Question

四、阅读理解(30分)

(A) 

      You can see Pizza Hut (必胜客) every some blocks,so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not,the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a loan of 600 dollars.

      The Carney brothers were trying to make some money so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood. That's how they got the name of the business. On the first day of business,they gave away pizza to draw (吸引) customers (顾客) .

      Year after year,their business grows and now they often give free meals and work chances to those in need.

() 1. Pizza Hut has been set up for about years.

   A. 21   B. 31        C.58   D. 100

() 2. The underlined word “loan” in the story means .

   A. money the brothers borrowed from others

   B. money the brothers lent to others

   C. something bought for nothing

   D. something given away

() 3. What do you think of the two students from the last paragraph?

   A. They are clever. B. They are hard-working.

   C. They are generous. D. They are smart.

Answer 1

四、 1 —3 CAC