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In 1955,a man named Raymond kroc entered a partnership[ 1]with two brothers named McDonald.They opened a popular restuarant in California which sold food that was easy to prepare and serve quick-ly.Hamburgers,french fries,and cold drinks were the main food there.Kroc opened sim-ilar eatingplaces under the same name,"McDonald's",and they were an instant[2] success.He later took over the company,and today it is one of the most famous and successful"fast- food"in America and the world.
Why was his idea so successful? Proba- bly the most important reason was that his timing was right.In the 1950s,most married women stayed home to keep house and take careof their children.In the 1960s,many women returned to theworkplace.This meant that they had less time and energy to do housework and preparation of meals,so they relied more on"TV dinners"and fast-food restaurants.Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen.People living alone also depend on this type of food,since cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth.
Fast-food is not part of the diet[3]
of all Americans.Another trend[4] of the 1960s,sometimes called the back- to-nature move-ment influenced[5]many people to avoid[6]
food that was packaged[7] or processed[8].This preference[9] for natural foods continues to this day.
From the success of Raymond Kroc's fast-food business,we can say that so-cial[10] economic[11] trends influence whereand what we eat.
选择：
"Cooking for one is more trouble than it is worth "means
A.Cooking for several people is worth more money.
B.it is not necessary to take too much time to cook for one person.
C.there are more problems when one person cooks.
D.there are a lot of housework and preparation to do when one person cooks.
An idea im-plied（含蓄的）but not directly stated（陈述）in the reading is that
A.many married women began to work in the 1960s.
B.natural foods are still popular to-day.
C.fast food is not part of the diet of all Americans.
D.divorce（离婚）causes people to change their eating habits.
Americans had the "movements"
A.in 1955.B.in 1950s.
C.in 1960s.
D.both in 1950s and 1960s.
Why was McDonald's idea so suc-cessful? It was mainly because
A.people living alone depend on fast food.
B.single parents have little time to spend in the kitchen.
C.many women returned to the work-place in 1960s.
D.his timing was right.
The main idea of the reading is that
A.Raymond Kroc is the most successful fast-food business owner in the world.
B.social and economic changes affect（影响）eating habits.
C.fast-food is easy to prepare and serve quickly.
D.Americans eat either fast food or natural food.
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There can be no doubt[1] now that English is one of the world's most widely used lan-guages.People use a language in one of three ways,as native language,as a second language,or as a foreign language.English is spoken as a native language by nearly three hundred million people in the United States,Britain[2],Australia,New Zealand[3],Canada[4] and some countries in south Africa[5].As a second language,English is of-ten necessary for official business,educa-tion[6],information and other activities in a great many countries such as India[7],Pak-istan[8],Nigeria[9],Singapore[10]and the Philip-pines[11].It is
one
of the few working lan-guages of the United Nations[12]and is more frequently[13] used than the others.It is said that
English has become the lan-guage of international trade[14]and trans-port.Most planes travelling from one country to another use it to talk with air-ports.All ships sailing on the oceans call for helpby radio in it.It has been said that 60% of the world's radio broadcasts
and
70%of the mail are in English.At international sport meets, atmeetingsof scientists from different countries,and at talks of
writings andartists from the cor-ners of the earth,English is thelanguage most commonly used and the most widely
understood.
English has,in fact,become the lan-guage of internationalcooperation[15]
in sci- ence and technology. The most advanced results in space,nuclear[16] and computer researchare published in it.A scientist who speaks and writesEnglish is in closer touch with the scientists in other countries than one who doesn't.
正误判断：
English is only the most widely used language.
English is spoken as a native lan-guage by the people of the whole world.
English has already become the world-wide used lan-guage.
60% of the mail and 70% of the world's radio broad-casts are in English.
If a scientist can speak and write English,he would learn and understand more.
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