Directions:Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbelowemtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETI.(40points)
Text1
In1939twobrothers,MacandDickMcDonald,startedadrive-inrestaurantinSanBernadino,California.Theycarefullychoseabusycomerfortheirlocation.Theyhadruntheirownbusinessforyears,firstatheater,thenabarbecue(烤肉)restaurant,thenanotherdrive-in.Butintheirnewoperation,theyofferedanew,shortenedmenu:Frenchfries,hamburgers,andsodas.Tothissmallselectiontheyaddedonenewconcept:quickservice,nowaitersorwaitr esses,andnotips.
Theirhamburgerssoldforfifteencents.Cheesewasanotherfourcents.TheirFrenchfriesandhamburgershadaremarkableuniformity,forthebrothershaddevelopedastr ictr outineforthepreparationoftheirfood,andtheyinsistedontheircooks'stickingtotheirroutine.Theirnewdrive-inbecameincrediblypopular,particularlyforlunch.Peopledroveupbythehundredsduringthebusynoontime.Theserf-servicerestaurantwassopopularthatthebrothershadallowedtencopiesoftheirrestauranttobeopened.TheywerecontentwiththismodestsuccessuntiltheymetRayKroc.
KrocwasasalesmanwhomettheMcDonaldbrothersin1954,whenhewassellingmilkshake-mixingmachines.Hequicklysawtheuniqueappealofthebrothersfastfoodrestaurantsandboughttherighttofranchise(特许经营othercopiesoftheirrestaurants.Theagreementstr uckincludedtherighttoduplicatethemenu.Theequipment,eventheirredandwhitebuildingswiththegoldenarches.
TodayMcDonald'sisreallyahouseholdname.ItsnamesforitssandwicheshavecometomeanhamburgerinthedecadessincethedayRayKrocwatchedpeoplerushuptoorderfifteen-centhamburgers.In1976,McDonald'shadover$1billionintotalsales.Itsfirsttwenty-twoyearsisoneofthemostincrediblesuccessstoriesinmodemAmericanbusinesshistory.
21.Thispassagemainlytalksabout______.
A)thedevelopmentoffastfoodservices
B)howMcDonald'sbecameabillion-dollarbusiness
C)thebusinesscareersofMacandDickMcDonald
D)RayKroc’sbusinesstalent
正确答案：B答案；B
[试题分析]文章主旨题。
[详细解答]本文以时间顺序，描述了麦当劳快餐店从开办到现在家喻户晓的过程，所以正确答案应是D。要注意C并不能概括全文内容，因为，所有的介绍，尤其是后半部分始终都突出的是快餐店的发展，而非刻意介绍兄弟俩的事业。
