The first quarter results reflect continued improvements in _____.
第1题
第2题
A.had
B.haves
C.have
D.are having
第3题
nadino, California. Now a new McDonald’s restaurant opens every eight hours somewhere in the world. The restaurant chain serves about 45 million customers every day. The corporation’s yellow M is recognized by people all over the world as a symbol of dynamism, happiness and, above all, America. The busiest restaurant, however, is in Moscow.
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is the most successful product in history and today it is sold in 185 countries. The drink was invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia, while he was trying to stop his addiction to morphine. It is estimated that 200 million cans or bottles of coke are sold every 24 hours. 80% of Coca-Cola’s profits now come from outside the United States.
Nokia
Ironically, the Nokia Corporation started life as a paper manufacturer – the original form. of communication. Nearly 150 years later, this Finnish company is the world’s largest mobile phone producer and accounts for more than a quarter of Finland’s total economy. Nokia was the pioneer of mobile phone communication. In fact, the first text message was sent by the mayor of Helsinki on a Nokia mobile in 1991.
Levi
Levi Strauss & Co. was founded in 1853 and 20 years later they produced their first pair of jeans. The trousers were designed as tough, long-lasting work clothes for the worker of San Francisco. In the 1960s, blue jeans became very popular and since then they have never gone out of fashion. It is estimated that Levi Strauss & Co. now make approximately 2% of the world’s clothes.
1.McDonald’s was founded in_______.
A、New York
B、California
C、Texas
2.The busiest McDonald’s restaurant is in_______.
A、America
B、Britain
C、Moscow
3.Coca-Cola was invented by_______.
A、a pharmacist
B、a doctor
C、a nutritionist
4.Nokia is based in_______.
A、Japan
B、Korea
C、Finland
5.The first pair of Levi’s jeans were made in_______.
A、1853
B、1873
C、1903
第4题
From: info@incahotels.net
To: sarah.brogen@mail.com
Subject: RE: reservation request
Dear Ms. Brogen,
Thank you for your interest in our hotel. You have requested one double room for check-in on June 7 and check-out on June 13. I'm pleased to report that we do have (90) on these dates, and your reservation has been made.
When you arrive at the airport in Cuzco, there are two ways to get to the hotel. The first is to arrange your own taxi. Simply tell the driver you are staying at the Inca Hotel on San Bias Plaza. (91) , we can send our own driver to pick you up, for the small cost of $10 USD. If you would like to take (92) of this service, please let us know at least 48 hours in advance.
We look forward to your stay with us.
(50)
A.complaints
B.availability
C.organization
D.guarantees
第5题
First of all, living at college gives me a sense of responsibility and of being on my own. My parents aren't around to say, "No, you're not going out tonight," or "Did you finish your homework?" Everything I do has to be my decision, and that makes me responsible for my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. And when I got to the bank, I had to decide whether to have a checking or savings account and whether or not to get a credit card. Decisions! Decisions! Friendly people are another thing I like about college. On the first day I came to Marymount University here in Virginia from New York, I was a bit confused about where I was going. My mother and I drove in. We did not know the building we were supposed to go to, but the guard was very nice. With a smile, he told us what building we were looking for and where we could park our car. My room was on the first floor of New Gerard, and I knew I had to go through some glass doors, but my mother and I didn't know which ones. Some students saw me and asked, "Are you a new student?" When they found out I was looking for New Gerard, one said, "Oh, just follow us; that's where we're going." Even now I feel comfortable in the dorm because there are friendly people around to talk with.I do like a lot of things about college, but that doesn't mean I don't think about things at home. Although I like college, I can still get homesick. New York is a very good place, too! And sometimes I miss it!
6. The text is perhaps written by ________.
A. a new student
B. a new teacher
C. a foreign reporter
D. a foreign visitor
7. What does "gives me a sense of responsibility" in the first sentence of Paragraph 2 mean? It means it makes me feel ________.
A. responsible for my parents.
B. responsible for my teacher.
C. responsible for the school.
D. responsible for myself.
8. One thing that he liked was ________.
A. the comfortable dorm
B. finding his way around
C. his studies as a first year student
D. the friendly people
9. What is New Gerard?
A. It's a student's name.
B. It's a teacher's name.
C. It's a dorm's name.
D. It's a school's name.
10. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People in Marymount University are friendly.
B. The writer likes the new experience in the university.
C. The writer drove to Marymount University with his mother.
D. The writer is not homesick
第6题
1. We were limited to two-ten minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch.
2. Working at an apple plant was the worst job I ever had.
3. The second bad feature of the job was the pay.
4. Each carton contained twenty-five pounds of bottled apple juice, and they came down the track almost nonstop.
5. I was getting minimum wage at that time, $3.65 an hour, plus a quarter extra for working the night shift.
6. I was very lonely on the job because I had no interest in common with the other truck loaders.
7. I felt this isolation especially when the production line shut down for the night, and I spent two hours by myself, cleaning the apple vats.
8. First of all, the work was physically hard.
9. I had to work over sixty hours a week to get decent take-home pay.
10. Most of my time was spent outside on the loading dock in near-zero-degree temperatures.
11. The vats were an ugly place to be on a cold morning, and the job was a bitter one to have.
12. For ten hours a night, I took cartons that rolled down a metal track and stacked them onto wooden skids in a tractor trailer.
13. Finally, I hated the working conditions.
A.2、8、12、4、3、5、9、13、1、10、6、7、11
B.2、8、4、12、9、5、13、1、10、6、7、11
C.2、8、12、4、3、5、9、13、10、1、11、7、6
D.2、4、12、9、8、5、1、13、10、6、7、11、3
第7题
_1_ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We're _2_ with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the _3_ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结)lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物)wasn't eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more _4_ ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation's food has come to be _5_ by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country's most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation's defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political.
But strong opinions have not brought _7_ . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become _8_ of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The _9_ in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It's no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It's what we eat—and how we _10_ it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today.
A. answer
I. creative
B. result
J. belief
C. share
K. suspicious
D. guilty
L. certainty
E. constant
M. obsessed
F. defined
N. identify
G. vanish
O. ideals
H. adapted
第8题
First, know your goals.If you don't know where you're going, you're likely to end up anywhere,or even nowhere.The action plan should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timed(SMART).It will take you toward the completion of that goal.
Next, list the necessary strategies that will be used to realize the goals.Be clear about very important events, and also any hidden difficulties you may meet.Break large tasks into smaller ones.Set deadlines for each task.Without clear deadlines, some tasks may never get completed.
Thirdly, follow your plan and don't stop until it's finished.Once your plan is made and shared with the team, the next step is simple: take daily action and make sure that everyone is doing their part.
Finally, change the date if you must, but never give up on the goals.Sometimes unexpected situations and events can appear and prevent you from finishing the tasks on time.If this happens, do not be discouraged –change your plan and continue working to meet your goals.
1.Whether you need to have a clear action plan depends on what kind of project you do.()
2.SMART stands for “suitable, measurable, achievable, relevant, timed”.()
3.When making an action plan, you'd better take possible difficulties into consideration.()
4.Don't change your plan even if some unexpected events happen.()
5.This passage is mainly about how to make a good action plan.()
第9题
Francis Gahon’s test shows that________.
A.people prefer average faces to those with conspicuous features
B.sometimes evil persons have more attractive appearance
C.it is hard to distinguish between criminals and ordinary people
D.the result of trying to read faces is a shock to average people