高考英语阅读冲刺 阅读理解6.docx

1、高考英语阅读冲刺 阅读理解62019-2020年高考英语阅读冲刺 阅读理解6AIn 1939 two brothers,Mac and Dick McDonald,started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino,California.They carefully chose a busy corner for their location.They had run their own businesses for years,first a theater,then a barbecue（烤肉）restaurant,then another dri

2、ve-in.But in their new operation,they offered a new,shortened menu:French fries,hamburgers,and sodas.To this small selection they added one new idea:quick service,no waiters or waitresses,and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents.Cheese was another four cents.Their French fries and hamburg

3、ers had a remarkable uniformity（一致性）,for the brothers had developed a strict routine （程序）for the preparation of their food,and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine .Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular,particularly for lunch.People drove up by the hundreds during the busy

4、 noontime.The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened.They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954,when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines.He

5、 quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants.The agreement struck included the right to duplicate（复制）the menu,the equipment,even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱门）.Today McDona

6、lds is really a household name.In 1976,McDonalds had over $ l billion in total sales.Its first twenty-two years in one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.56This passage mainly talks about .Athe development of fast food servicesBhow McDonalds became a billion-d

7、ollar businessCthe business careers of Mac and Dick McDonaldDRay Krocs business talent57Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except .Aa drive-in Ba theaterCa cinema Da barbecue restaurant58We may infer from this passage that .AMac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold

8、their idea to Kroc.Bthe place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-inCforty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurantsDRay Kroc was a good businessman59The passage suggests that .Acreativity is an important element of business successBRay Kroc was th

9、e close partner of the McDonald brothersCMac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray KrocDCalifornia is the best place to go into businessBMaggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house.In the childrens opinion,they had something that they couldnt

10、explain or understand about him and that excited their imagination.He stirred Maggies anger,however,so that she often said to her husband,“Its a mercy that brother of yours doesnt e oftener.”In fact James came once a year,unexpectedly,around eight oclock in the evening,and he stayed for six hours of

11、 close discussion with his brother.His arrival was a signal to the childreen that their bedtime would be delayed.Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them.He took no notice of them,as if he was unable to see children,at least until the time came for him to go.Indeed,after his first greeting

12、 and a careless kiss,James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add,“Youll be getting on with the supper,Maggie.”Such was his regard for her.Maggie paid him back in her own way.She kept the children up,the four of them,to keep her pany,she said,but of course they sang and made a noise and brok

13、e the endless sound of Jamesvoice.Very late,they dropped off to sleep in their chairs.Then,when James was about to go,Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left.That gave her some satisfaction,for James,though rich,was unwilling to give or share wha

14、t he had.He always went home by the last train,just after two oclock.Maggies children secretly stared at their uncle.They could not forget that he had,in their mothers words,“lost two wives and taken a third.”They wondered about those two unfortunate,lost ladies.They asked each other what their fate

15、（命运）had been,and if neither could ever be found again.James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her.The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowded her outside the door.60Maggie never prepared anything special for James because .Ahe was a

16、man difficult to pleaseBshe never knew when he was ingCshe was too busy looking after her childrenDhe never stayed long enough for a meal 61What do we know about James behaviour?AHe was a kind man,with love for the family.BHe was unselfish,especially towards his brother.CHe was anxious to please the

17、 family,especially the children.DHe was rude to his sister-in-law 62Maggie felt pleased when .Ashe paid James the money that she owed himBJames gave some money to the childrenCshe had to wake James up to catch his trainDJames thanked her for the nice supper 63The children did not realise that two of

18、 Jasmeswives .Awere dead Bsuffered from loss of memoryChad run away from him Dmight reappear one dayCHumans are social animals.They live in groups all over the world.As these groups of people live apart from other groups,over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas,which from

19、 different cultures.One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies.The Nuer people of East Africa,for example,do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time.The daily lives

20、of the people of such nonindustrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule（时间表）based on the clock.They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down.They plant crops during the growing seasons and ha

21、rvest them when the crops are ripe.They measure time not by a clock or calendar（日历）,but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event Frequently such a society measures days in terms of “sleeps”or longer periods in terms of “moons.”Some cultures,such as the Eskimos of Greenlan

22、d measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records havce developed interesting ways of “telling time”.For example,when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time,one of them places a st

23、one on a cliff or in a tree.Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly.In a few days,the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way.When this happens,the people see that the agreed-upon time has arrived and the event can take place.In contrast（成对比）,exactly correct measurement of time is v

24、ery important in modem,industrialized societies.This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many pople in order to work.For a factory to work efficiently （well,quickly and without waste），for example,all of the workers must work at the same time.Therefore,they must know wh

25、at time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon.Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart.Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends.Stores must open on time in order to serve their customersplicated（复杂的）socie

26、ties need clocks and calendars.Thus,we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a plicated society could hardly work at all.64By saying“Humans are social animals”,the author means .Athey live all over the worldBthey are different from other animalsCthey live in one pl

27、ace, district or country, considered as a wholeDthey are divided into many groups 65Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies. This is because people in those societiesAdont have the word TIME in their languagesBdont get used to using clocks and other timepiecesCdont measure time in thei

28、r daily-lives around an exact time scheduleDdont need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule66The Australian aborigines way of“telling time”is based on .Athe change of the sun raysBthe movement of the earth in relation to the sunCthe position of the stoneDthe position of the tree or

29、 the cliff67Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?ATime and Culture BThe Measurment of TimeCTime Schedule and Daily Life DClock, Calendar and Society DCOURSE: History 101“Introduction to American History”INSTRUCTOR: Dr, Jane KlammerOFFICE: 305 Marshall HallOFFICE HOURS: 11:

30、1512:30 M W F（Monday Wednesday Friday）CLASS: 363 Marshall Hall 3:355:00T Th （Tuesday Thursday）10:1011:00M W F Other times by appointmentTELEPHONE: 255-4786TEXTBOOK: Green,Robert P,The American Tradition:A History of the United States,Charles E.Merrill publishing Co.Columbus,Ohio 1984 which is availa

31、ble （可得到的）at the College Bookstore.COURSE Requirements（必要条件）mid-term exam: October 10 20% of the final gradefinal exam: December 10 40% of the final gradeterm paper due: December 15 40% of the final gradeAttendance（出席）is not required,but you are responsible for all the information given in the class

32、 lectures.In the lectures I will talk about the chapters in the textbook and other material that I choose to supplement（补充）the course.The exams will cover all this information.Therefore,I advise you to e to the class as much as possible.If you have to miss a class,be sure to get the class notes from another student.Your homework assignments are listed on the next page.You are supposed to read the chapter about which I will be lecturing bef