket a charity group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should boy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics(救援人员) had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him. “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son, Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
1.What does the author intend to tell us?
A. One can never be too careful
B. Actions speak louder words,
C. Love begins with a little smile.
D. A small act of kindness brings a great joy.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
B. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s support.
C. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller.
D. The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A charity group
B. A stand selling cooked sausages and flowers
C. A flower
D. A sweet idea
4.The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means .
A. astonished B. struck
C. frightened D. excited
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My neighbor Smith is always consideration to others. One day, I was going to deliver speech at an institute when I found my car wouldn’t get start. I rushed to the street to hire a taxi. Just at that time I come across Smith. He was hurried going to attend to his sick mother in hospital.
Furthermore, when he learned about our problem, he didn’t hesitate to give me a lift. I arrived at the lecture hall in time, when the audience had been present. I owe my great thanks with my neighbour Smith, who is a person ready to help the others at any time.
In Hangzhou, southern China's Zhejiang province,borrowing books from the library is now as simple as shopping online: click, pay1.wait for delivery.
The city’s public library recently launched a program on WeChat, a popular Chinese messaging software, 2.(enable) its readers to checkout books online and get them 3.(deliver) to their homes at low prices.
To enjoy the “Hangzhou enjoyable reading service”, one first needs to follow the library’s official WeChat account, 4.provides a list of books. After picking books, borrowers are required 5.(present) the information such as their library membership cards, cell phone numbers and so on. The selected items will be delivered by express within three days after payments. Each reader can borrow up to 5 books once and 20 books at most 6.total. The books can be borrowed for up to 40 days. Readers now can borrow the library’s most popular books in this way. The online books will be renewed and enriched7.(gradual) according to readers’ borrowing habits and 8.(prefer). At the end of December, the library’s old and classic books9.(put) online too, making the total number of books available and bringing borrowers a lot of 10.(convenient)
More than three decades ago, I was a student at a high school in Southern California. The student body of 3,200 was a melting pot of ethnic groups. The environment was____ .
One day I was walking down the side walk when someone kicked me from behind. Turning____ , I discovered the local gang. Fists came from every____ as the 15 gang members surrounded me. ____I had to have an operation. My doctor told me that if I had been hit in the head____ , I probably would have died.
After I ____ , some friends said, “Let’s get these guys!” That was the way____were “resolved”. A part of me said, “Yes!” But another part of me ____and said no. History has proved time and again that revenge only ____the conflict. We needed to do something different to break the counter-productive(适得其反的) chain of ____ .
Working with various ethnic groups, we____what we called a “Brotherhood Committee” to work on improving____relationships. I was amazed to learn how much ____fellow students had in building a brighter future.
Two years later, I____ Student Body President. Even though I ran against two friends, one a football hero and the other a popular “big man of the campus”, a significant majority of the 3,200 students joined me in the ____of doing things differently. We made significant progress in building bridges between ___ , learning how to talk with and ____ different ethnic groups, resolving differences without ____and learning how to build trust in the most difficult of circumstances.
Being stacked by the gang was clearly one of my toughest life moments. What I learned, ___ , about responding with love rather than returning hate has been a____ force in my life. Turning up our light in the presence of those whose light is dim(昏暗的)becomes thedifference that makes the difference.
1.A. clear B. tough C. protective D. dirty
2.A. around B. on C. into D. out
3.A. means B. situation C. Approach D. direction
4.A. Gradually B. Regularly C. Eventually D. Frequently
5.A. over time B. one more time C. ahead of time D. in no time
6.A. treated B. recovered C. suffered D. calmed
7.A. conditions B. atmospheres C. fantasies D. problems
8.A. paused B. agreed C. started D. proceeded
9.A. remains B. finishes C. continues D. proves
10.A. accidents B. items C. events D. scenes
11.A. put together B. put aside C. put back D. put down
12.A. political B. racial C. civil D. national
13.A. sympathy B. knowledge C. Honor D. interest
14.A. voted for B. ran for C. fought for D. called for
15.A. need B. danger C. process D. way
16.A. cultures B. schools C. banks D. ranks
17.A. belong to B. lead to C. relate to D. devote to
18.A. agreement B. Demonstration C. justice D. violence
19.A. hence B. however C. moreover D. then
20.A. powerful B. peaceful C. careful D. thoughtful
