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Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Since its founding in 1948,McDonald’s 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, McDonald’s is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist publishes a global ranking of currencies’ purchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald’s, called the Big Mac Index (巨无霸指数). That's not to say that every nation carries the same menu items: choices vary widely depending on location. Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in a Big Mac roll, while McDonald's in India doesn't 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 he moves to town. Many see McDonald’s as a symbol of American economic 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 McDonald's under construction to protest globalization and "bad food." The next year, a bomb detonated in a French McDonald’s, killing a 27-year-old employee. (76) No one claimed responsibility.
But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies, McDonald’s is still widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization.
单选题
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 第一段“Since its founding in 1948, McDonald"s has grown from a family burger stand to a global fast-food chain, with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries. ”。
细节题。题干问的是“下面哪个表述不正确?”根据定位句“从1948年创办以后,麦当劳从最初一个家庭汉堡作坊发展成了全球性的快餐连锁店,3万多家店面遍及118个国家”,可以得出A、C和D选项。B项错在“every city”,故选B。
单选题
The word ubiquitous in Paragraph 2 is most likely to mean __________ .
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段第一句话“With 58 million daily customers worldwide. McDonald"s is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist ...”。
推断题。题干问的是“第二段的ubiquitous是什么意思?”根据定位句“每天,全球有5800万顾客光临麦当劳。由于麦当劳的无处不在,《经济学人》…”可知,ubiquitous的意思和前半句的“每天有5800万顾客”相关,再加上第一段里提到“3万多家店面遍及118个国家”,可推测出该词的意思为“无处不在的”,故选C。
单选题
From Paragraph 2,we can conclude that __________ .
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段第二、三句话“That"s not to say that every nation carries the same menu items: choices vary widely depending on location. Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in Big Mac roll...relying instead on burgers made from vegetables, rice and beans. ”。
分析题。题干问的是“我们可以从第二段得出什么结论?”根据定位句可知麦当劳的菜单并不是全球一样的,通过亚洲某些国家和印度的例子,表明菜单会根据当地的情况加以变化以适应当地人的需求。B、C、D均未提及,故选A。
单选题
What did Joes Bove and his people do in 1999 to protest against McDonald’s?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第三句话“A French farmer, Jose Bove, became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a group of people destroyed a McDonald"s under construction to protest globalization and "bad food." ”。
细节题。题干问的是“1999年,贾斯·波夫等人做了什么来抗议麦当劳?”根据定位句“1999年,为了抗议全球化和‘垃圾食品’,法国农民贾斯·波夫和一群人摧毁了一个在建的麦当劳餐馆,而他也在某种程度上成了一个英雄。”可直接得出答案,故选D。
单选题
In __________ , an employee died in a fatal bomb attack on a McDonald’s restaurant in France.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 第三段第四句话“The next year, a bomb exploded in a French McDonald"s, killing a 27-year-old employee. ”。
细节题。题干问的是“在哪一年,一个员工死于发生了致命炸弹袭击的一家法国麦当劳餐厅?”根据定位句“第二年,一枚炸弹在一家法国麦当劳里爆炸,炸死了一名27岁的员工。”中的“第二年”可知此事是前面提过的事情的第二年。前面贾斯·波夫等人的事件发生在1999年,故该事件发生在2000年,故选C。