1 . Take a walk down the street of any city and you are sure to pass signs for KFC, McDonald's, and Pizza Hut. In 2010, there are fast food restaurants in over 650 cities throughout China. Last year, the fast food industry in China grew 13%, compared to just 2.9%in the USA. This year, there were over 560 Pizza Huts, 1,200 McDonald's, and 3,000 KFCs throughout the country.
Why is fast food so popular in China? The people behind KFC, McDonald's, and other companies realized the need for adaptation. You can find items in Chinese KFCs that you cannot find in the West. That is because they not only realize that Chinese palates (味觉) are different, but also willingly spend the time and money to create new food specifically for those palates. This localization of an international brand makes fast food eaters in China feel as if they are part of a larger community, yet can enjoy their regional tastes.
Curiosity also played heavily into the popularization of fast food restaurants in China. There's no better way to get people to enter your restaurant than to have something different that everyone is curious to try. There is also a general idea that things from the West are better, or if something is good enough for western people, it is good enough for Chinese people. This could also have encouraged Chinese people, especially the young, to frequently go to fast food restaurants.
People are willing to spend a bit more on these fast food because of the general concern for food safety that seems to be becoming more and more important to most Chinese people. While there are still countless food shops on the roadside that have no government control over safety standards, there are many people who demand higher health standards. These foreign fast food restaurants that follow western standards of food safety attract this crowd. Until they stop providing what the Chinese people obviously want, they will continue to remain popular.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．The introduction to fast food. | B．The popularity of fast food in China. |
| C．The development of fast food industry. | D．The reasons for the popularity of fast food. |
| A．By changing their own brands. | B．By reducing the cost of fast food. |
| C．By making new food fit for Chinese palates. | D．By opening restaurants in large communities. |
| A．Eating fast food is a fashion. | B．Western fast food is cheaper. |
| C．Western food is more delicious. | D．They think western fast food is safer. |
| A．A news report. | B．A travel book. | C．A sports magazine. | D．A storybook. |
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3 . The number one thing you'll probably do is book your flight if you want to travel to another country. But in some countries, you won't be able to fly directly.
Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, as a 109-acre area in the middle of Rome, doesn't have its own airport, but visitors can easily get there via Italy's capital.
Similarly, San Marino, the fifth smallest country in the world, is also surrounded by Italian land. It has a population of a little more than 33,000 and sits just nine miles from Federico Fellini International Airport in Rimini, Italy.
The second-smallest country in the world is Monaco, with a population of more than 38, 500. To get there, you'll have to go through France's Nice Cote d' Azur Airport, which is just a 25-minute car ride away from Monaco. Perhaps that's why developers didn't bother creating anything like a short flight.
Interestingly enough, the third and fourth smallest countries, Nauru and Tuvalu have their own airports, but the fifth and sixth smallest don't We already mentioned San Marino, and to get to Liechtenstein, you'll have to go through Switzerland's St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, 24 miles away from the capital.
No such luck trying to fly into Andorra, which only requires a 25-mile drive to get from one end of the country to the other. Situated in a mountain range valley, Andorra has too much difficulty in building an airport runway. But for visitors there is no difficulty in going Andorra. Both Spain and France have access to Andorra. The closest way to Andorra's capital is Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Spain.
1. How many countries or regions introduced in the passage don't have their own airport?| A．Five. | B．Sⅸ. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．Monaco. | B．Marino. | C．Liechtenstein. | D．Andorra. |
| A．Visitors can easily get to Vatican City via Switzerland's capital. |
| B．The fifth smallest country in the world has a little less than 33, 000 residents. |
| C．To get to Liechtenstein, you'll have to go through Italy's airport. |
| D．Visitors can arrive at Andorra through Spain or France. |
| A．It is difficult to build an airport in a mountain range valley. |
| B．It only requires a 25-mile drive to get from one end of the country to the other. |
| C．The closest option to Andorra’s capital is Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Spain. |
| D．Developers didn't bother creating anything like that. |
