Maxim`s

Maxim’s – A great Restaurant

One of the world’s great restaurants is Maxim’s, on the Rue Royale in Paris. From the street, you see only typical Parisian building and the famous red awning that says ‘Maxim’s’. But when you walk inside, you know immediately that this a restaurant devoted to luxury. The light isn’t very bright , so it takes a few minutes to see the lovely gold mirrors, the paintings of famous customers, the white tablecloths, the red  velvet seats … and the beautifully-dressed men and women who go there. If you look carefully, you see that many of these men and women have familiar faces. Maxim’s is a favorite eating place of the world’s celebrities.

But the rich and famous didn’t always eat at Maxim’s .The restaurant opened in the 1890’s and enjoyed several years of success. But after World War One, it became less popular and well-known people looked for other places to eat. In 1931 a man named Vaudadel bought Maxim’s. Mr. Vaudadel was a clever businessman, and he hired Albert Blaser as the maître d’hotel (head waiter).

Albert , who was very arrogant, loved his job because he had to decide where people would sit and when they would get their tables. And he very much enjoyed making famous customers wait a little while from time to time. One customer said: ‘That man is incredible. He is bigger snob than any of the snobs who eat here.’ And this , of course, what  the reason for his great success.

1. Albert was …

• a famous scientist

• an excellent tailor

• an artist

• a head waiter

• a clever businessman

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2. The main idea of the text is …

• to create new places for entertainment

• to get to know one of the world’s great restaurant

• to buy an incredible big restaurant

• to introduce with the richest restaurant all over the world

• to work hard at new project

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3.The Customer said about Albert  that …

• he is intelligent

• he is a great person

• he is a bigger snob

• he is hardworking

• he is arrogant

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4. In the text ‘snob’ means

• a person who  loves Motherland

• a handsome man

• a poor person

• a very sensitive person

• a person who  claims to be highly intelligent

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5. From the text we can know who eats there

• rich people

• famous customers

• gourmets

• the worlds celebrities

• poor people

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6. True statement

• He didn’t enjoy his job

• The customer said that he wasn’t a bigger snob

• The White tablecloths are soiled

• The restaurant’s light isn’t very bright

• Albert didn’t love his job

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7. Where is Maxim’s

• in China

• in England

• In Italy

• in Africa

• in Paris

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8. The restaurant is considered luxurious because of

• beautiful  roomspopular  actors

• rich service

• the beautifully-dressed men and women

• wonderful place of relaxing

• beautiful rooms

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9 .According to the text we have known that

• a restaurant devoted to luxury

• event is set in America

• Albert was very shy person

• the events of the story are full of happiness

• The restaurant opened in the 1772’s

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10. It opened

• in the 1800’s

• in the 1931’s

• in the 1940’s

• in the 1895’s

• in the 1890’s

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