Don’t expect Starbucks-like(1) ______like this one at the 13,600 U.S. McDonald’s, (1) ______
or 30,000-plus worldwide; the Oak Brook restaurant, which opened late last month, doubles as public restaurant and
test site. But the world’s largest restaurant chain is tinkering with various possibilities in technology and design to
try to ensure it is a(2) ______of choice in the future. (2) ______
McDonald’s has undergone an(3) ______change in more ways (3) ______
than one since a time(4) ______years ago when its sales and reputation were sagging amid complaints about its service
and food. (4) ______
The company reported first-quarter(5) ______income was up (5) ______
6 percent to(6) ______million and revenue rose 9 percent to ＄4.8 billion over the same time last year. (6) ______
Its stock price nearly tripled over a two-year period, hitting a four-year high of ＄34.56 per share in March, but has
since settled around ＄29.
Snazzier new restaurants are part of the makeover; about 1,000, mostly older U.S. McDonald’s have been either
(7) ______,or rebuilt since 2002. (7) ______
Some of the additions, such as salads, white-meat chicken nuggets and fruit options with Happy Meals, have served
the(8) ______purpose of enabling the company to state a commitment to a healthier, (8) ______
balanced menu while bringing in new customers who aren’t there for the hamburgers.
McDonald’s now hopes to attract more(9) ______with amenities that might entice them to come in and stay awhile.
(9) ______
Analyst Peter Jankovskis thinks the extra investments to try to make McDonald’s restaurants hangouts are(10) ______,
noting that they have worked not only at Starbucks but at Panera Bread and other chains. (10)______

问答题All nature is meant to make us think of paradise, Thomas Merton observed. Because the Creation puts on a nonstop show, beauty is free and inexhaustible, but we need training in order to perceive more than the most obvious kinds. Even 15 billion years or so after the Big Bang, echoes of that event still linger in the form of background radiation, only a few degrees above absolute zero. Just so, I believe, the experience of beauty is an echo of the order and power that permeate the universe. To measure background radiation, we need subtle instruments; to measure beauty, we need alert intelligence and our five keen senses. Anyone with eyes can take delight in a face or a flower. You need training, however, to perceive the beauty in mathematics or physics or chess, in the architecture of a tree, the design of a bird’s wing, or the shiver of breath through a flute. For most of human history, the training has come from elders who taught the young how to pay attention. By paying attention, we learn to savor all sorts of patterns, from quantum mechanics to patchwork quilts. This predilection brings with it a clear evolutionary advantage, for the ability to recognize patterns helped our ancestors to select mates, find food, avoid predators. But the same advantage would apply to all species, and yet we alone compose symphonies and crossword puzzles, carve stone into statues, map time and space.

问答题It is said that one could aim at a prosperous life (having a good income and being able to afford the good things in life), an important life (a life of achievement that brings one respect and recognition), or a family life (a life completely centered on one’s family). Write an essay of about 400 words on What I Consider Important in life In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR

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