57. Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement

because       .

A. they are not to be announced                  B. it is hard to decide

C. the final list is not ready                        D. the final list is too long

C. 8:30 , 9:00 , 9:30 , 10:00.                      D. 8:00 , 9:30 , 11:00 , 12:30.

A. 8:00 , 9:00 , 10:00 , 11:00.                           B. 8:30 , 9:30, 10:30 , 11:30.

56. At which of the following hours the bus will leave the North Building?

55. The main idea of this announcement is to         .

A. tell students of important schedule changes

B. tell students of new bus and library services

C. show the good service for the students

D. ask students to use the new summer card

54. This story mainly tells us            .

            A. a restaurant in California in 1948                

            B. how Ray Kroc made money for the McDonald brothers

C. where McDonald’s restaurants are in the world

D. how the McDonald’s business started and grew

 ( C )

During the summer holidays there will be a new schedule for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for schedules will be shown on the wall outside the dining-room. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being made, will be shown each Wednesday outside the students reading room.

In the summer holidays, buses going to the town centre will leave the North Building every hour on the half during the day. The dining?room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p. m. during the weekdays and two meals from noon to 7:00 p.m. on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the weekdays , but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m..

All students who want to use the library borrowing service must have a new summer card. This announcement will also be shown in the next week’s student newspaper.

53.   Customers paid only 15 cents for hamburgers means the hamburgers

were       .

A. cheap                                                          B. new

C. expensive                                                    D. worthless 

52.   The first McDonald’s customers took their food away because       .

A.   they wanted to eat it quickly  

B. there were no seats in the restaurant

C. they did not want a large menu

D. they wanted to eat it at home

51.   The McDonald brothers offered customers fewer kinds of food so that       .

A.   they didn’t need waiters or waitresses    

B. they could use plastic plates

C. customers would get their meals quickly 

D. customers would pay less

50. The dates of the first Sunday of October, November and December are      .

A. the 5 th, the 1 st and the 31 st          B. the 5 th, the 30 th and the 3 rd

       C. the 1 st, the 5 th and the 3 rd           D. the 1 st, the 4 th and the 2 nd

( B )

There were two McDonalds ― Mao and Dick , and they were brothers. In 1948 they owned a restaurant in California. They liked working in the restaurant , but they got tired of the customers ( 顾客 ) ordering so many different things to eat.

       “ We can give customers a smaller menu , we can make some of the food before they come , and they won’t have to wait so long for their meals ,” said one of the brothers . The other agreed and said , “ and we can ask the customers to come to the counter , we won’t need any waiters and waitresses . We can also use plastic plates so there won’t be any washing-up .”

       These were such good ideas that the McDonalds brothers used them , and the customers were very pleased . They got their meals very quickly in less than a minute , and they paid only fifteen cents for hamburgers and ten cents for fries . The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on . This meant that people had to take their food away , and no one to clean up any tables after them .

       Then a man called Ray Kroc came to the brothers and asked to buy their business . They agreed to sell it for $ 27 million . After that , people paid Ray Kroc to open their own restaurant using the McDonald’s name and menu . Before long , there were McDonald’s restaurants over the United States , and nowadays , they are all over the world . The most successful McDonald’s business is in Hong Kong of China . The Hong Kong McDonald’s restaurants sell more hamburgers every day than any other McDonald’s anywhere else in the world .

       McDonald’s restaurants are so successful because children like going there . They like the food , and they like the toys and games they get at McDonald’s .