英语月考试题
说明：答题时间100分钟，总分120分。
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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The Origins of Famous Brands
Our lives are full of brand names and trademarked products that we use every day. Although many brand names are simple acronyms (首字母缩略词
) or versions of their founders names, some of the companies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stories.
Starbucks
It seems fitting that the most famous coffee brand in the world would take its name from one of the world’s greatest works of literature. The inspiration for the name of the coffeehouse came from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The founders’ original idea was to name the company
