英语四级阅读理解20篇

英语四级阅读理解20篇阅读理解单项练习Passage1In1939twobrothers,MacandDickMcDonald,startedadrive-inrestaurantinSanBernadino,California.Theycarefullychoseabusycornerfortheirlocation.Theyhadruntheirownbusinessesforyears,firstatheater,thenabarbecue（烤肉）restaurant.,thenanothe|rdrive-in.Butintheirnewoperation,theyofferedanew,shortenedmenu:Frenchfries,hamburgers,andsodas.Tothissmallselectiontheyaddedonenewconcept:quickservice,nowaitersorwaitresses,andnotips.Theirhamburgerssoldforfifteencents.Cheesewasanotherfourcents.TheirFre|nchfriesandhamburgershadaremarkableuniformity,forthebrothershaddevelopedastrictroutineforthepreparationoftheirfood,andtheyinsistedontheircooks’stickingtotheirroutine.Theirnewdrive-inbecameincrediblypopular,particularlyforlunch.Peopledroveupbythehundred|sduringthebusynoontime.Theself-servicerestaurantwassopopularthatthebrothershadallowedtencopiesoftheirrestauranttobeopened.TheywerecontentwiththismodestsuccessuntiltheymetRayKroc.KrocwasasalesmanwhomettheMcDonaldbrothersin1954,whenhewassellingmilkshake-|mixingmachines.Hequicklysawtheuniqueappealofthebrothers’fast-foodrestaurantsandboughttherighttofranchise（特许经营）othercopiesoftheirrestaurants.Theagreementstruck

1includedtherighttoduplicatethemenu.Theequipment,eventheirredandwhitebuildingswiththegoldenar|ches（拱门）.TodayMcDonald’sisreallyahouseholdname.ItsnamesforitssandwicheshavecometomeanhamburgerinthedecadessincethedayRayKrocwatchedpeoplerushuptoorderfifteen-centhamburgers.In1976,McDonald’shadover$1billionintotalsales.Itsfirsttwenty-twoyearsisoneofthe|mostincrediblesuccessstoriesinmodernAmericanbusinesshistory.1.Thispassagemainlytalksabort　　　　.A)　　thedevelopmentoffastfoodservicesB)　　　howMcDonald’sbecameabillion-dollarbusinessC)　　thebusinesscareersofMacandDickMcDonaldD)　　RayKroc’sbusinesstalent2.Maca|ndDickmanagedallofthefollowingbusinessesexcept　　　.　A)adrive-in　　　　　　　　C)atheater　B)acinema　　　　　　　　D)abarbecuerestaurant3.Wemayinferfromthispassagethat.A)　　MacandDickMcDonaldneverbecamewealthyfortheysoldtheirideatoKroc

2B)　　　ThelocationtheMcDonaldschose|wastheonlysourceofthegreatpopularityoftheirdrive-inC)　　Fortyyearsagotherewerenumerousfast-foodrestaurantsD)　　RayKrocwasagoodbusinessman4.Thepassagesuggeststhat　　　.A)　　creativityisanimportantelementofbusinesssuccessB)　　　RayKrocwastheclosepartneroftheMcD|onaldbrothersC)　　MacandDickMcDonaldbecamebrokenaftertheysoldtheirideastoRayKrocD)　　Californiaisthebestplacetogointobusiness5.Asusedinthesecondsentenceofthethirdparagraph,theword”unique”means　　.　A)special　　　　　　　C)financial　B)attracti