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Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U．S．The restaurants are not“fast food”．They are known as“fast casual”．

Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat．This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald’s has struggled financially．In the last quarter of 2014，McDonald’s net income dropped by about $300 million．The January earnings report brought more bad news．Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expecteD． Whi le McDonald’s is struggling to get their customers back，Shake．

Shack，is doing well in making money．The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of January．On its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share．Being part of the “fast casual ”trend has helped Shake Shack．Other fast casual restaurants in the U．S．include Chipotle and PanerA．

Bonnie Riggs，a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans’restaurant habits for almo st 30 years．She says one reason why Americans like fast casu al food is that it’s new．It’s creative，it’s something different and people like to try new things．Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year．Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonald’s．Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits，but it has developed fast．Just as Ms．Riggs says，“It’s growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumers’needs．They know it’s being prepared while they wait，it’s fresh，quality food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices．”

Many Americans still like their fast fooD． They just are not going as often．They are finding other ways to have a meal．

1.What’s the trouble with McDonald’s？

A ．Its share goes down to $21．

B． Shake Shack has taken its place．

C． It’s not popular with Americans．

D． Its sales and income have droppeD．

2.We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans ________．

A． don’t like fast food any more

B． care only about the quality

C． like to try something new

D． pay more restaurant visits to fast casual

3.What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in ParA． 3 mean？

A． Steadily． B． Rapidly． C． Slowly． D． Normally．

4.Which of the following best describes fast casual？

A． Fresh-made and tasty．

B． High-quality and expensive．

C． Farm-to-table and traditional．

D． Time-consuming and special．

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very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed.

Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like those any more.

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Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something as I used to. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?

1.According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?

A. He got higher pay.

B. His working hours weren’t long.

C. He found it very stressful.

D. He had little free time at weekends.

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A. not to work any longer

B. to take a long vacation abroad

C. to stop smoking and take exercise

D. not to eat out any more

3.What can we learn about the author?

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B. The author has taken the doctor’s advice already.

C. The author has got another new job.

D. The author feels much better now.

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A． On the beach．

B． At the hospital．

C． At school．

D． At home．

2.Who brought the writer the bad news that her mother was ill?

A． Her sister．

B． The headmaster．

C． The police officer

D． Her teacher．

3.What did the headmaster tell the two teachers on the next day?

A． Her father had been very ill．

B． Her mother had gotten better．

C． Her mother came to see her．

D． Her mother had been deaD．

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A． the writer is afraid of her mother．

B． the writer feels sad about her mother．

C． the writer feels sorry for her mother．

D． the writer is proud of her mother．

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式按序号填写到短文后的相应位置。

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Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the ________ ? I like to think it was God’s way of ________ a little girl for a sacrifice ________ her years---- while giving her dad a lesson in the ________.

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2.A. need B. should C. must D. can

3.A. collection B. contribution C. shop D. club

4.A. seldom B. likely C. slightly D. merely

5.A. drew B. became C. went D. pulled

6.A. observed B. sensed C. watched D. noticed

7.A. study B. try C. listen D. work

8.A. disappointing B. surprising C. formal D. public

9.A. agreeable B. hopeful C. thankful D. pitiful

10.A. Moved B. Shocked C. Persuaded D. Demanded

11.A. one B. some C. two D. any

12.A. While B. As C. Because D. Though

13.A. express B. describe C. explain D. shake

14.A. returned B. delivered C. chose D. shared

15.A. sweet B. healthy C. happy D. fair

16.A. putting B. giving C. storing D. signing

17.A. present B. harvest C. winner D. chance

18.A. greeting B. praising C. sheltering D. rewarding

19.A. under B. before C. beyond D. within

20.A. process B. project C. struggle D. communication

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