Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not“fast food” . They are known as“fast casual” .
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald’ s has struggled financially. In the last quarter of 2014, McDonald’ s net income dropped by about $300 million. The January earnings report brought more bad news. Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected. While McDonald’ s is struggling to get their customers back, Shake
Shack, is doing well in making money. The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO, or initial public offering, of shares at the end of January. On its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share. Being part of the “fast casual ”trend has helped Shake Shack. Other fast casual restaurants in the U.S. include Chipotle and Panera.
Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans’ restaurant habits for almost 30 years. She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it’ s new. It’ s creative, it’ s something different and people like to try new things. Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year. Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants, like McDonald’ s. Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits, but it has developed fast. Just as Ms. Riggs says,“It’ s growing by leaps and bounds, because they meet consumers’ needs. They know it’ s being prepared while they wait, it’ s fresh, quality food, good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices.”
Many Americans still like their fast food. They just are not going as often. They are finding other ways to have a meal.
1.What’ s the trouble with McDonald’ s?
A. Its share goes down to $21.
B. Shake Shack has taken its place.
C. It’ s not popular with Americans.
D. Its sales and income have dropped.
2.We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans ________.
A. don’ t like fast food any more
B. care only about the quality
C. like to try something new
D. pay more restaurant visits to fast casual
3.What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in Para. 3 mean?
A. Steadily. B. Rapidly.
C. Slowly. D. Normally.
4.Which of the following best describes fast casual?
A. Fresh-made and tasty.
B. High-quality and expensive.
C. Farm-to-table and traditional.
D. Time-consuming and special.
科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年广东汕头南澳中学高一下期中英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
—Would you like some more chicken?
—No，thanks. I am ________a diet and I’m trying to ________weight.
A．on；lose B．on；put on
C．in；have D．in；lose
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The driver suggested that we set out before seven in the morning in order to avoid traffic jams.
A.should B.might C.could D.would
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Being a good student doesn’t mean you have to drop all social activities and dive into your books．It is still possible to have a healthy social life while getting good grades．1. Here are how you can achieve it:
Decide for yourself at the start of the term that you won’t let your schoolwork sweep you away． 2.
Write down your weekly schedule on a piece of paper．Chances are that you’ll have small gaps between classes during the week and more free time at the weekend．Make sure that every time you find yourself in one of those between-class gaps you use the time efficiently．3.
Set aside at least one large amount of time each week as free time．Keep in mind the law of diminishing returns(收益递减）．Past a certain point，more hours studying will be of little benefit． 4. Protect both your free time and your school time carefully．If one starts to infringe(侵犯）on the other，that is just the beginning of a long，slippery downhill slope(斜坡）．
5. This way，you can co-ordinate(协调）your free time with theirs．
Whenever possible，find social activities that take you off campus and away from your schoolwork．
A．Balance is the key．
B．Encourage your friends to follow a similar plan．
C．It is very important to be determined about this．
D．Try not to affect others’ time and just focus on your own．
E．You’re better off spending this time with friends．
F．You can spend more time on social life than on study．
G．Read a few pages of your school books or do some quick chores(杂活)，for example．
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It’ s said that a giant rock was located in the North Sea but once many boats and ships1. （strike）it and sank.
About a century years ago, a kind and imaginative minister came up with an idea to have a buoy（浮标）2. （fasten）to the rock. On the top of the buoy3. （place）a bell, which would ring whenever any ships got closer. When hearing the bell ringing, sailors knew where the rock was and stayed safe. One day, a sea robber Rover happened4. （sail） not far away from the rock.
Seeing5. buoy floating in the water, he decided to play a trick. Soon his crew broke the chain that held the buoy, let the bell go into the water and then sailed away. In the following weeks, they robbed many6. ships around the seas and filled the ship with a great7. （vary） of treasures. Unfortunately, when returning, they themselves had no idea how to get away from the terrible rock8. the ring. The ship was moving swiftly in the dark9. there was a great crash. 10. was the very rock and the ship began to sink.
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Quickly ask yourself: What did you eat today? Now tell me how you actually feel. If you’re complaining of stress, anxiety, depression, aches and pains, foggy thinking, or just a general lack of energy, a new medical theory will blow your mind. The chances are that those disease-like symptoms are all the result of what’s called hidden food allergies(过敏反应).
This is what Ken Drew found out when he was lucky enough to be recommended to medical practitioner Dr. Patel. Patel is considered something of a genius, and has been called a modern day Louis Pasteur. You’ve heard of him, of course—Pasteur figured out how to keep milk from getting spoiled. Dr. Patel is like a Louis Pasteur for keeping your body from getting spoiled from chronic(慢性的) diseases.
“Foggy thinking, slightly constipated(便秘的), heart pain,…you name it. It’s part of getting old,” you say. “It’s just stress.” Most of the body’s immune defenses are all located in your stomach, so when you have a hidden food allergy and you expose yourself to harmful foods, your defenses malfunction(故障) and disease-carrying bacteria take over. Had you not eaten that one food you were allergic to for breakfast, you would never have got sick.
Together, Dr Patel and Ken Drew have developed the Reverse My Disease program, which claims it can bulletproof your body against diseases like arthritis(关节炎), Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and cancers. You won’t need a prescription and there isn’t any kind of medical procedure involved. There’s no medical jargon, no complicated diet to do. What it does do is claim to tell you how to hack your body’s natural defense system.
Dr. Patel has remained under the radar of the entire medical establishment because his ideas are so threatening to doctors who don’t want you to stop being sick enough for them to write you prescriptions. Those doctor visits cost you, so check out Reverse My Disease if you want to prevent disease by learning how to eat food that won’t harm your body.
1.We can learn from the passage that Louis Pasteur ________.
A. made great contributions to keeping human body from getting spoiled from chronic diseases.
B. has developed the Reverse My Disease program with Dr. Patel.
C. recommended Ken Drew to Dr. Patel.
D. might be a great scientist who did research on bacteria.
2.According to Ken Drew and Dr. Patel, people get slightly constipated and have heart pain because _______.
A. they are getting old.
B. their immune defenses are all located in your stomach.
C. they don’t eat the right food.
D. they are involved in a medical procedure.
3.What does the underlined word “bulletproof” most probably mean?
A. damage B. defend
C. diagnose D. demand
4.What can we know from the passage?
A. Once you get sick or depressed, you should go to the doctor for a prescription.
B. You can find a prescription or a complicated diet from the Reverse My Disease program.
C. Exposing yourself to harmful foods causes problems to your defense system.
D. Reverse My Disease program has been well-accepted by doctors.
5.What is the author’s attitude towards Reverse My Disease?
A. Unconcerned. B. Supportive.
C. Cautious. D. Negative
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The library _______at present will be put into use next month.
A. building B. being built
C. built D. to build
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Have you ever had that fantasy to visit the moon, grab a rock and throw it into space so it would float forever? Soon, if you have got the cash, you can!
Enter the Artemis Project. This new and exciting project is a private one that will “establish a permanent, self-supporting manned lunar base,” which translates into a community on the moon for people to live in. “It’s not a question of whether it’ll work, but rather how long it will take.” according to Gregory Bennett, the founder of the Artemis Project
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. That moment became a great achievement in both the space community and for humanity itself. Despite the significance of occasion, almost certainly when viewers saw images of his weightless, bouncing (弹跳) figure they thought, “That looks like fun!”
So the Artemis team is taking realistic approach to a human fantasy: they are marketing the project of a lunar base as pure entertainment.
Veronis, Suhler & Associates are investment bankers for the communications and media industry. Their research found that Americans spent over 40 billion dollars to be entertained in the movies, through home videos and television in 1999.
California investor, Dennis Tito, recently took a trip to the International Space Station, after donating $20 million dollars to the Russian Space program. Wealthy celebrities like Canadian director James Cameron and the brothers of rock band Oasis have also voiced their interest to visit the big ball in the sky. In the same report by Veronis, Suhler & Associates, consumers spent close to 4 billion dollars on video-game software alone. So, for $1.42 billion dollars the Artemis Project is a drop in the entertainment bucket.
University student, Al Dharsee says, “I would certainly go to the moon, if given the opportunity, so that I could look at the earth and laugh. But with the way we treat our own planet, I don’t think we deserve to set foot on any planets or moons for that matter.
However, if you’re one of those ready to book a flight, don’t pack your bags quite yet, your flight is not scheduled to depart for at least a couple of decades.
1.What is the Artemis Project aimed at?
A. Maintaining a manned lunar base.
B. Providing a new kind of entertainment.
C. Offering some community-based facilities.
D. Finding facts about the first exploration to the moon.
2. What did Veronis, Suhler& Associates find through their research?
A. Wealthy celebrities donated a lot of space programs.
B. The Artemis Project would cost less than $1.42 billion dollars.
C. Americans paid a large amount of money for entertainment.
D. More than $40 billion are spent on communications and media industries in 1999.
3.What does Al DHarsee imply?
A. Most planets deserve to be employed.
B. Human beings may destroy the moon.
C. It costs too much to destroy the environment.
D. The trip to the moon doesn’t appeal to him.
4.This text may be taken from .
A. a fiction story.
B. an advertisement.
C. an entertainment report.
D. a business survey.
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—I wonder if you have spotted my newly-bought magazine.
—I saw Jenny going away with ______, but I am not certain whether it is exactly yours.
A. it B. that C. one D. some
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