Since Dick was busy, he rarely had time to go to the cinema; ______. A) Jane did too B)

adina, California.They carefully chose a busy corner for their location'.They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, and then another drive-in.But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas.To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents.Cheese was another four cents.Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks'sticking to their routine.Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch.People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime.The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened.They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines.He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers'fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise other copies of their restaurants.The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu.The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.

Today McDonald's is really a household name.Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers.In 1976, McDonald's had over $ 1 billion in total sales.Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.

26.This passage mainly talks abort().

A.the development of fast food services

B.how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business

C.the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald

D.Ray Kroc's business talent

27.Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except().

A.a drive-in

B.a cinema

C.a theater

D.a barbecue restaurant

28.We may infer from this passage that ().

A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc

B.The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in

C.Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants

D.Ray Kroc was a good businessman

29.The passage suggests that().

A.creativity is an important element of business success

B.Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers

C.Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc

D.California is the best place to go into business

30.As used in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means ().

A.special

B.attractive

C.financial

D.peculiar

A,B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET I . (40 points)

Text 1

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They care fully chose a busy comer for their location. They had run their own business for years, first a theater, then a barbecue(烤肉 )restaurant, then another drive -in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new drive -in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The serf - service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake -mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers fast food restaurants and bought the right to franchise (特许经营other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.

Today McDonald' s is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen - cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald' s had over $1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty - two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modem American business history.

21. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A) the development of fast food services

B) how McDonald's became a billion- dollar business

C) the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald

D) Ray Kroc’s business talent

A.if

B.when

C.since

D.unless

A.efficient

B.effective

C.affected

D.influent

Since his daughter was very busy, she wrote to him _____ times.

A. in other

B. at another

C. in another

D. at other

() you are very busy, I shall do the job myself.

A. as

B. since

C. while

D. because

ogress since the last inspection.

How is everything going？

(),we've been quite busy this month and there's been quite a lot of progress since the last inspection.

A. You can just look

B. As you can see

C. Please just look around

Where else have you worked， or have you always worked here？ ()

A. I've been doing construction work and it's been a busy

season.

B. No , I didn't come to work here yesterday.

C.Oh , no. I've only had this place since last year.I was in Clinton Hospital.

第三篇

A Debate on the English Language

A measure declaring English the national language is under intense debate in the United States.The US Senate passed two declarations last week.One calls English the nation's official language and the other says it is the “common and unifying（统一的）”tongue.But Americans found themselves divided on the issue.

Since people worldwide know that most Americans speak only English,many can't understand why the issue is so controversial（有争议的）.

“The discussion is related to fears of immigration issues,”says Dick Tucker,a social scientist at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.“It's related to a worry about the changing demography（人口统计）of the US.It's a worry about who will continue to have political and economic influence.”报关员考试

In fact,the notion of protecting the language has been kicked around almost since the nation's founding.John Adams lobbied（游说）in 1780 for the creation of a national academy to correct and improve the English language.But his proposal died,since lawmakers saw it as a royalist（保皇主义者）attempt to define personal behavior.

Since then,the country hasn't had a national language,but the idea of recognizing the special status of English lived on.

The emotions surrounding language resurface（再次浮现）not because people feel comfortable with English.It is more about the discomfort many Americans feel with the new languages,says Walt Wolfram,a professor at North Carolina State University.

“Language is never about language,”he says.

According to the 2000 US Census Bureau report,of 209 million Americans over 18 years old,172 million speak only English at home.About 37 million speak languages other than English.Among them,6.5 million speak poor English and 3.1 million don't speak English at all.

41.What are the two declarations concerned with？

A.The status of the English language.

B.The protection of new languages.

C.The rights to speak one's mother tongue.

D.The improvement of the English language.