根据短文内容,从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Have you ever heard of McDonald`s? It is one of the biggest restaurant chains in the world. Now it has ______ in more than 100 countries.
The story of McDonald`s started in the 1930s in Los Angeles, USA. Two brothers, Richard and Maurice McDonald, wanted to start a business. First, they tried opening a movie theater, but it didn’t ______. Next, they set up a food stand(摊位)in order to sell hamburgers and orange juice. ______ the food stand was successful, the brothers wanted something bigger.
______, more and more people were driving cars. So the brothers decided to open a restaurant for ______. The restaurant was called McDonald’s Barbeque. ______ workers brought food like sandwiches to people who would wait in their cars.
After opening McDonald’s Barbeque, the McDonald brothers had to ______ competition from many similar restaurants nearby. The needed to think about how they could make their restaurant ______. The answer was to serve food ______ and more cheaply. They also gave their restaurant a new name—McDonald’s. That made their restaurant popular.
Soon, other people wanted to copy their business plan. The brothers sold franchises(许可经营权)to open more restaurants. Later, Ray Kroc worked with the brothers. Kroc had big plans and wanted to open as many McDonald’s as possible across the country. ______ making a great effort, he succeeded. He helped turn McDonald’s into a famous restaurant chain.
21. A.shops | B.schools | C.restaurants | D.theaters |
22. A.cut out | B.work out | C.run out | D.sell out |
23. A.Unless | B.Although | C.Until | D.Before |
24. A.In a hurry | B.In this way | C.At other times | D.At that time |
25. A.drivers | B.doctors | C.policemen | D.reporters |
26. 27. 28. A.different | B.difficult | C.similar | D.possible |
29. A.higher | B.longer | C.farther | D.faster |
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