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1、阅读理解（共阅读理解（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 4040 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A A、B B、C C、D D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。四个选项中选出最佳选项。AIn 1939 two brothers,Mac and Dick McDonald,started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino,California.They carefully chose a busy corner for their location.They had run their own b
2、usinesses 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 idea:quick service,no waiters or waitresses,and no tips.Their hamburgers s
3、old 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 surprisin
4、gly 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
5、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 struck included the right to duplicate（复制）the menu,the eq
6、uipment,even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱门）.Today McDonalds is really a household name.In 1976,McDonalds had over $ l billion in total sales.Its first twenty-two years in one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.56This passage mainly ta
7、lks about .Athe development of fast food servicesBhow McDonalds became a billion-dollar businessCthe business careers of Mac and Dick McDonaldDRay Krocs business talent57Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except .Aa drive-in Ba theaterCa cinema Da barbecue restaurant58We may infer
8、from this passage that .AMac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc.Bthe place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-inCforty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurantsDRay Kroc was a good businessman59The passage sugg
9、ests that .Acreativity is an important element of business successBRay Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothersCMac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray KrocDCalifornia is the best place to go into businessBMaggie was very glad that James was not a frequent v
10、isitor to the house.In the childrens opinion,they had something that they couldnt explain or understand about him and that excited their imagination.He stirred Maggies anger,however,so that she often said to her husband,“Its a mercy that brother of yours doesnt come oftener.”In fact James came once
11、a year,unexpectedly,around eight oclock in the evening,and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother.His arrival was a signal to the childreen that their bedtime would be delayed.Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them.He took no notice of them,as if he was unable to se
12、e children,at least until the time came for him to go.Indeed,after his first greeting and a careless kiss,James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add,“Youll be getting on with the supper,Maggie.”Such was his regard for her.Maggie paid him back in her own way.She kept the children up,the fou
13、r of them,to keep her company,she said,but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of Jamesvoice.Very late,they dropped off to sleep in their chairs.Then,when James was about to go,Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left.
14、That gave her some satisfaction,for James,though rich,was unwilling to give or share what he had.He always went home by the last train,just after two oclock.Maggies children secretly stared at their uncle.They could not forget that he had,in their mothers words,“lost two wives and taken a third.”The
15、y wondered about those two unfortunate,lost ladies.They asked each other what their fate（命运）had been,and if neither could ever be found again.James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her.The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowded her
16、 outside the door.60Maggie never prepared anything special for James because .Ahe was a man difficult to pleaseBshe never knew when he was comingCshe was too busy looking after her childrenDhe never stayed long enough for a meal 61What do we know about James behaviour?AHe was a kind man,with love for the family.BHe was unselfish,especially towards his brother.CHe was anxious to please the famil
