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1、2024年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions:There are three passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,Cand D.You should decide on the best choice and blacken the correspondin
2、g letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:Since its founding in 1948,McDonalds has grown from a family burger(汉堡包)stand to a global fast-food chain, with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries.With 58 million daily customers worldwide,McDonalds is
3、 now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economistpublishes a global ranking of currenciespurchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald* s,called the Big MacIndex(巨无霸指数).Thats notto say that every nation carries the same menu items:choices vary widely depending on location,S
4、ome Asian locations servefried shrimp ina Big Mac roll,while McDonalds in India doesnt serve beef at all,relying instead on burgers made from veggies,rice and beans.Not everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald when hemoves to town.Many see McDonald” s as a symbol of American eco
5、nomic and cultural chauvinism(沙文主义),and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their national food.A French farmer,Jose Bove,became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a group of people destroyed a McDonaldsunder construction to protest glob
6、allzation and bad food.The next year,a bomb detonated in a French McDonalds,killing a 27-year-old employee.(76)No one claimed responsibility.But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies,McDonalds is still widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization.1.Accordin
7、g to the passage,which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A.McDonalds was founded in 1948B.McDonalds has opened its restaurants in every cty of the world C.McDonalds has over 30,000 locations in the world now.D.McDonalds was very small in scale in the beginning2.The word ubiquitous in Paragraph
8、 2 is most likely to mean A.very crowded B.very clean C existing everywhere D.occurring frequently3.From Paragraph 2,we canconclude that_ A McDonalds designs its menu to suit the local peopleB.Millions of young adults got their first job with McDonaldsC.The McDonalds menu sticksto old-fashioned favo
9、rites such as the BigMacD.The low prices of McDonalds bring tens of millions of people through its doors everyday4.What did Joes Bove and his people do in 1999 to protest against McDonalds?A.They organized a strike.B.They protested outside a McDonalds.C.They refused to go to a newly-built McDonalds.
10、D.They destroyed a McDonalds underconstruction5.In ,an employee died in a fatal bomb attack on a McDonalds restaurant in France.A.1998 B.1999 C.2000 D.2024Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Jim Thorpe was a Native American.He was born in 1888 in an Indian Teritory(印第安人爱护区)
11、 that is now Oklahoma.Likemost Native American children then,he likedto fish,hunt,swim,and play games outdoors. (77)he was healthy and strong,but he had very ltte formal education.In 1950,Jim Thorpe was named the greatest American footbal player.He was also an Olympic gold medal winner.But Thorpe ha
12、d many tragedies in his life.Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old.By the time he was 16,his mother and father were also dead.Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native American children.There,he learned to read and write and also began to play sports.Jim was p
13、oor so he left school for two years to earn some money.During this time,he played on a baseball team.(78)The team paid him onlyS 15 a week. Soon he returned to school to complete his education. Jim was a star athlete(运动员)in several sports,including baseball running,and football.He won many awards fo
14、r his athletic ability,mainly for football.In many games,he scored all or most of the points for his teamIn 1912,when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old,he became part of the U.S.Olympic team.He competed in two very difficult events:the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and strength.
15、The pentathlon has five track and field events,including the long jump and the 1,500-meter race.The decathlon has ten track and field events,with running,jumping,and throwing contests.People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the decathlon,So everyone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events.When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals,he said,“Sir,you are the greatest athlete in the world.”Thorpe was a simple and honest man.He just answered,
