Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.

根据下面资料，回答{TSE}题

National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA) and its partners in the International Space Station have agreed in principle to let a 28-year-old South African become the second paying tourist on the orbiting outpost, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.

Internet magnate Mark Shuttleworth signed a contract on Dec.4 with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RASA) to fly aboard a Soyuz space taxi to the station in April 2002, almost exact-ly a year after U. S. millionaire Dennis Tito became the first to experience space as a paying guest.

NASA spokeswoman Kristen Larson said by telephone: "We' ve agreed in principle to the flight of Mr. Shuttleworth. However, there are some final details that need to be taken care of. "

Larson would not say what details needed resolving, but said the station' s international partners including the space agencies of Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada had drafted a set of require-ments for space travelers covering "physical ability, psychological ability, language ability" and"length and appropriateness of training".

Outgoing commander Frank Culbertson of the space station said the new crew replacing his was going to be extremely busy. "The station is for workers, and it puts an additional burden on the crew to have people up here that are not doing science or conducting experiments that are pro-ductive. This is a workplace, a laboratory, a research facility," he said.

Space Adventures chief Eric Anderson said he could not disclose what Shuttleworth was paying for the trip, but added that a Russian official had been quoted as saying the price was no worse than Tito' s fare, which was widely reported to be $ 20 million.

第21题 Who was the first space tourist according to the passage?

A.Mark Shuttleworth.

B.Dennis Tito.

C.Kfisten Larson.

D.Eric Anderson.

第22题 Which of the following is NOT included in the requirements for space travelers?

A.Mentally and physically healthy enough.

B.Communicative skills in language.

C.Sufficient experience in conducting laboratory work.

D.Enough long and proper training for flight.

第23题 Why is the space station reluctant to receive more paYing tourists according to Frank Culbert-son ?

A.Because a paying tourist may be ignorant of the space research work.

B.Because the paying tourists have to pay too much to gain space experience.

C.Because the space station isn' t big enough for the paying tourists.

D.Because as a place for doing research, the station should be highly efficient.

第24题 "An outgoing commander" can probably be one who __________.

A.is a supervisor over the space station work

B.has his own crew members

C.is extremely capable

D.is going to be out of duty

第25题 To be the second paying space tourist, one has to primarily__________.

A.pay a sum of money less than Tito' s fare

B.do more mental and physical exercises

C.receive necessary training voluntarily

D.pay a sum of money no less than Tito' s fare

根据下面资料，回答{TSE}题

Since its founding in 1948, McDonald's has grown from a family burger(汉堡包) stand to a global fast-food chain, with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries.

With 58 million dally customers worldwide, McDonald's is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist publishes a global ranking of currencies' purchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald's, called the Big Mac Index (巨无霸指数). That's not to say that every nation carries the same menu items: choices vary widely depending on location.

Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in a Big Mac roll, while McDonald's in India doesn't serve beef at all, relying instead on burgers made from vegetables, rice and beans.

Not everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald when he moves to town.

Many see McDonald's as a symbol of American economic and cultural chauvinism (沙文主义),and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their nation-al food. A French farmer, Jose Bove, became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a group of people destroyed a McDonald's under construction to protest globalization and "bad food. " The next year, a bomb exploded in a French McDonald's, killing a 27-year-old employee.

No one claimed responsibility.

But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies, McDonald's is still widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization.

第26题 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A.McDonald's was founded in 1948.B.McDonald's has opened its restaurants in every city of the world.C.McDonald's has over 30,000 locations in the world now.D.McDonald's was very small in scale in the beginning.

第27题 The word ubiquitous in Paragraph 2 is most likely to mean __________.

A.very crowded

B.very clean

C.existing everywhere

D.occurring frequently

第28题 From Paragraph 2, we can conclude that __________.

A.McDonald's designs its menu to suit the local people

B.millions of young adults got their first job with McDonald's

C.the McDonald's menu sticks to old-fashioned favorites such as the Big Mac

D.the low prices of McDonald's bring tens of millions of people through its doors every day

第29题 What did Jose Bove and his people do in 1999 to protest against McDonald's?

A.They organized a strike.

B.They protested outside a McDonald's.

C.They refused to go to a newly-built McDonald's.

D.They destroyed a McDonald's under construction.

第30题 In __________ , an employee died in a fatal bomb attack on a McDonald's restaurant in France.

A.1998

B.1999

C.2000

D.2001

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