2024年成人学士学位英语考试试题及答案解析.docx

成人学士学位英語考试试題

I.Readingcomprehension

Passage1

Sinceitsfoundingin1948,McDonaldshasgrownfromafamilyburger(汉堡包)standtoaglobalfast-foodchain,withmorethan30,000locationsin118countries.

With58milliondailycustomersworldwide,McDonald’sisnowsoubiquitousaroundtheglobethatTheEconomistpublishesaglobalrankingofcurrenciespurchasingpowerbasedonthepriceschargedatthelocalMcDonald’s,calledtheBigMacIndex(巨无霸指数).That’snottosaythateverynationcarriesthesamemenuitems:choicesvarywidelydependingonlocation.SomeAsianlocationsservefriedshrimpinaBigMacroll,whileMcDonald’sinIndiadoesn’tservebeefatall,relyinginsteadonburgersmadefromvegetables,riceandbeans.

NoteveryoneintheworldhasbeenhappytogreetRonaldMcDonaldwhenhemovestotown.ManyseeMcDonaldsasasymbolofAmericaneconomicandculturalchauvinism(沙文主义),andEuropeannationsinparticularhaveviewedAmerican-stylefastfoodasaninsulttotheirnationalfood.AFrenchfarmer,JoseBove,becamesomethingofanationalheroin1999afterheandagroupofpeopledestroyedaMcDonaldsunderconstructiontoprotestglobalizationandbadfood.Thenextyear,abombexplodedinaFrenchMcDonald’s,killinga27-year-oldemployee.(76)(76)Nooneclaimedresponsibility.

Butregardlessofwhetheryouliketheirfoodortheirpolicies,McDonald’sisstillwidelyseenasoneofthetruepioneersofpeacefulglobalization.

1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE.

A.McDonaldswasfoundedin1948.

B.McDonald’shasopeneditsrestaurantsineverycityoftheworld.

C.McDonald’shasover30,000locationsintheworldnow.

D.McDonald’swasverysmallinscaleinthebeginning.

2.ThewordubiquitousinParagraph2ismostlikelytomean____.

A.verycrowdedB.verydean

C.existingeverywhereD.occurringfrequently

3.FromParagraph2,wec