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When the world was a simpler place ,the rich were fat ,the poor were thin ,and right-thinking people worried about how to feed the hungry .Now ,in much of the world ,the rich are thin ,the poor are fat ,and right-thinking people are worrying about fatness.
Evolution（进化）is mostly to blame. It has designed mankind to deal with lack ,not plenty .People are perfectly fit to store energy in good years to see them through lean ones. But when bad time never comes ,they are stuck with that energy ,stored around their expanding bellies.
Thanks to rising agricultural productivity ,lean years are rarer all over the globe .According to the UN ,the number of people short of food fell from 920 m in 1980 to 799 m 20 years later ,even though the world's population increased by 1.6 billion over the period .This is mostly a cause for celebration .Mankind has won what was ,for most of his time on this planet ,his biggest battle：to ensure that he and his offspring had enough to eat. But every silver lining has a cloud ,and the result of prosperity is a new trouble.
Fatness is the world's biggest public-health topic today—the main cause of heart disease ,which kills more people these days than AIDS ,malaria（疟疾）,war; the major risk factor in diabetes（糖尿病）；heavily connected with cancer and other diseases .Since the World Health Organization labeled fatness an “epidemic（流行病）”in 2000,reports on its fearful results have come thick and fast.
Will public-health warnings ,combined with media pressure ,persuade people to get thinner ,just as they finally put them off tobacco? Possibly .In the rich world ,sales of healthier foods are booming and new figures suggest that over the past year Americans got very slightly thinner for the first time in recorded history .But even if Americans are losing a few ounces ,it will be many years before the country solves the health problems caused by half a century's dining to overload .And ,everywhere else in the world ,people are still piling on the pounds .That's why there is now an agreement among doctors that governments should do something to stop them.
5.What's the main idea the writer intends to tell us in this passage?
A.It's harmful to have enough to eat.
B.It's better to be thin than fat.
C.Fatness is the greatest danger in the world.
D.Fatness has become a great health problem.
解析：由首段主题句“...right-thinking people are worrying about fatness”得出。答案：D
6.It can be inferred from the passage that the biggest problem in history is_______.
A.people were thin
B.people smoked heavily
C.there was not enough food to eat
D.people stored energy in good years
解析：由第三段“Mankind has won what was,for most of his time on this planet,his biggest battle:to ensure that he and his offspring had enough to eat”，即“解决了吃饭问题”可得出答案。
答案：C
7.Why does the author compare smoking with the fat problem in this passage?
A.Because they are both difficult problems to be settled.
B.Because they both lead to the same diseases.
C.Because they are both bad habits.
D.Because they are both harmful to health.
解析：由最后一段得出。戒烟与减肥都是大难题，减肥能不能像动员人们戒烟一样。
答案：A
8.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A.Man has got rid of lean years by increasing agricultural productivity.
B.Though fatness is a difficult problem ,man may break away from it. C.Fatness may cause many diseases such as heart disease ,AIDS and cancer.
D.The fat problem won't be settled until governments take measures.
8.解析：possibly是作者的看法。美国人已经减肥了，尽管效果不显著。作者又提倡政府介入。
答案：B
C
McDonald's founders Dick and Mac McDonald started with their little drive-in restaurant in San Bernardion ,California in the late 1940s.But McDonald's today serves 38 million customers each day,20 million of them in the USA .It's about 23 000 restaurants in more than 100 countries around the world .It's one of the world's greatest business organizations ,with most restaurants world-wide. It's one of the two most recognized and powerful brands in the world, the other being Coca-cola ,the only soft drink supplier to McDonald's today. It's a growing company, adding more than 2000 new restaurants to their system each year. They means a new McDonald's will open somewhere in the world every five hours of every day .It produces sales of more than 31 billion a year and earns net income of more than $1.5 billion annually. McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Beijing on April 23,1992.
QSC & V has been the foundation that built McDonald's success. QSC & V stands for the McDonald's means that they ensure their customers receive food products that are result of the best ingredients（成分）,strict standards ,andproven
preparation procedures（过程）so that they will be safe, healthy ,andgreat-tasting. Service that's fast and friendly has always been a foundation for success of McDonald's principle .This means having the cleanest and freshest facilities（设备）—from the kitchen and dining-room to the rest rooms and parking lots. Value means low prices at McDonald's. Today ,value is explained to be the total experience includes nice food ,friendly folks ,a clean environment ,quick and right service and fun!
9.The main purpose of the passage is to show.
A.the start of McDonald's
B.the hardships of the builders of McDonald's
C.the service principles of McDonald's
D.McDonald's success and its foundation QSC & V
解析：本文的目的是为了展现麦当劳的成功及其成功的基础QSC & V。A、C两项只是文章所涉及的部分内容。B项是文章没有涉及到的内容。
答案：D
10.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Almost half of the customers of McDonald's are foreigners.
B.Almost five new McDonald's is opening in the world each day.
C.McDonald's has put forward its four-word business principles recently.
D.From the very beginning McDonald's offered fast and friendly service.
解析：麦当劳的四原则不是最近才提出来的，它一直是麦当劳成功的基础。在本文第一段第二句、第七句及第三段开头能找到与其他选项相符合的内容。
答案：C
11.What's McDonald's business philosophy?
A.QSC. B.QCV. C.QSC & V. D.CQ & V.
解析：麦当劳的四原则是质量、服务、卫生、价格。它们的缩写形式是QSC & V。
答案：C
12.The underlined word “ensure” most probably means.
A.advice B.suggest C.feel certain D.make sure
解析：ensure一词出现在第二段第二句话中，意思为“确信”。
答案：D
短文改错
One day a doctor was starting his morning works.Suddenly1. _______
a man ran his room.His face was red and he could 2. _______
only say“Quick!Quick!”The doctor thought he can be3. _______
very ill.His assistant helped to get the poor man sit in 4. _______
a chair.The doctor gave the man some medicine to make5. _______
him to sleep.Then he looked into the man's mouth and6. _______
pulled out all the bad tooths.As soon as the man woke7. _______
up,he said“Quick,doctor,Quick,”with a low voice.8. _______
“It's all over now,”the doctor told him.“You don't understand,”9. _______
said the man.“I came to tell you your house is on the fire.” 10. _______
1.解析：work作为“工作”之意，为不可数名词。
答案：works→work
2.
解析：run是不及物动词，跑向/进/出某地，要分别使用介词to,into,out of等。
答案：ran后加into
3.解析：此处应该表示肯定的推测，故can改为must。
答案：can→must
4.解析：使役动词make,let,have等后面跟动词不定式作宾补时，省略不定式的标志to，但get表示此意则不能省。
答案：在sit前加to
5.答案：√
6.答案：去掉to
7.解析：tooth变复数是不规则的，又如:foot—feet。
答案：tooths→teeth
8.解析：以什么样的声音，介词用in。又如:in a high/loud/weak voice,in a whisper等。答案：with→in
9.解析：表示结束，用一个词over即可。
答案：去掉all
10.解析：本题考查的是固定短语的用法。表示“失火、着火、放火”等，fire前不用冠词，如:catch fire,be on fire,set ... on fire等。
答案：去掉on后面的the
书面表达
快餐现在在中国很流行，但快餐对人的身体却没什么好处。请根据以下要点以“Fast Food”为题写一篇短文，准备发表在一份生活杂志上。
1.快餐在中国非常流行，人们尤其是儿童和青少年喜欢吃快餐。
2.快餐受欢迎至少有四个方面的原因：
A.方便，节约时间；
B.既可在快餐店里吃又可带回家吃；
C.店里环境干净、舒服；
D.服务周到，食品质量有保证。
3.从营养角度讲，快餐食品却不尽如人意。
4.建议：如时间来不及可考虑吃快餐，但以偶尔品尝为宜；儿童应尽量少吃快餐。
注意：词数100左右。
参考答案：
Fast Food
Fast food is becoming more and more popular in China,especially among children and teenagers.
There are several reasons for its popularity.First,it is very convenient and saves a lot of time.You just go into a fast food restaurant,order your food,and your food is ready in no time.Second,you can either eat there or take it away.Third,the environment of fast food restaurant is both clean and comfortable.Fourth,it has excellent service,and the quality of food is guaranteed.
However,in terms of nutrition,fast food is far from satisfactory.It is usually not a balanced diet and low in nutritional value.
Fast food is only a good choice when you are in a hurry and turn to it once in a while.It's good for people,especially children,to eat fast food as little as possible.