考试辅导：2011年雅思阅读考试预测(16)

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　　I.
　　“Fixing Britain should be his priority,” says David Palmer, a restaurant analyst at UBS. Almost two-thirds of the 1,214 McDonald's restaurants in Britain are company-owned, compared with 40% in Europe and 15% in America. The company suffers from the volatility of sales at its own restaurants, but can rely on steady income from franchisees. So it should sell as many underperforming outlets as possible, says Mr Palmer.
　　J.
　　M.Mark Wiltamuth, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, estimates that European company-owned restaurants' margins will increase slightly to 16.4% in 2007. This is still less than in the late 1990s and below America's 18-19% today. But it is much better than before Mr Hennequin's reign. He is already being tipped as the first European candidate for the group's top job in Illinois. Nobody would call that a McJob.
　　Questions 1-6
　　Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 1?
5 j# _+ G" [! u7 T1 O# Y　　Write your answer in Boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.
$ X; h; X& X/ d9 A2 c- i　　TRUE               if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
　　FALSE                if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
　　NOT GIVEN     if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
　　1.      McDonald was showing the sign of recovery in all European countries except France after Denis Hennequin took office as the boss of Euro-markets.
　　2.      Starting from last year, detailed labels are put on McDonald’s packaging and detailed information is also printed on tray-liners.
- _  q! M1 S+ \; R6 p　　3.      France is said to be the most anti-American country in Europe, but the ideas of the “open door” visiting days and “McPassport” are invented in the French market.
$ z; N; F! z' R# ~% i1 x　　4.      Britain possesses the weakest McDonald market among European countries and approximately 1214 McDonald’s restaurants are company-owned.
! s3 N  U! n$ w( r　　5.      According to David Palmer, a restaurant analyst at UBS, David Hennequin should treat the problem about McDonald in Britain as the most important thing.
  K" o0 s. t6 D1 g3 n# o: u3 }+ b　　6.      David Palmer suggested that the management of McDonalod in Italy should sell as many its outlets which lose money in business as possible for revival.