Question

In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. More than 50% of women work at full-time jobs, and many people do part-time work.

When a family wants to eat a meal together, often(A) there isn’t enough time to prepare the food.  That is why fast food is so popular in North America.(B) People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.

Fast food is the food ____(C)___ pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken. People can buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁) like Pizza Hut, McDonald’s or KFC. (D) Fast food saves work and time, but it is usually junk food.

Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies(公司) now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread(扩张)of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it . (E)They don’t want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.

1.将文中( A )处划线部分改写为：

A family is usually ________________ busy_______________ prepare the food.

2. 把( B )处翻译成汉语。

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3. 把( D )处翻译成汉语。

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4.在( C )处空白处填入适当的词组_____________________________

5.文中划线部分（E）处指代的是________________________________.

Answer

1.too…to

2.人们花费大约40%的钱来买快餐。

3.快餐节省工作（量）和时间，但是它通常是垃圾食品。

4.such as

5.Some people in Italy.

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文主要介绍了快餐食品出现的原因，以及快餐食品在世界上很多国家都很受欢迎。

1.there isn’t enough time to prepare the food.可译为“没有足够的时间准备食物”，也就是说“太忙以致不能准备食物”，所以可在改写后句子的空白处填写too…to。

2.spend…doing sth花费……做某事；about 40%，大约40%；fast food，快餐。

3.save，节省；work and time，工作（量）和时间；but，但是；junk food，垃圾食品。

4.pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken 都属于食品（food），所以填写such as，例如。

5.联系上句Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it 可知they指代的是一些意大利人即Some people in Italy。

考点：任务型阅读。