In 1955, a man named Raymond Kroc together with two brothers named McDonald opened a popular restaurant in California which sold food that was easy to prepare and serve quickly. Hamburgers, French fries, and cold drinks were the main food there. Kroc opened similar eating places under the same name, “McDonald’s”, and they were an instant success. He later took over the company, and today it is one of the most famous and successful “fast-food” in America and around the world.
Why was his idea successful? Probably the most important reason was that his timing was right. In the 1950s, most married women stayed home to keep house and take care of their children. In the 1960s, many women returned to the workplace. This meant that they had less time or energy to prepare meals, so they spent more on “ TV dinners ” and fast-food restaurants. Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen. People living alone also depend on this type of food, since cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth.
Fast-food is not part of the diet of all Americans. Another trend of the 1960s, sometimes called the back-to-nature movement influenced many people to avoid food that was packaged (包裝) or processed(處理). This preference for natural food continued to this day.
From the success of Raymond Kroc’s fast-food business, we can say that social economic trends influence where and what we eat.
小題1:The underlined sentence “Cooking for one is often more trouble than it is worth” means that ______.
A．cooking for some people is worth more money
B．it is not worthwhile to take too much time to cook for one person
C．there are more problems when one person cooks
D．cooking for one person cost more money
小題2:Para 3&4 seem to imply (暗示) that ________.
A．many married women began to work in the 1960s
B．natural foods are still popular today
C．fast food is not part of the diet of all Americans
D．divorce (離婚) causes people to change their eating habits
小題3:Which of the following is NOT the reason for McDonald’s success?
A．people living alone tend to depend on fast food
B．single parents have little time to spend in the kitchen
C．many women returned to the workplace in the 1960s
D．Kroc chose the “Mc Donald” brothers as his partners
小題4:The main purpose of the passage is to tell us________.
A．Raymond Kroc is the most successful fast-food business owner in the world
B．social and economic changes affect eating habits
C．fast-food is easy to prepare and serve quickly
D．Americans eat either fast food or natural food

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
文章通過(guò)麥當(dāng)勞快餐告訴我們社會(huì)和經(jīng)濟(jì)變化會(huì)影響人們的飲食習(xí)慣。
小題1:猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)上下文可知是不值得為一個(gè)人做飯，太麻煩且費(fèi)錢。
小題2:推斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句This preference for natural food continued to this day.可知B正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段倒數(shù)第二行People living alone also depend on this type of food說(shuō)明A正確；Single parents also have little time to spend in the kitchen說(shuō)明B正確；第二段第三行In the 1960s, many women returned to the workplace.說(shuō)明C正確。D文章沒(méi)有說(shuō)是原因。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知社會(huì)和經(jīng)濟(jì)變化會(huì)影響飲食習(xí)慣。
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