Compared to joint ventures and direct investment, exporting consists of the least ris

A.A. that in the vast sea of knowledge I'm just a little drop.

B.B. that I know very little and there's much for me to learn.

C.C. that I am ignorant, so I must learn what I do not know.

D.D. that compared with what I don't know, my knowledge is limite

vely small. Each system in China has an average of 43 outlets, compared to more than 540 in the United States. Together, there are 2,600 brands in some 200,000 retail markets. KFC was the most significant foreign entry in 1987 and is widespread. Many franchises are in fact joint-ventures, as at their forming the franchise law was not explicit. For example, McDonald's is a joint venture. Pizza Hut, TGIF, Wal-mart, Starbucks followed a little later. But total franchising is only 3% of retail trade, which seeks foreign franchise growth. The year 2005 saw the birth of an updated franchise law, “Measures for the Administration of Commercial Franchise”. Previous legislation (1997) made no specific inclusion of foreign investors. Today the franchise law is much clearer by virtue of the 2007 law, a revision of the 2005 law. The laws are applicable if there are transactions involving a trademark combined with payments with many obligations on the franchisor. The law comprises 42 articles and eight chapters.

1. According to the passage, the passage mainly talks about ().

A. the scale of franchising in China

B. the franchise law in China

C. an outline of franchising in China

2. KFC was the () foreign franchise to China in 1987 and is widespread.

A. most profound

B. first

C. wealthiest

3. Many franchises are in fact joint-ventures, because ().

A. at the beginning stage, franchise law was not so clear

B. at the beginning stage, many franchises could not find the right partners

C. many foreigners were not familiar with Chinese culture

4. Foreign franchise grows in China because of ().

A. the open policy

B. the small amount of retail trade

C. the Chinese culture

5. The writer has the ()attitude to franchising in China

A. negative

B. positive

C. neutral

in school，though reluctantly—using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic devices, according to a new study.

Those ages 8 to 18 spend seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago. And that does not count the hour and a half that youths spend texting，or the half hour they talk on their cellphones. And because so many of them are multitasking—say, surfing the Internet while listening to music—they pack on average nearly 11 hours of media content into that seven and a half hours.

The study's findings shocked its authors, who had concluded in 2005 that use could not possibly grow further, and confirmed the fears of many parents whose children are constantly tethered to media devices. ① It found, moreover, that heavy media use is associated with several negatives, including behavior. problems and lower grades.

Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children's environment, “like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they

eat.”

Contrary to popular wisdom, the heaviest media users reported spending a similar amount of time exercising as the light media users. Nonetheless, other studies have established a link between screen time and obesity.

While most of the young people in the study got good grades, 47 percent of the heaviest media users—those who consumed at least 16 hours a day—had mostly C's or lower, compared with 23 percent of those who typically consumed media three hours a day or less. The heaviest media users were also more likely than the lightest users to report that they were bored or sad, or that they got into trouble, did not get along well with their parents and were not happy at school. The study could not say whether the media use causes problems, or, rather, whether troubled youths turn to heavy media use.

“This is a stunner,”said Donald F． Roberts, one of the authors of the study. “In the second report, I remember writing a paragraph saying we've hit a ceiling on media use, since there just aren't enough hours in the day to increase the time children spend on media. ② But now it's up an hour. ”

阅读以上文章，回答 87～92 题

第 87 题 It can be inferred that young Americans probably __________．

[A]are not allowed to use electronic devices in school.

[B] prefer a smart phone to a computer or television.

[C] want to buy the newest electronic devices.

[D] are all very good at sending texting.

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