Question

To save time, many Americans buy foods which can be quickly made ready for the table. On holidays, families enjoy delicious meals. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, family members get together for a turkey dinner with pumpkin pie(南瓜派).

The United States is known around the world for its fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salad bars, and many kinds of ice cream. People can easily find fast food chains(连锁店),such as McDonalds’ and KFC, in most of the big cities in the world.

These years, many people have taken more and more care of their health while eating. They come to know eating too much meat will make them overweight. Many of them are also worried about food addictives(添加剂). Some of them may be harmful to the body.

1.Many Americans buy _______ to save time.

A. ready-made food                         B. food to cook at home

C. inexpensive food                        D. foreign food

2.Thanksgiving Day is on _________.

A. November 4th

B. Every the 4^th Tuesday in November

C. the fourth Thursday in November

D. Every November the 4^th

3.Pizza is a kind of __________ food.

A. take-away        B. home-cooking

C. fast              D. Chinese

4.What does the underlined word ‘overweight’ mean? It means______________

A. thinner          B. fatter        C. worse             D. better

5.People are worried about_________. Which is NOT true?

A. overweight         B. their health

C. food addictives     D. fast food

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：为了节省时间，许多美国人购买快餐食品。美国有闻名世界的快餐，如汉堡包，三明治，比萨饼，沙拉，和许多种类的冰淇淋。这些年来，许多人在吃东西时都越来越关心自己的健康了。他们中的许多人也担心食品添加剂可能对身体有害。

1.A细节理解题。根据第一段开头To save time, many Americans buy foods which can be quickly made ready for the table可知为了节省时间，许多美国人购买快餐食品，所以该选A。

2.C细节理解题。根据第一段中on Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, family members get together for a turkey dinner with pumpkin pie可知感恩节在每年十一月的第四个星期四，所以选C。

3.C细节理解题。根据第二段中he United States is known around the world for its fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salad bars, and many kinds of ice cream可知比萨饼是一张快餐食品，所以选C。

4.B词义猜测题。根据eating too much meat可推知‘overweight’的意思是超重即发胖，所以选B。

5.C细节理解题。根据最后一段中Many of them are also worried about food addictives可知他们中的许多人也担心食品添加剂，所以该选C。

考点：日常生活类阅读。