[单项选择]When a customer claimed to have found a severed finger in a bowl of chilli served at a Wendy’s fast-food franchise in California, the chain’s sales fell by half in the San José area where the incident was reported. Wendy’s brand and reputation were at risk, until the claim was exposed as a hoax in late April and the company, operator of America’s third-biggest hamburger chain, was vindicated.
Yet the share price of Wendy’s International, the parent company, rose steadily through March and April, despite the finger furore and downgrades from analysts. One reason was heavy buying by hedge funds, led by Pershing Square Capital. This week Pershing made its intentions public, saying that it was worried by market rumours that Wendy’s might soon buy more fast-food brands, and arguing that the firm should be selling assets instead. Pershing’s approach indicates rising pressure on American restaurant companies to perform, at a time when the industry’s growth prospects look increasingly tou
A. there is one McDonald’s restaurant every three miles.
B. to limit advertising of food to children is a way to avoid obesity.
C. home cooking may prevent women from joining America’s workforce.
D. Wal-Mart can raise the fo6d prices by its large scale.

[单项选择]When a customer claimed to have found a severed finger in a bowl of chili served at a Wendy’s fast food franchise in California, the chain’s sales fell by half in the San Jos6 area where the incident was reported. Wendy’s brand and reputation were at risk, until the claim was exposed as a hoax in late April and the company, operator of America’s third biggest hamburger chain, was vindicated.
Yet the share price of Wendy’s International, the parent company, rose steadily through March and April, despite the finger furore and downgrades from analysts. One reason was heavy buying by hedge funds, led by Pershing Square Capital. This Week Pershing made its intentions public, saying that it was worried by market rumors that Wendy’s might soon buy more fast food brands, and arguing that the firm should be selling assets instead. Pershing’s approach indicates rising pressure on American restaurant companies to perform, at a time when the industry’s growth prospects look increasingly tough
A. truth.
B. joke.
C. revenge.
D. warn.

[单项选择]Researchers have found that when very overweight people, who tend to have relatively low metabolic rates, lose weight primarily through dieting, their metabolisms generally remain unchanged. They will thus burn significantly fewer calories at the new weight then do people whose weight is normally at that level. Such newly thin persons will, therefore, ultimately regain weight until their body size again matches their metabolic rate.
The conclusion of the argument above depends on which of the following assumptions
A. Relatively few very overweight people who have dieted down to a new weight tend to continue to consume substantially fewer calories than do people whose normal weight is at that level.
B. The metabolisms of people who are usually not overweight are much more able to vary than the metabolisms of people who have been very overweight.
C. The amount of calories that a person usually burns in a day is determined more by the amount that is consumed that day than by the current weight of the individual.
D. Researchers have not yet determined whether the metabolic rates of formerly very overweight individuals can be accelerated by means of chemical agents.
E. (E) Because of the constancy of their metabolic rates, people who are at their usual weight normally have as much difficulty gaining weight as they do losing it.

[单项选择]When July comes, students know they’ll have the final exams and the school year will end soon. They will have a nearly two-month holiday, and they’ll leave school to return home to see their fathers and mothers.
The summer holiday is the best time of the year for most students. The weather is good, so they can spend most of their time playing outside. If one lives in the country, he can go on a trip into the woods or in the fields. If one lives in a city, he can go to a park to play.
The seaside is the best place to go to for a summer holiday. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.
Now, what makes children like the seaside so much I think it is the sand, the sea and the sun, not anything else. Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice food to eat and interesting things to do. But
A. After the final exams, school children will come back home and stay at home.
B. The summer holiday is a good time to go out for a trip.
C. The children from the countryside can have a good time in the woods during the summer holiday.