Question

  In North America,people are always in a hurry.  Children have 1        lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don't get home 2      7 or 8 o'clock at night. More than 50 percent of women work at fulltime jobs,and many people do parttime work. It isn't a 3      that the North American family doesn't have the time to eat many meals together.

  When a family takes the time to eat a meal 4        often there isn't enough time to 5        the food. That is 6       "fast food" is so popular in North America. People spend about 40 percent of their food dollars 7        fast food.

  Fast food is food such as hamburgers,pizza,sandwiches,or fried chicken. People usually 8        the food from a restaurant chain (连锁店) such as Pizza Hut,McDonald's,or Kentucky Fried Chicken.

  Fast food 9        work and time,10       it is not very healthy. Fast food is 11        in many countries all over the world. Not everyone is happy about the 12        of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to 13        against the spread of American fast food. They do not want any more fastfood chains to open restaurants in 14        country. Their group is 15        the Slow Food Movement. They plan to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere.

(   ) 1. A. special   B. double   C. normal   D. modern

(   ) 2. A. as   B. after   C. until   D. unless

(   ) 3. A. shock   B. surprise   C. pity   D. decision

(   ) 4. A. alone   B. once   C. together   D. again

(   ) 5. A. cover   B. serve   C. create   D. prepare

(   ) 6. A. how   B. what   C. when   D. why

(   ) 7. A. about   B. on   C. in   D. at

(   ) 8. A. share   B. fetch   C. buy   D. sell

(   ) 9. A. gives   B. saves   C. provides   D. wastes

(   ) 10. A. but   B. and   C. or   D. so

(   ) 11. A fantastic   B. different   C. natural   D. popular

(   ) 12. A. spirit   B. situation   C. spread   D. price

(   ) 13. A. turn   B. fight   C. press   D. hold

(   ) 14. A. their   B. his   C. her   D. its

(   ) 15. A. called   B. spelled   C. thought   D. known

Answer 1

1. A 句意为：北美的孩子们在放学后有特殊的课和体育运动。

2. C 句意为：到晚上七八点钟才回来。考査not.. . until。

3. B 句意为"北美的家庭很多时候不在一起吃饭不是奇怪的事情"。

4. C 句意为：当一个家庭花时间一起吃饭的时候经常没有足够的时间去准备食物。

5. D 此处是准备之意。

6. D 由文章意思知道，没有时间准备食物，是快餐受欢迎的原因。

7. B 根据本句意思：人们食物的花销的百分之四十在快餐上。

8. C 句意为：人们去连锁店买快餐。

9. B 句意为：吃快餐可以拯救工作和节约时间。

10. A 本题表示转折，快餐对身体不好。

11. D 意为：快餐在全世界受欢迎。

12. C 由后面的段落中可知应选C。

13. B 意大利人抵制快餐。从下文提示也得出答案为B.

14. A 意大利人不再允许在他们的国家开快餐餐馆。

15. A 本题的意思是：这个团体叫做慢餐运动。