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　　There are two McDonalds－Mac and Dick－and they are brothers. They like working in their restaurant(饭店), but they get tired of the customers(顾客) ordering so many different things to eat.

　　“If we give customers a smaller menu(菜单), we can make some of the food before they come, and they needn't wait so long for their meals.” says one of the brothers. The other brother says “yes”. He says, “If we can make the customers come to the counter(柜台), we don't need any waiters or waitresses. We can also use plastic(塑料的) plates.”

　　McDonald brothers begin to use these good ideas, and the customers are very pleased. They get their meals very quickly－in less than(不到) a minute－and they pay only 15 cents(分) for hamburgers and 10 cents for fries. The first McDonald's restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. People take their food away and no one has to clean up any tables after them.

　　Then a man called Ray Kroc comes to the brothers and asks to buy their business. They agree to sell it to him for $27 million(百万). After that, people pay Ray Kroc to open their own restaurants using the McDonald's name. Before long(不久以后), there are McDonald's restaurants all over the USA, and now, they are all over the world－even in China. The most successful(成功的) McDonald's business is in HK, China.

1．The McDonald brothers offer(提供) customers fewer kinds of food so that(以便) ________.

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A．they needn't to have waiters or waitresses

B．they can use plastic plants

C．customers can get their meals quickly

D．customers can pay less

2．Customers “pay only 15 cents for hamburgers” means the hamburgers are ________.

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3．The first McDonald's customers take their food away because ________.

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A．they want to eat it quickly

B．they don't want a large menu

C．there are no seats in it

D．they want to eat at home

4．Now, the owner(主人) of McDonald's restaurants pay for ________.

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A．the McDonald's name and menu

B．children to play games

C．people to take the food away

D．customers to eat quickly

5．This story mainly tells us ________.

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A．there are two McDonald's－Mac and Dick

B．how Ray Kroc makes so much money

C．where McDonald's restaurants are in the world

D．how the McDonald's business(生意) starts and grows

-- Why are you in such a hurry?

-- I was told that my mother had been sent to the hospital. I have to leave ________.

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　　The great ship, “Titanic” , sailed (航行) for New York on april 10th, 1912. She was carrying more than 2000 people.

　　At that time, she was not only the biggest of all the ships that had ever been built but also was thought to be unsinkable(不沉的), for she had sixteen compartments (防水船舱) with her. Even if four of those were broken, she would still be able to stay on the sea.

　　Four days after setting out, while the “Titanic” was sailing across the ocean (海洋) ,a very large iceberg (冰山) was suddenly seen. The great ship turned quickly on time, but before long there was a sudden sound from below. and the captain(船长) went down to see what was the matter. The noise was so low that no one thought that the ship had been broken. To the captain's great surprise, the “Titanic” was sinking fast as five of her sixteen compartments had already broken! Hundreds of people jumped into the water. as there was not enough lifeboat, 1, 500 lives were lost.

1．Titanic is __________ .

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A．the name of a large city

B．the name of a country

C．the name of a large ship

2．Titanic was on her way to ________ .

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A．New York

B．London

C．Japan

3．How many people were there on board Titanic?

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A．more than 2000

B．1500

C．between 1500 and 2000

4．Why was Titanic thought to be unsinkable?

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A．Because she had enough lifeboats.

B．Because she had many compartments with her.

C．Because she could run fast.

5．Titanic was broken by ________ .

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A．a large rock

B．a large ship

C．a huge iceberg

6．How many people died?

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A．fifty

B．fifteen hundreds

C．are hundred and fifty

7．How many of Titanic's compartments were broken?

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A．5

B．16

C．4

8．Titanic sank ________

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A．in 1921

B．in 1912

C．in 1920