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In North America people are always in a hurry. Children have   ______ lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home  ______ 7 or 8 o’clock at night. More than 50% of the women work at full –time jobs, and many people do part-time work.. It isn’t a ______ that the North American families don’t have time to eat many meals together.

When a family takes the time to eat a meal ______ , often there isn’t enough time to ______ the food. That is _______ “fast food” is so popular in North America. People spend about 40% of their food dollars ______  fast food.

Fast food is food such as pizza, sandwiches, or fried chicken. People usually    ______ _the food from a restaurant chain (连锁店) such as Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Fast food ______ work and time, ______ it is not very healthy.

Fast food is ______ in many countries . American fast-food companies now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the ______ of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to ______ against the spread of American fast food. They do not want any more fast –food chains to open restaurants in______ country. Their group is ______ the Slow Food Movement. They plan to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.

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. know