Question

Nearly everybody enjoys chicken, and the most famous name in chicken is Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mr Sanders, the man who started this ____ was not always very rich. At one time, he ______a small gas station next to a highway (公路). Many truck drivers _  ____ _ there to get gas and take a rest. Mr Sanders realized they were often ______, so he began serving sandwiches and coffee.__ _____the sandwiches he made tasted good, and didn’t ______ too much, more and more ______ came to eat at his place.______Mr Sanders began to serve fried chicken. People ___it very much, and his new business grew rapidly. Not long after, however, another highway was ______, and many drivers no longer went ______Mr Sanders’ restaurant. So he had to______ it. Then he traveled around the country _______to sell his idea of opening fried chicken restaurants. He______. By 1967, there were almost 5000 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. And now, ______you go in the United States, you will see one. If you like chicken, I’m sure, you’ll enjoy eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.

1.A. business     B. shop        C. life        D. search .

2.A. found       B. worked      C. saw        D. owned

3.A. passed      B. got to        C. stopped     D. left

4.A. late        B. hungry       C. tired        D. sick

5.A. Although    B. If           C. As          D. Once

6.A. need       B. pay          C. spend      D. cost

7.A. passengers   B. drivers      C. students     D. doctors

8.A. Then       B. So           C. But       D. For

9.A. ate         B. liked         C. tried         D. drank

10.A. appeared    B. found        C. built         D. broken

11.A. out         B. to           C. over         D. on

12.A. close       B. run          C. return        D. take

13.A. trying     B. believing      C. thinking      D. suggesting

14.A. failed    B. fails          C. succeeds      D. succeeded

15.A. whenever   B. wherever      C. where        D. when

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文主要讲述了Kentucky Fried Chicken（肯德基）的由来及其流行。

1.名词。A. business生意；B. shop商店；C. life生命；D. search寻找。卖Kentucky Fried Chicken当然是一门生意。故选A

2.A. found发现；B. worked工作；C. saw看到；D. owned拥有。下文可知是他拥有owned一家加油站。“发现”和“看见”讲不通。故选D

3.考查动词。A. passed传递；B. got to到达；C. stopped停止；D. left离开。当然是停下来加油。stop to do sth停下来做某事；get后接there时，不用to。故选C

4.形容词。A. late迟的；B. hungry饥饿的；C. tired累的；D. sick生病的。根据后文他提供sandwiches服务，说明是他意识到司机饿了。故选B

5.连词。A. Although尽管；B. If如果；C. As正如；D. Once一旦。从句与主句是因果关系，所以用as(由于)。故选C

6.A. need需要；B. pay付钱；C. spend花费；D. cost花费。pay和spend的主语必须是人；cost的主语必是物。花费不是太多。故选D

7.名词。A. passengers乘客；B. drivers司机；C. students学生；D. doctors医生。由第3空前的Many truck drivers可知。越来越多的司机来他的地方吃。故选B

8.连词。A. Then然后；B. So因此；C. But但是；D. For因为。然后Sanders先生开始卖炸鸡。故选A

9.A. ate吃；B. liked喜欢；C. tried尽力；D. drank喝。人们喜欢吃这种chicken，他的生意才会发展迅速。故选B

10.动词。A. appeared出现；B. found发现；C. built建造；D. broken打破。由后文可知，是另外建了一条公路。故选C

11.介词。表示“来到”某地用come to。根据句意可知许多司机不再来到Sanders先生的饭店了。故选B

12.动词。A. close关；B. run跑；C. return返回；D. take拿走。许多人不来吃，生意不好，自然就会关门。故选A。

13.动词。表示“尽力 / 设法做某事”用try to do sth。他走遍全国各地推销自己开炸鸡餐馆的想法。故选A

14.动词。fail失败；succeed成功。由后文可知，他成功了，且是1967年及以前当然是过去式。故选D

15.wherever无论到 / 在哪个地方。现在，你无论在美国什么地方，你都会看到它。故选B。

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