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You can see Pizza Hut(必胜客) every some blocks, so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not, the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a loan of 600 dollars.
The Carney brothers were trying to make some money .so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood. That"s how they got the name of the business. On the first day of business, they gave away pizza to draw(吸引) customers(顾客).
Year after year, their business grows and now they often give free meals and work chances to those in need.
小题1:Pizza Hut has been set up for about _______ years.
A.21B.31 C.56D.100
小题2:The word "loan" here in the story means _______.
A.money the brothers borrowed from others
B.money the brothers lent to others
C.something bought for nothing
D.something given away
小题3:What do you think of the two students from the last paragraph?
A.They are clever.B.They are hard-working.
C.They are generous.D.They are smart.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
解析

试题分析:这篇短文介绍必胜客的发展史。七尺,是由两名大学生向父母借了600美元,在邻居家的小房子里卖披萨。刚开始免费提供披萨为了招揽顾客,就这样一步步慢慢发展壮大起来
小题1:细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句话the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a loan of 600 dollars.“这个生意是由两名大学生借了600美元始创于1958年。”而现在是2014年,因此至今已有56年。故选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据文章第二段第二行They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood.“他们向他们的妈妈借钱并在邻居家的小房子里卖披萨。”因此loan的意思是A,向别人借来钱。
小题3:推理判断题。最后一段介绍了必胜客逐渐发展壮大起来,但是他们依旧对外赠送披萨给一些需要的人。说明他们很慷慨,故选C。
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试题【You can see Pizza Hut(必胜客) every some blocks, so it must be a very big business.】;主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist"s shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my "COW" , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my "COW"."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I"m a farmer? I come from Paris. I"m not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It"s here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I"ve a very bad "cow" here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
小题1:The Frenchman said, "I want something for my "cow", please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.
A.cowB.cough
C.medicineD.cold
小题2:What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?
A.The Frenchman looked like a farmer.
B.The word "cough" was pronounced [kau] by him.
C.The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.
D.We can"t learn about it from the story.
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.
B.The man in the shop didn"t understand the Frenchman clearly at first.
C.The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.
D.The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.

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A friend of mine named Paul received a car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.
Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..."He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise. and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"Oh yes, I"d love to."
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn"t cost him a cent. And someday I"m going to give you one just like that…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I"ve been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
小题1:The boy was very surprised when _______.
A.Paul received an expensive carB.Paul told him about the car
C.he saw the shining carD.he was walking around the car
小题2:From the story we can see the boy _______.
A.wished to give his brother a car
B.wanted Paul"s brother to give him a car
C.wished he could have a brother like Paul"s
D.wished Paul could be a brother like that
小题3:We can infer (推断) from the story that _______.
A.Paul couldn"t understand the boy
B.the boy had a deep love for his brother
C.the boy wished to have a rich brother
D.the boy"s wish came true in the end
小题4:The best title(标题) of the story is    .
A.A Christmas PresentB.A Boy
C.A Brother Like ThatD.An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

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Billy and Sam were twins. They were in the same class. They were both very happy. One day their teacher asked the class to write a composition(作文)"My Mother". Sam wrote one, but Billy was lazy. He just copied his brother"s.  The next day, the teacher asked Billy why his composition was the same as Sam"s. "We have the same mother, don"t we?" answered Billy.
根据短文内容判断句子正误,正确的填T,错误的填F。
小题1:Sam was older than Billy.
小题2:Sam and Billy were in different classes
小题3:The name of the composition was "My Mother"21·cn·jy·com
小题4:Billy"s composition was the same as Sam"s
小题5:Billy was not lazy. He was very clever
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Peter felt (感到) very sorry because he forgot (忘记) to say “Happy Birthday” to his uncle yesterday. So he wrote(写) a letter to his uncle : “My dear uncle, I’m very sorry because I forgot your birthday. But to teach me a lesson, you’d better (最好) forget my birthday on Tuesday, tomorrow.”
小题1: It was _________________  birthday last Sunday.
A. Peter’s       
B. Peter’s father’s 
C. Peter’s uncle’s
小题2: Peter said_________________ to his uncle in the letter.
A. sorry       B. goodbye      C. hello
小题3: “Teach me a lesson” here means “_______________ ”in Chinese.
A. 向我表示祝贺 B. 教我一招 C. 教训我一下
小题4: Peter wrote this letter on_____________________.
A.MondayB.Tuesday
C.SaturdayD.Sunday
小题5:Peter wrote this letter in order to (为了) ____________________.
A. forget his birthday            
B. forget his uncle’s birthday
C. let his uncle know Peter’s birthday
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Mr. Brown is a very old man. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at 12:30 for his lunch. But today a police car stops at his house at twelve o’clock. Two policemen help him out. One of them says to Mr Brown’s daughter,“ The old man can’t find his way in the park. He asks us to take him home in the car.” The daughter thanks the policemen. After they leave, she asks her father, “ Dad, you go to that park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “ I can find my way home. I don’t want to walk home today, you know?”
小题1:Every day Mr Brown comes home at        .
A.twelve B.eleven
C.twelve thirty D.twelve ten
小题2:Today Mr Brown comes home by        .
A.busB.carC.bike D.taxi
小题3: The policeman says Mr Brown        .
A.doesn’t want to walk homeB.can’t find his way home
C.finds his way D.knows the way
小题4:Mr Brown’s daughter thinks        .
A.he wants to go home
B.he wants to have lunch early
C.he doesn’t want to go to the park
D.something is wrong with him
小题5:Mr Brown says       .
A.he can’t find the way home B.he wants to go home on foot
C.he knows the policemenD.he doesn’t want to walk home today

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