In 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 businesses 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 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 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 satisfied 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 struck included the right to duplicate(复制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with 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 in one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.

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

2.Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except ________.

A.a drive-in B.a theater C.a cinema D.a barbecue restaurant

3.We may infer(推断) from this passage that ________.

A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc

B.the place the McDonalds 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

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

One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the _______ on his face.

About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs, I heard Kevin _______ inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kevin, do you want to talk?”

No response (回答). I tried again, “_______ don’t you come out of there?” Again, no response.

So, I got a stack (堆) of index cards (摘录卡片) and a pencil and wrote, “_______ you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”

An hour later, I was _______ sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of index cards in front of me. One stack was blank(空白的) and one stack was cards from Kevin on which he had translated(翻译) all his _______ feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears(眼泪) came into my eyes. It said, “_______ in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not a top student. Tommy thinks I’m stupid and Dad _______ he had the other Kevin as a kid because he is better at basketball. And you’re never around to even _______ me.”

Tears came to my eyes as I __________ back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always __________ it. I’m here for you and you’re loved in this family.”There was no response for a while, __________ then I heard a(n) tearing(撕碎的) sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of (用完) index cards, wrote on a torn(撕破的) paper cup, “__________.”

I wrote back, “For what?” __________ returned to me with “Loving me” written on it.

Since then, I try my best never only to half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a __________ relationship now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset(不开心), we will smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”

1.A.smile B.hurt C.luck D.joy

2.A.laughing B.crying C.talking D.smiling

3.A.Why B.When C.How D.Where

4.A.Unless B.Although C.Until D.If

5.A.still B.yet C.also D.even

6.A.good B.happy C.sad D.strange

7.A.Everyone B.Someone C.Anybody D.Nobody

8.A.promises B.wishes C.advises D.supposes

9.A.believe B.protect C.notice D.support

10.A.wrote B.walked C.replied D.threw

11.A.remind B.remember C.show D.accept

12.A.and B.but C.so D.or

13.A.Thanks B.Sorry C.I’m OK D.Nothing is serious

14.A.He B.I C.It D.They

15.A.stranger B.farther C.worse D.closer

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