Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.

Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.

1.From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is          .

2.If we travel by car, we can           .

3.When people travel on business, they usually take               .

4.How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage?

Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
【小题1】From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is          .

Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great    1   between human beings and insects. The    2   take every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly    3   attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the    4   man who had to stop his car soon after setting out from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the
   5   of the car, he naturally got out to examine the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he    6   his way. Again the noise began,   7   and became even louder. Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great   8      cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees    9  .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour's    10  driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a    11   and went in. It was not long before a customer who had seen him arrive    12   in to inform him that his car was    13   with bees. The poor driver was    14   that the best way should be to call a    15  .In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this unexpected gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box. 

Desmond, Carls, Russel, Malcolm, Warren正计划买一辆小车。阅读他们的情况和下面六种小车的介绍（选项A、B、C、D、E、F），选出符合各自需求的最佳选项（选项中有一项是多余选项）。请将答案用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔写在非选择题答题卷标号为56—60的相应位置上。

56．Desmond is young and promising athlete. Having won a champion in an important international game, he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future. Of course, the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him, a sportsman.

57．Carls has just been admitted to a famous university hundred of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car. As a young girl, she certainly put safety factors above all.

58．Russel, a farmer in a mountainous area, is growing hundreds of acres of crops. To transport his goods to town timely, he wants to buy a car. He hopes the car will run very fast and, first of all, must meet the natural conditions.

59．Fighting in the commercial circle (商界) and getting a great success, Malcolm makes a fortune. With an aggressive ambition, he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future.

60．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation, good or bad. He expects to have a satisfactory car to make his career better.

计划买车的人         供选择的汽车

56．Desmond     A．Car A

57．Carls             B．Car B

58．Russel          C．Car C

59．Malcolm      D．Car D

60．Warren        E．Car E

                           F．Car F

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than 12 words.
The first fast food restaurants opened in the United Sates at the end of the 1950s. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the fast food industry continued to expand across the United Sates. Two aspects of American society that helped the fast food industry take off were teenagers and cars. Teenagers were the best workers to fill the low-skill jobs needed to work in fast food restaurants putting together hamburgers, taking orders and frying potatoes. Fast food chains also marketed themselves to people with cars by having drive-thru order windows and car hops. Car hops were waitresses who usually wore roller skates and brought the food outside the restaurant so that people could eat in their cars.
The trend of fast food chains hiring teenagers continues today. One out of every eight Americans has worked at McDonald’s, the largest fast food chain in the United States. Fast food chains used to be found only along highways or in business areas where people need to grab a quick lunch before returning to work. Today, however, fast food restaurants can be found in sports stadiums, airports, gas stations, malls; on college campuses, cruise ships; at K-Mart, Wal-Mart; and in hospital cafeterias.
The popularity of fast food in the United States is related to the idea that people would rather eat in a place they are familiar with rather than try a new place they know nothing about. This is the philosophy behind franchises(特许经营). When a person buys a franchise, they are paying for the use of the company’s name. This system has advantages and disadvantages for the person starting the restaurant. The new franchise owner is called the “franchisee”. The company selling its name is the “franchiser”. The franchiser brings experience, equipment, and a business plan to the deal. The franchisee puts up the money and does all the work. On the negative side, the franchiser gives up some control by not owning each restaurant or store directly. The franchisee gives up her or his ability to make personal decisions because she or he has to obey the rules of the company.
(Note: Answer the question or complete the statement in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)
【小题1】Fast food chains hire teenagers because ________________________________________.
【小题2】Fast food restaurants used to find its location according to _________________________.
【小题3】According to the author, what’s the philosophy behind franchises?
【小题4】What is the advantage of franchise to the franchisee?