27. How did Kroc solve his problems with the McDonald brothers?
【解析】27選[D]。Kroc與McDonald兩兄弟之間的糾紛在于Kroc認(rèn)為他買下的連鎖店包括全部的店面，但McDonald兩兄弟卻堅(jiān)稱不包括最初的那家店。之后，Kroc在最初的麥當(dāng)勞店邊建起了一個(gè)全新的麥當(dāng)勞，利用麥當(dāng)勞商標(biāo)迷惑顧客，最終搶走了McDonald兩兄弟的生意并使其被迫停業(yè)，選項(xiàng)[D]與此相符。
28. What can be inferred about the speaker’s theme of the talk?
【解析】28選[C]。本文主要講述了一個(gè)商標(biāo)所有權(quán)變更的故事。Kroc獲得了McDonald’s的商標(biāo)，并最終打敗了McDonald兩兄弟。可見，“在商界，商標(biāo)就是一切”，選項(xiàng)[C]正確。
Passage Two
The entertainment profession, or “show business”, attracts many young people. Unfortunately, only very few can hope to become famous and prosperous. Talent is not enough, because show business is as competitive as any other business. Without a good manager, a performer can never hope to succeed. Fashion is important in this business, too. A performer must change his “act” in order to follow the taste of the moment. This is true for actors, dancers and comedians, but perhaps most of all for singers.
“Pop” stands for “popular”, and a pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must either give the public what they already want, or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded, and his records are sold everywhere, he cannot relax. Then he must work harder than ever to stay popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.
The life of a successful pop singer is not at all easy. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the “fans”. The fans are the most important people in the world for a singer. They buy his records, they go to his concerts, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very annoying, too. Sometimes their enthusiasm gets so hysterical that they do anything to get a “souvenir”. They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to hide. A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes, because he must always look smart, or, at any rate, different. He must have a luxurious car. And — most important — he must always keep smiling for the benefit of his public.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is an important factor for becoming a famous singer?
【解析】29選[C]。文中的Talent is not enough...Without a good manager, a performer can never hope to succeed. Fashion is important in this business, too表明，想要成為著名歌星，talent, a good manager, fashion三個(gè)因素都十分必要，選項(xiàng)[C]是其中之一，為正確選項(xiàng)。
30. Why is a good manager so important to a pop singer?
【解析】30選[B]。根據(jù)文中的Without a good manager, a performer can never hope to succeed可知，好的經(jīng)紀(jì)人之所以對(duì)流行歌手很重要是因?yàn)榻?jīng)紀(jì)人可以幫他獲得成功，選項(xiàng)[B]為答案。
31. Why must a pop singer work very hard when he has become famous?
【解析】31選[D]。文中提到，即使歌手取得了成功，唱片廣泛發(fā)行，他也不能放松，而是要更加努力以保持受歡迎度。選項(xiàng)[D]是對(duì)文中的to stay popular的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，為答案。
32. Why is the life of a successful pop singer not easy?
【解析】32選[B]。文中提到成功歌手的生活并不容易，并隨后給出了原因：because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the “fans”，選項(xiàng)[B]與此相符，為正確選項(xiàng)。
Passage Three
Twenty years ago London could have claimed the title “Smog City, Europe”. Three fourths of its smoke is gone now and the remarkable change was caused by a series of killer fogs in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The worst of these settled over London on December 5th, 1952. For four continuous days the city’s normal daily death rate of over 50, in all, some 4,000 extra deaths that winter were blamed on the incident. More such fogs came in the winters that followed. Each gave people a big alarm.
In 1956 Parliament passed the Clean Air Act, declaring that factories and homes in critical areas of the city must switch from soft high sulphur coal to less smoky fuels: hard coal, gas, electricity, or oil. Inevitably there were economic problems and complaints, both to householders and to industries. But, with each passing year, London’s air grew clearer.
London has proved that the veil of smog can be cast off, but its success story stands almost alone. In sunny Spain, Madrid has joined the ranks of fog cities. In Italy, acid from smog cuts into centuries old sculpture. And each rain here in Washington washes more acid onto our marble buildings and monuments.
The massive struggle to clean our air began so recently that victory seems far off. But we have taken an important step and we realize we must do something. In the frequency quoted words of Pogo, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Which city’s buildings are not suffering from smog now?
【解析】33選[B]。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知，目前Madrid, Italy, Washington的煙霧污染都很嚴(yán)重，只有倫敦成功地驅(qū)散了城市上空的煙霧(London has proved that veil of smog can be cast off, but its success story stands almost alone)，即只有London的建筑物不受煙霧的侵害，[B]項(xiàng)正確。
34. Where was the article probably published?
【解析】34選[C]。文中的And each rain here in Washington...表明了說(shuō)話人所在的地點(diǎn)： Washington。Washington是美國(guó)的首府，所以本文很可能是在美國(guó)發(fā)表的，[C]為答案。
35. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the article?
【解析】35選[D]。由上題可知，作者身在華盛頓，表現(xiàn)出了對(duì)城市污染狀況的憂慮。由此推斷，作者之所以提到倫敦這個(gè)成功控制煙霧的榜樣，應(yīng)是想呼吁美國(guó)人也開始朝這方面努力。選項(xiàng)[D]與此推斷相符，為答案。
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