59．Mac and Dick McDonald had experience in managing all of the following business except　　　　 .

　　　 A．a theater B．a drive –in 　　 C．an ice-cream shop　D．a barbecue restaurant

58．Which of the following would be the best title of this passage ?

　　　 A．Students Learn to Drive 　　 B．Welcome to Driving School

　　　 C．It’s Better to Learn to Drive at College 　D．Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now

B

In 1939 two brothers , Mac and Dick DmcDonald , started a drive –in restaurant in Sna Bemadino , California . They carefully chose a busy corner for their location . They had run their own businesses for years , first a theater , then a barbecue restaurant , then a barbecue restaurant , then another drive-in . But in their new operation , they offered a new , shortened menu: French fries , hamburgers , and sodas . To this minimal selection they added one new concept : quick service , o waiters or waitresses , and no tips .

Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents . Cheese was another four cents . Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity (相同性) , for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food , and they insisted on their cook’s sticking to the routine . Their new drive-in became incredibly (非常地) popular , particularly for lunch . People rove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime . The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened ; they were content with this small success until they met Ray Kroc .

Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milk shake mixing machines . He quickly saw the unmatched appeal of the brother’s fast food restaurant and bought the right to franchise (出售特许权) other copies of their restaurants . The agreement signed included the right to copy the men , the equipment , and even their red and white buildings with the golden arches .

Twenty years after the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen –cent hamburgers , McDonalds had over $ 1 billion in total sales a year . today McDonalds is a world famous name . Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories I modern　 American business history .

57．Which of the following is Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive ?

　　　 A．He decided it was a waste of money and time .

　　　 B．He thought they must learn it at school .

　　　 C．He thought they would spend three times more time .

　　　 D．He agreed that young people had an advantage in learning to drive .

56．The undergraduates are learning to drive because　　　　 .

　　　 A．they like to drive cars

　　　 B．they need this skill to find a good job .

　　　 C．most of them will be able to buy cars in the future

　　　 D．they want to become full-time drivers after graduation

75. Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?

		E

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A

One sixth of undergraduates (本科生) in　 Beijing this year have registered at a driving school . The students , mostly from majors such as business management or international trade , will finish there driving courses within 20 days or so .

Training costs have dropped to ,2,600yuan for students , according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing . The price is not really low , but students will accept it , seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future . Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job . But a driver’s permit has become another factor.

“In the job market , owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position ,” says Zhou Yang , an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law .

Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years , and it’s difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time . “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive . We senior students have plenty of spare time , plenty of opportunities to learn.”

Xu Jian , an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious , and could grasp in an hour what it took ordinary people four hours to learn . In this driving school, middle-aged people , young women and college students are the main customers .

To get a driver’s permit , a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test .

74. Where can the passage be seen?

　　　 A. In a magazine.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. In a newspaper.　 　

C. In a science book..　　 　 　　　　　　　　　 D. On an advertisement.

73. If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour.

　　　 A. 1,000 feet　　　　 B. 2,400 feet　　　　　 C. 1,200feet　　　　　　　　　 D. 4,800feet

72. According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

　　　 A. all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive

　　　 B. communication with the trapped miners was cut off

　　　 C. the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time

　　　 D. the rescue started as soon as the accident happened

71. If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least　　　　 .

　 　　 A. be a university graduate　　　　

B. be a student learning English in the Top English City

　 　　 C. be an English lover or can speak English well

　 　　 D. make more friends and know more about the culture of the English

E

BUKHANNON, West Virginia-Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.

　　　 Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates(最新报道)on the rescuers’ progress.

The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m-more than three hours after it happened. “It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.

　　　 The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.

　　　 At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m. Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.

　　　 He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for

30 to 35 years. The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each. The company has not released the names of the miners.

　　　 The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that. “ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said.

　　　 The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide were detected shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided(减退), authorities said.

70. Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person?

　　　 A. Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English.　

B. Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English.

C. Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies.

D. Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies.