Their hamburgers were sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity（一致性）, for the brothers had developed a strict routine（程序）for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundred 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 special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate（复制） the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings the golden arches（拱门）.
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over＄1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising successes in modern American business history.
小题1: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 |
小题2:Mac and Dick managed all of the following business except ＿＿＿.| A．a drive-in | B．a theater | | C．a cinema | D．a barbecue restaurant |
小题3: We may infer from this passage that ＿＿＿.| A．Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy, for they sold their ideas to Kroc | | B．the place the McDonald brothers chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in | | C．forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants | | D．Ray Kroc was a good businessman |
小题4: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 |
小题5:Which of the following statement is NOT true?| A．Today McDonald’s is very popular in the world. | | B．The first twenty-two years of McDonald’s is the most surprising success in American business history. | | C．Mac and Dick McDonald were content with their business at first. | | D．It is convenient to eat in a drive-in. |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B |
试题分析：本文叙述了麦当劳快餐的发展史。1939年,麦克和迪克·麦当劳两兄弟,在圣贝纳迪诺县,加利福尼亚州创办了免下车餐厅。他们烹饪的食物遵循严格的程序，保持一致性。他们的新型的免下车餐馆变得异常火爆,尤其是吃午饭时。商人Ray Kroc很快就看到了兄弟快餐店的特殊吸引力,买下了经营权，把麦当劳快餐不断壮大，后来麦当劳成为了家喻户晓的名字。它的头二十二年在美国现代商业历史上是最令人惊讶的成功例子之一。
小题1:主旨大意题。根据最后一段的In 1976, McDonald’s had over＄1 billion in total sales.可推测全文围绕着麦当劳的总销售额达10亿美元的商业发展过程。故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第一段的They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue（烤肉）restaurant, then another drive-in.他们经营他们自己的公司多年来,有一个剧场,然后烤肉餐厅,然后另一个免下车餐馆。文章没提拥有a cinema，故选C。
小题3:推理判断题。根据第二段的They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
从中可知正是Ray Kroc能够发现商机，并把麦当劳壮大，可知他是一个优秀的商人。故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据第二段的Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch.他们的新型的免下车餐馆变得异常火爆,尤其是吃午饭。从中可知采用新鲜的事物来经营，利用创新易获得成功。故选A。
小题5:细节理解题。根据最后一段的Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising successes in modern American business history.它的头二十二年在美国现代商业历史是最令人惊讶的成功例子中的一个，但并不是最成功的一个。因此B的说法不符合文章的意思。故选B。 |
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Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.
The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense（论文答辩）of my Doctor’s degree in Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. Larry and I quickly became friends when we worked together.
We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for. Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part, maybe we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Meplo Park, California, the U. S. A. into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th 1998—www. google.com. Now, after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.
小题1:Sergey Brin actually graduated from ＿＿＿.| A．the University of Maryland | B．the University of Moscow | | C．the University of California | D．Stanford University |
小题2: From the passage we know that Larry Page ______.| A．was Brin’s important partner in starting Google | | B．was born in a rich merchant family | | C．was once a student in the University of Maryland | | D．was a professor from Stanford University |
小题3: Which is the right order of what happened?
a. My family moved from Russia to the U. S. A.
b. I met Larry Page.
c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9th birthday.
d. Google was born in an ordinary garage in California.
A. c-a-b-d B. c-b-a-d C. a-c-b-d D. a-c-d-b
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?| A．The History of Google | B．The Great Contribution of Google | | C．The Great Success of Google | D．The Birth of Google |
小题5: Which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．The main field of my science research was computer. | | B．I wrote many articles in leading American magazines. | | C．Larry is one of my classmates. | | D．When I was 5, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”. |
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Bissel is a small village of the West Sahara. It lies next to a l.5-square-kilometer oasis（绿洲）, from where three days and nights are generally required to go out of the desert. However, before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert. Reportedly, they were not unwilling to leave this barren land. Many had previously tried but failed, always somehow finding themselves back at the oasis after several days of trying to walk out.
When interviewed by Ken Levin, an expert at the British Royal College of Sciences, the villagers explained that no matter which direction they walked it always brought them back to the village.Why couldn’t the Bissel villagers walk out of the desert? Levin was very puzzled. He had, by himself, managed to walk north from the village and reach the nearest town in three and a half days. He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery. He and a Bissel villager called Argutel, would walk out of the desert together. They prepared enough water for a half-a-month journey and two camels. But this time Ken Levin didn"t bring his compass. Levin would follow Argutel.
Ten days later, they had walked for about 500 miles but were still in the desert. On the 11th morning, an oasis came into their view. They were back at Bissel. Levin now understood why the Bissel people couldn’t escape the desert. They had no knowledge of the North Star, which had for centuries provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction. In the desert, if a person goes forward relying only on their senses, they will not be able to travel in a straight line. Rather they will travel in a very large circle and eventually track back to where they began. Levin explained to Argutel the function of the North Star and said, “As long as you rest in the daytime and walk towards the brightest star at night, you would be able to walk out of the desert.” Argutel did as he was told. Three days later, he came to the edge of the desert.
Now in the West Sahara, Bissel has become a bright pearl, where tens of thousands of tourists come every year. Argutel’s bronze statue stands in the center of the town. On its base are the words: __________________________________.
小题1:Ken Levin asked Argutel to walk to the north in order to ________.| A．prove that people could walk out of the desert see | | B．how far away Bissel was to the edge of the desert | | C．tell people not to walk in circles | | D．show Argutel was a great person |
小题2:According to the passage, Ken Levin ________.| A．knew Argutel before he came to the village | | B．came to Bissel to do experiments on behalf of his college | | C．became the first man to walk out of the desert from Bissel Village | | D．taught Bissel villagers knowledge of the North Star when he first arrived |
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that ________.| A．Ken Levin didn’t walk south because it would take more days | | B．the use of a compass was necessary to walk out of the desert | | C．tourism in Bissel has been greatly developed and improved | | D．Argutel became the leader of Bissel after his return |
小题4:Which of the following can most probably be found at the base of Argutel’s statue? | A．A new life starts from the fixed direction. | | B．Where there is a will, there is a way. | | C．A long journey starts with the first step. | | D．Two heads are better than one. |
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It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas; and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by a fellow I was dating — a dozen long-stemmed red roses.
As I was cleaning my office, I was told a lady urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young, tired-looking woman with a baby in her arms. Nervously, she explained that her husband — a prisoner in a nearby prison — was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son. Her request was for me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room with her as long as possible before I called him for his appointment. Since my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. After all, it was Christmas Eve.
A short time later, her husband arrived — with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards as bodyguards. The woman’s tired face lit up like our little Christmas tree when her husband took a seat beside her. I kept glancing out to watch them laugh, cry and share their child. After almost an hour, I called the prisoner back to my office. The patient seemed like a gentle and modest man. I wondered what he possibly could have done to be held under such conditions. I tried to make him as comfortable as possible.
At the end of the appointment, I wished him a Merry Christmas-a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt saddened by the fact he hadn’t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea.
I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most joy — the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment.
小题1:What can be inferred from the first paragraph?| A．The writer was a newcomer to her office. | | B．A fellow sent her a dozen red roses as Christmas present. | | C．She was in low spirits because she had to work before Christmas. | | D．She was at work with a light heart. |
小题2:The young woman came to the writer’s office for the purpose of .| A．having her baby examined | | B．giving her husband a chance to make his escape | | C．having her husband examined | | D．getting a chance for her family to get together |
小题3:The underlined part in paragraph 3 most probably means “ ”| A．to be sent to hospital | B．to be separated from his family | | C．to be comfortable | D．to become a prisoner |
小题4:What does the writer learn from the story?| A．The wife experienced the most joy in receiving | | B．An act of kindness can mean a lot | | C．The prisoner was treated with mercy | | D．Whoever breaks the law should be punished |
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A boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift"s face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl.
One day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl"s head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl"s hand was smashed by the stone and fractured.
The girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that “The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately” was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy"s body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy.
At the time, the boy was calling the girl"s name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl"s number, but the girl didn"t answer. He dialed again she didn"t answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the “SENT” key yet.
The next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood.
It was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(="put" into) his own body.
The boy"s mother passed the boy"s mobile phone on to the gift.
The girl read the message that hadn"t been sent: “Honey, I"m sorry, I still couldn"t protect you and made you wound... “Upon this, the girl couldn"t help crying...
Please treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE!
小题1:The underlined word fractured here probably means ___________.| A．shaken | B．broken | C．abandoned | D．touched |
小题2:The girl didn"t want to answer the boy"s" call because ____________.| A．she didn"t hear it | B．she was seriously hurt | | C．she was angry with him | D．she had her phone broken |
小题3:Which of the following words may best describe the boy’s behavior?| A．gentle and devoted | B．brave and handsome | | C．rough and selfish | D．intelligent but silly |
小题4:From this passage we can conclude that .| A．love is happy and love is pain | | B．trust is important between lovers | | C．one should express his love in time | | D．one should love a person who is brave |
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The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
| 小题1: | | A．brother | B．teacher | C． friend | D．neighbour |
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| 小题2: | | A．happened | B．managed | C．tried | D．wanted |
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| 小题3: | | A．expecting | B．lying | C． talking | D．joking |
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| 小题4: | | A．funny | B．serious | C．careful | D．disappointed |
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| 小题5: | | A．find | B．think | C．realize | D．see |
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| 小题6: | | A．indeed | B．actually | C． exactly | D．instead |
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| 小题7: | | A．famous | B．interesting | C．big | D．noisy |
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| 小题8: | | A．began | B．stopped | C．refused | D．failed |
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| 小题9: | | A．problem | B．choice | C．interest | D．work |
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| 小题10: | | A．just | B．ever | C．even | D．surely |
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| 小题11: | | A．suit | B．habit | C． river | D．pools |
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小题12:A. people B. players C strangers D. friends
| 小题13: | | A．advised | B．admitted | C． argued | D．announced |
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| 小题14: | | A．recognized | B．realized | C．visited | D．found |
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| 小题15: | | A．how | B．whether | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题16: | | A．if | B．because | C．then | D．though |
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| 小题17: | | A．doctor | B．friend | C．neighbour | D．player |
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| 小题18: | | A．visited | B．hired | C．designed | D．sold |
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| 小题19: | | A．smiled | B．laughed | C．cried | D．nodded |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．pleasure | C． turn | D．time |
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