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2012届中考英语复习往年试题分类汇编：阅读理解22 八、阅读与表达 (共10分，每小题2分) 阅读短文, 根据其内容回答问题。 The Big Mac, the most famous hamburgr ien the world, had its 30th birthday in 1998. A Big Mac is a round piece of ground beef with pickle, ketchup and mayonnaise in a bun. That’s all. But as much as 1% of the world’s beef ends up in McDonald’s hamburgers.? ? How did the business start? Two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald opened their first fast-food restaurant in 1940 in the USA. Their business quic kly became successful, and the golden arches that they? placed on the roof of their resta urants were soon a common sight all over the USA.??? In 1955 they sold their business, which then grew and grew until it had reached 111 countries. Today there are over 23,000 restaurants and at one time a new one was opening somewhere in the world ever y three hours. Young people in the west know all about McDonald’s. They eat there and possibly their parents used to take them there for their birthday parties. However, there is not? the only hamburger business that is doing well. Wendy’s and Burger King are two businesses that in the late 1990s were even more successful.??? Tina, a 19-year-old, who is studying chemistry after leaving high school said, “It’s OK. The work is really simple. You cook the beef, prepare the hamburgers, cook the French fries and serve the customers. McDonald’s has a good training programme and the work is really easy to learn. The money’s not great. You get free meals, That’s good.” Also, you can work part-time there. Most of the restaurant staff work part-time. I study during the day, when I’m most awake. Then I work at the restaurant three evenings a week when I’m tired and hungr y. I finish work at about eleven thirty, which isn’t too late, eat something and then go home.”?65. Did the Big Mac have its 30th birthday in 1998?? ?66. When was the first fast-food restaurant started?? ?67. Which two businesses were more successful in the late 1990s?? ?68. Why do young people in the west know