Fast food, a mainstay of American
eating for decades, may have reached a plateau in the United States as the
maturing baby-boom generation looks for a more varied menu. Fast food still
represents a .$ 102 billion a year industry, but growth has turned sluggish
recently amid tough competition from retail food stores and a more affluent
population willing to try new things and spend more, analysts say. Signs of
trouble in fast food include price-cutting by industry leaders, including
efforts by McDonald’s to attract customers with a 55 cent hamburger, and major
players pulling out or selling. O’Pepsico, for example, is selling its fast-food
restaurant division that includes Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC.
"It’s b A. Fast food disappoints consumers. B. People prefer less expensive food. C. McDonald’s dominates the market of fast food. D. Fast food is losing its attraction.
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[单项选择] There are four passages in this part After each passage, there are five
questions, you are to choose the best answer for each question.
The housing market has been for two
years propping up consumers’ spirits while the rest of the economy lies
exhausted on the floor, still trying to struggle to its feet. According to the
National Association of Realtors, the national median existing-home price ended
the year at $ 164, 000, up 7.1 percent from 2001. That’s the strongest annual
increase since 1980. Although residential real estate activity
makes up less than 8% of total U. S. GDP, a housing market like this one can
make the difference between positive and negative growth. Most significantly,
consumer spending is 66% of GDP, and the purchase of a new home tends to have an
"umbrella effect" on the homeowner’s spending as he has to stock it with a
A. the role of real estate activity. B. the statistics on home prices. C. the boom of housing market. D. the degree of consumer spirits.
[单项选择] There are four passages in this part. After each passage, there are five
questions, you are to choose the best answer for each question.
Fast food, a mainstay of American
eating for decades, may have reached a plateau in the United States as the
maturing baby-boom generation looks for a more varied menu. Fast food still
represents a .$ 102 billion a year industry, but growth has turned sluggish
recently amid tough competition from retail food stores and a more affluent
population willing to try new things and spend more, analysts say. Signs of
trouble in fast food include price-cutting by industry leaders, including
efforts by McDonald’s to attract customers with a 55 cent hamburger, and major
players pulling out or selling. O’Pepsico, for example, is selling its fast-food
restaurant division that includes Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC.
"It’s b A. O’Pepsico goes bankrupt. B. The number of supermarkets doubles. C. Jim Brown takes a negative attitude towards the development of fast food. D. McDonald’s survives from the competition with retail food stores.
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Expansion at Everall
After four consecutive years of record-breaking growth, Everall Technologies has announced plans to (41) its office facilities on Warner Road. The company has added over 200 employees in the last ten years alone, and is desperately in need of more space.According to an Everall spokesperson, the construction firm chosen to undertake the project is Build Lite Inc., and the work is estimated to take a little over a year to complete. (42) in the plans are a four-storey sales center, an auditorium with seating for 500, and a parking lot able to accommodate up to 1,200 vehicles. Both Everall and Build Lite have declined to (43) the cost of the project at this time. However, independent analysts predict it could reach over $10 million.
41()。 A. submit B. expand C. release D. organize
[单项选择]After four years in America.he got() A. a degree of doctor B. a doctor’s degree C. the degree of a doctor D. a doctor degree
[单项选择]After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______. A. deteriorated B. dispersed C. dissipated D. drained
[单项选择]After work each day, Shinichi Takada, CFA, runs a popular internet blog where he comments on micro-cap stocks. The blog includes a biography of Takada with his education and employment history. He receives no compensation for the blog. On the blog, Takada recommends purchases and sales of stocks based upon astrology. When blogging, Takada least likely violates CFA Institute Standards relating to.() A. fair dealing. B. duty to employer. C. diligence and reasonable basis.
[单项选择] There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices
marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Passage
One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on
the following passage. Most people think of lions as
strictly African beasts, but only because they’ve been killed off almost
everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of the
globe. Now lions hold only a small fraction of their former habitat, and Asiatic
lions, a subspecies that spit from African lions perhaps 100000 years ago, hang
on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.
India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions,
which live primarily in a 560-square-mile sanctuary(保护区). It took me a A. Their friendliness. B. Their size. C. Their intimacy. D. Their vitality
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