The biggest hamburger restaurant chain(连锁) in the world is McDonald’s. It started in 1955 with just one restaurant, but now has more than 20000 worldwide. There are more than 12000 McDonald’s restaurants only in the US. You can find them in 100 countries on six continents. There isn’t a McDonald’s in Antarctica, but I don’t suppose they eat hamburgers at the South Pole. When you eat at a McDonald’s restaurant you are joining the 35 million people who eat and drink at McDonald’s every day, and there are more than one million people who work there. McDonald’s has sold 100 billion hamburgers since it opened, and it sells more than 6.8 million pounds of French Fries every day.
How do you like your hamburger restaurant? There are old McDonald’s ---- part of one restaurant in England is 600 years old. There are elegant(高雅的) McDonald’s ---- there is one on the Champs Elysees in Paris. There are cool McDonald’s ---- there is one in Hollywood. There are McDonald’s restaurants on ships and trains, in hospitals and zoos, in airports and in colleges.
Clearly many people like the speed, hygiene(卫生) and cheapness of fast food restaurants. However, not everyone likes fast food. Some people question the nutritional value of the food; some people think the fast food causes too much waste and pollution. So the fast food business gives us plenty of food for thought, as well as convenient, affordable meals.
1.There are ________ McDonald’s restaurants outside the US now.
A. about 20000 B. about 8000
C. about 12000 D. about 32000
2.How many people does each McDonald’s employees serve on average every day? _______
A. About 35 billion B. About 100 billion
C. About 35 million D. About 600 million
3. From the passage we can infer that ________.
A. there are McDonald’s of different styles to meet different customers
B. the writer encourage more people to eat hamburgers
C. the writer thinks people should stop eating hamburgers
D. hamburgers are of great nutritional value
4. The underlined phrase“plenty of food for thought”in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A. a lot of delicious food B. a lot of food you can afford
C. a lot of things to think about D. a lot of convenient food
It’s not Christmas Day yet. But wherever I go on the streets, I see shops selling Christmas trees and all kinds of beautiful decorations, waiters wearing Christmas hats; I hear children singing Christmas songs on broadcast; I get messages of Christmas’s best wishes from friends.
I just got quite confused again, since when have Chinese begun celebrating Christmas Day? What do these people celebrate it for, the birth of Chris? But we all know that most of Chinese are not Christians, they don’t even know the origin of Christmas Day, and they celebrate it for no reason.
I don’t celebrate Christmas Day or any other western holidays since I’m not a Christian and nor am I a westerner. I don’t know what Christmas really means. Anyway I can’t get reasonable answers from my friends. Some of them think they would like to just take this chance to enjoy themselves regardless of the meaning of the festival. Some of them think I’m an old-fashioned girl, a bigot who doesn’t appreciate the spirit of Chinese cultural tolerance(宽容) and understanding of other cultures. Well, if it is about cultural tolerance, why don’t we ever celebrate the month of Muharram, or festivals of colours in India, or Fiestas Patrias in Mexico?
I really appreciate cultural exchanges and communications with all nations, but I don’t think this is what it’s about. People are celebrating more and more western festivals while ignoring our traditional ones.
Is it part of globalization(全球化)？ Do people in other non-western countries also celebrate Christmas?
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer _________.
A. is an old-fashioned girl
B. doesn’t like festivals at all
C. prefers western festivals to Chinese festivals
D. prefers Chinese festivals to western festivals
2. According to the writer, many Chinese people celebrate Christmas _________.
A. for no reason
B. for the birth of Chris
C. because most of them are Christians
D. because they don’t like Chinese festivals
3. The underlined word “bigot” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A. a very brave person B. a very stubborn person
C. a very careful person D. a very popular person
4. We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. more and more Chinese people celebrate western festivals now
B. Chinese people pay enough attention to our own festivals
C. no Christmas celebration means one lacks cultural tolerance
D. the writer doesn’t like cultural exchanges and communications with other countries
Agatha Christie used to go out at night. She will never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago.
That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted till 2 o'clock in the morning. Without company, Agatha walked home along the quiet street. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building, a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don't think you wish to die here!”“What do you want?” Agatha asked.
“Your earrings (耳环). Take them off!”Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣领) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings, and then she quickly threw them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go.” she said. The robber was uncertain. He saw that the girl didn't care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He realized the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It's not worth much. Please let me keep it.”
“Stop talking rubbish. Quick!”
With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to her home.
The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds ten shillings (先令).
1.Agatha will never forget the night because ________.
A. she was robbed of her earrings
B. she was robbed but she fooled the robber
C. she had such a nice time at the party
D. it is dangerous for a girl to walk alone at night
2.Why did she try to protect her necklace? ________.
A. She didn’t want the robber to notice it.
B. It was cheaper than the earrings.
C. It was worth keeping.
D. She would rather have it robbed.
3.The story wants to tell us ________.
A. Agatha was brave and clever
B. the robber was foolish
C. a necklace is usually more expensive than earrings
D. never stay too late at an evening party
你是李华，你很烦恼。最近，每天早晚，你们小区广场上都有很多人在跳广场舞，持续时间长且噪音大，给你和小区里其他人带来了很多的不便……请你给小区委员会领导写封信，反映现象及其导致的不便（要求涉及生活、学习和工作等方面）并提出合理建议。
注意：
1、词数120左右；
2、短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇： 广场舞 square dance 组织者organizers
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am writing to express my interest in your recently advertised positions as a secretary of English. Here I would like to introduce me briefly. I am a 25-year-old young man graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Jilin University. I have been a English guide for two years after graduation. As a result, my oral English is pretty well. I think the job is suitable for me. I had much confidence of myself. If I am given to the job, I promise I will do my best to do it well. I’d like to meet you at your convenient to discuss the possibility of working in your company. An early reply to my application will be high appreciated.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（限填1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing 1. (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so 2. (absorb) in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 3. (throw) him to the ground. This should serve 4. a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially 5. crossing roads.
6. (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver 7. (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident, 8. led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
The Smartphone 9. (addict) has spread like an infectious（传染的）disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even 10. (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.
