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2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)
Part I Writing (30 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分,之后将进行听力考试)
Directions: For this part J)enhance
C)challenges K)entitled
D)commitment L)potential
E)component M) properly
F)contests N) qualified
G)critically O) retain
H)develop
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Section B
The Changes Facing Fast Food
[A] Fast-food firms have to be a thick-skinned bunch. Health experts regularly criticize them severely for selling food that makes people fat. Critics even complain that McDonald's, whose logo symbolizes calorie excess, should not have been allowed to sponsor the World Cup. These are things fast-food firms have learnt to cope with. But not perhaps for much longer. The burger business faces more pressure from regulators at a time when it is already adapting strategies in response to shifts in the global economy.
[B] Fat food was once thought to be recession-proof. When consumers need to cut spending, the logic goes, cheap meals like Big Macs and Whoppers become even more attractive. Such "trading down" proved true for much of the latest recession, when fast-food companies picked up customers who could no longer afford to eat at casual restaurants. Traffic was boosted in America, the home of fast food, with discounts and promotions, such as $1 menus and cheap combination meals.
[C] As a result, fast-foo