Question

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable (or: that can be recognized) faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (or: business ads on TV or the radio) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works,” he said in 1991, “I’ll continue to do those commercials.”
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes.” Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted (or: taken into the family as their own) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction (or: building) work. “He fed me,” Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said, “I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career (or: lifetime job) as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire (or: a rich man with millions of dollars or pounds) in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart (or: made itself different from or better than others) by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids (or: children) besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (or: organization set up to offer money to help) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated (or: left school) from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party .The kids voted (or: chose formally) him “Most Likely to Succeed.”
“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just ‘Joe Everybody’.”

1. 1.
   What is the article mainly about?
   1. A.
      The life of Dave Thomas
   2. B.
      The dream of Dave Thomas
   3. C.
      The schooling of Dave Thomas
   4. D.
      The growth of Dave Thomas’s business
2. 2.
   What do we know about his childhood?
   1. A.
      He lived a poor life
   2. B.
      He had caring parents
   3. C.
      He stayed in one place
   4. D.
      He didn’t go to school
3. 3.
   Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.
   a. graduated from high school        
   b. started his own business
   c. became a millionaire
   d. started a foundation
   e. met Harland Sanders
   1. A.
      e, d, c, d, a
   2. B.
      a, e, c, b, d
   3. C.
      e, c, b, d, a
   4. D.
      a, e , b, c, d
4. 4.
   “He was just ‘Joe Everybody’.”(in the last paragraph) means_________
   1. A.
      Dave was famous
   2. B.
      Dave was ordinary
   3. C.
      Dave was showy (or: drawing others’ attention through being bright, colorful or different)
   4. D.
      Dave was shy
5. 5.
   What is the name of Dave Thomas’s business?
   1. A.
      Thomas’s
   2. B.
      Wendy’s
   3. C.
      Lorraine’s
   4. D.
      Rex’s

Answer 1

AACBB
1.主旨題。結合文章的題材，不難發現是一篇關于漢堡大王的人物傳記。D選項干擾度很大，但文章的重點在于Thomas的一生而非他的商業成就，所以A選項是最合適的。
2.推理題。本題提問主人公的童年生活，A選項正確。B選項中的caring與文章中對其養父母的描述相矛盾；C選項與文章中屢次搬家的事實矛盾；D容易誤選，但回到文章中不難發現，他并不是沒有上過學，而是很早就輟學了，應該排除。
3.排序題。不難但是比較繁瑣，該類題可以抓起點和終點，快速框定信息順序。文章最后才說Thomas晚年獲得了高中文憑，可見graduated from high school應該是最后發生的，所以答案應該在AC之間，下面就是比較bc的先后順序，這樣的做題順序就獲得了一個高效率。
4.詞義題。注意到劃線句中出現了just，正好與B選項中的ordinary相對應，B正確。
5.細節題。四個選項都是文章中出現的人名，A是本人，B是女兒，C是妻子，D是養父。而結合文章中的“hamburger chain named for his daughter”，所以B選項正確。