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TEST5ReadingComprehension(30minutes)Task1Passage1In1939twobrothers,MacandDickMcDonald,startedadrive-inrestaurantinSanBernadino,California.Theycarefullychoseabusycornerfortheirlocation.Theyhadruntheirownbusinessesforyears,firstatheater,thenabarbecue（烤肉）restaurant.,thenanotherdrive-in.Butintheirnewoperation,theyofferedanew,shortenedmenu:Frenchfries,hamburgers,andsodas.Tothissmallselectiontheyaddedonenewconcept:quickservice,nowaitersorwaitresses,andnotips.Theirhamburgerssoldforfifteencents.Cheesewasanotherfourcents.TheirFrenchfriesandhamburgershadaremarkableuniformity,forthebrothershaddevelopedastrictroutineforthepreparationoftheirfood,andtheyinsistedontheircooks’stickingtotheirroutine.Theirnewdrive-inbecameincrediblypopular,particularlyforlunch.Peopledroveupbythehundredsduringthebusynoontime.Theself-servicerestaurantwassopopularthatthebrothershadallowedtencopiesoftheirrestauranttobeopened.TheywerecontentwiththismodestsuccessuntiltheymetRayKroc.KrocwasasalesmanwhomettheMcDonaldbrothersin1954,whenhewassellingmilkshake-mixingmachines.Hequicklysawtheuniqueappealofthebrothers’fast-foodrestaurantsandboughttherighttofranchise（特许经营）othercopiesoftheirrestaurants.Theagreementstruckincludedtherighttoduplicatethemenu.Theequipment,eventheirredandwhitebuildingswiththegoldenarches（拱门）.TodayMcDonald’sisreallyahouseholdname.ItsnamesforitssandwicheshavecometomeanhamburgerinthedecadessincethedayRayKrocwatchedpeoplerushuptoorderfifteen-centhamburgers.In1976,McDonald’shadover$1billionintotalsales.Itsfirsttwenty-twoyearsisoneofthemostincrediblesuccessstoriesinmodernAmericanbusinesshistory.1.Thispassagemainlytalksabout______.A)thedevelopmentoffastfoodservicesB)howMcDonald’sbecameabillion-dollarbusinessC)thebusinesscareersofMacandDickMcDonaldD)RayKroc’sbusinesstalent2.MacandDickmanagedallofthefollowingbusinessesexcept______.A)adrive-inB)acinemaC)atheaterD)abarbecuerestaurant3.Wemayinferfromthispassagethat______.A)MacandDickMcDonaldneverbecamewealthyfortheysoldtheirideatoKrocB)ThelocationtheMcDonaldschosewastheonlysourceofthegreatpopularityoftheirdrive-inC)Fortyyearsagotherewerenumerousfast-foodrestaurantsD)RayKrocwasagoodbusinessman4.Thepassagesuggeststhat______.A)creativityisanimportantelementofbusinesssuccessB)RayKrocwastheclosepartneroftheMcDonaldbrothersC)MacandDickMcDonaldbecamebrokenaftertheysoldtheirideastoRayKrocD)Californiaisthebestplacetogointobusiness5.Asusedinthesecondsentenceofthethirdparagraph,theword“unique”means______.A)specialB)attractiveC)financialD)peculiarPassage2Statusesaremarveloushumaninventionsthatenableustogetalongwithoneanotherandtodeterminewherewefitinsociety.Aswegoaboutoureverydaylives,wementallyattempttoplacepeopleintermsoftheirstatuses.Forexample,wemustjudgewhetherthepersoninthelibraryisareaderoralibrarian,whetherthetelephonecallerisafriendorasalesman,whethertheunfamiliarpersononourpropertyisathieforameterreader,andsoon.Thestatusesweassumeoftenvarywiththepeopleweencounter,andchangethroughoutlift.Mostofuscan,atveryhighspeed,assumethestatusesthatvarioussituationsrequire.Muchofsocialinteractionconsistsofidentifyingandselectingamongappropriatestatusesandallowingotherpeopletoassumetheirstatusesinrelationtous.Thismeansthatwefitouractionstothoseofotherpeoplebasedonaconstantmentalprocessofappraisalandinterpretation.Althoughsomeofusfindthetaskmoredifficultthanothers,mostofusperformitrathereffortlessly..Astatushasbeencomparedtoready-madeclothes.Withincertainlimits,thebuyercanchoosestyleandfabric.ButanAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostumeofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince.Wemustchoosefromamongtheclothingpresentedbyoursociety.Furthermore,ourchoiceislimitedtoasizethatwillfit,aswellasbyourpocketbookHavingmadeachoicewithintheselimitswecanhavecertainalterationsmade,butapartfromminoradjustments,wetendtobelimitedtowhatthestoreshaveontheirracks.Statusestoocomereadymade,andtherangeofchoiceamongthemislimited.6.Inthefirstparagraph,thewritertellsusthatstatusescanhelpus______.A)determinewhetherapersonisfitforacertainjobB)behaveappropriatelyinrelationtootherpeopleC)protectourselvesinunfamiliarsituationsD)makefriendswithotherpeople7.Accordingtothewriter,peopleoftenassumedifferentstatuses______.A)inordertoidentifythemselveswithothersB)inordertobetteridentifyothersC)astheirmentalprocesseschangeD)asthesituationchanges8.Thewordappraisal(Line6,Para.2)mostprobablymeans_______.A)involvementB)appreciationC)assessmentD)presentation9.Inthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraph,thepronounitrefersto______.A)fittingouractionstothoseofotherpeopleappropriatelyB)identificationofotherpeople'sstatusesC)selectingone'sownstatusesD)constantmentalprocess10.BysayingthatanAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostumeofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince(Lines2-3,Para.3),thewritermeans_____.A)differentpeoplehavedifferentstylesofclothesB)ready-madeclothesmayneedalterationsC)statusescomereadymadejustlikeclothesD)ourchoiceofstatusesislimitedPassage3Koreancultureisreallyexcitingrightnow.TheKoreanWaveissweepingAsiancountriesincludingChina.YoungpeoplearegoingcrazyaboutKorea