C. She wants to tell us how to choose a university. 19. What is the speaker’s suggestion? A. To earn money after middle school. B. To continue studying as long as you can. C. She doesn’t know what to do yet. 20. Which of the following is Not true?

A. The more years of school you attend, the more money you are likely to make. B. The more educated you are, the more choices you have.

C. The only education beyond middle school is college education.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节， 满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, 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, and then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept quick service, no 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 (一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove 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 modest success until they met Ray roc.

roc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milk shake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers' fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特许经营）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to copy the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.

Today McDonald's is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray roc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonald's had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most

incredible success stories in modern American business history. 21. This passage mainly talks about ________. A. the development of fast food services

B. how McDonald's became a billion-dollar business C. how to build up a successful restaurant D. Ray roc's business talent

22. Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except ________. A. a drive-in

B. a cinema

C. a theater

D. a barbecue restaurant

23. We may infer from this passage that ________.

A. Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to roc B. The location was the only reason for the great popularity of the McDonalds’ drive-in C. Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants D. Ray roc was a good businessman

24. What can we learn from the passage about Mac and Dick McDonald?[] A. They were always satisfied with their modest success. B. They sold cheese for 19 cents in their restaurant. C. They allowed Ray roc only to copy their menu. D. They stuck to the routine for their food.

B

You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need; let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it highly attractive to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?

More and more people are turning to complete deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.

Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them impostors（骗子）; another refers to them as special cases. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by no such people.

To avoid outright（彻底的）lies, some job-seekers claim that they attended or were associated with a

college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that attending means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that being associated with a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend.

If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony（假的）diploma. One company will put your name on a diploma from any number of non-existent colleges. The price begins at twenty dollars for a diploma, which seems rather high for one sheet of paper.

Job seekers’ lying is a social phenomenon, and therefore, the whole society should take its responsibility to deal with the problem.

25. The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now B. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem C. college degrees can now be purchased easily D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees

26. According to the passage, special cases refer to cases where ________. A. students attend a school only part-time

B. students lie about their diplomas on their applications C. students purchase false degrees from commercial firms D. students attend a famous school

27. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. performance is a better way to judge abilities than a college degree B. experience is the best teacher for job seekers

C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do D. a degree from a famous school gives an applicant an advantage over others 28. What can we learn from the passage? A. Buying a false degree is not moral.

B. Personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools. C. Most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school. D. Society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications.

C

A tradition since the early 1900’s, homecoming has been a celebration of students and alumni(校友) in an effort to raise students’ spirits and unite the student body. Typically, there’s a week of various activities. However, the main event for high schools across America is the homecoming dance.

From 9 a.m. in the morning to 530 p.m., girls including myself, got ready for the dance. It takes an

entire day of preparations. Although I didn’t go too far out, most girls get their hair and nails professionally done. Often times, most girls even have their make up done by a make-up artist at the mall.

After all preparations were made, we gathered at my friend’s house for pictures. We stood side by side, as our parents took photos. The entire situation was quiet. The only thing I could hear were the clicks of the camera and the light-hearted giggles of my friends. After pictures were taken, we headed to the party-bus. The driver transported us to the restaurant we had reservations at where the dinner was extremely delicious.

The dance aspect of homecoming isn’t an important feature, but still an enjoyable part of the experience. The dance floor was filled with students showcasing the newest dance moves. The music was deafening, the speakers were roaring, and the kids were all yelling out of joy. Although my ears had been thoroughly abused, I was pleased as I stepped out of the dance hall.

Despite the different aspects of homecoming dance, however, my friends were the most important part of it all. As my high school career is wrapping up, I have started to fully appreciate the time I spend with the friends I’ve had for years. There’s nothing that means more to me right now than having the time of my life with the best friends I could ask for. 29. What’s the purpose of homecoming? A. To make acquaintances with new friends. B. To raise fund for the school.

C. To strengthen the union and cheer up students. D. To learn new dancing moves.

30. What can we know about the author? A. Her parents didn’t attend her activity. B. She went outside to do her make-up. C. She enjoyed her dinner very much. D. She disliked the newest dance moves.

31. What’s the most important part of homecoming? A. Homecoming dance C. Friends

B. The preparations D. The dinner

32. The phrase “wrapping up” in the last paragraph probably means ________. A. ending successfully

B. being extremely exciting

D. coming close

D

Teacher training

C. being under her control