Question

閱讀理解 　　What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home?The answers lie in the way Americans live today．During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and other convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen．Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime defense factories took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother． 　　Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home．But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that housework．Instead, many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meals．It’s easier to pick up some fried chicken on the way home from work or take the family out for meals than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day． 　　Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed．And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced grown-ups, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one． 　　Fast food is attractive because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers“fun”break in the daily routine, and the expense seems small．It can be eaten in the cars－sometimes picked up at a drive-in-window without even getting out－or on the run．Even if it is brought home to eat, there will never be any dirty dishes to wash because of the handy disposable wrappings．Children, especially, love fast food because it’s finger food, no struggling with knives and forks, no bothersome instructions from adult about table manners． (1) Which of the following is mainly responsible for the fast food fad in America? [　　] A． The fast tempo of modern life． B． Americans’ preference for ease and convenience． C． Keen competition in society． D． Americans’ jealousy for time． (2) It can be inferred from the text that ________． [　　] A． the author feels that the atmosphere at fast food restaurants is nice． B． forks and knives are indispensable while eating C． not many adults love fast food D． people enjoy more freedom while having fast food (3) According to the passage, all the following factors partly contribute to many Americans’ eating out EXCEPT that ________． [　　] A． they want to be liberated from bothersome cooking B． canned and convenience foods are harmful to people’s health C． many people stay single and do not like to cook D． many women work outside instead of cooking at home day after day (4) “Pitch in with”in Paragraph 2 probably means ________． [　　] A． start doing B． prefer doing C． help with D． keep up

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	導致美國快餐熱的主要因素有哪些？A、C、D三項在文中的確有所反映，但不是重要方面。因歷史和現實原因，越來越多的人都在社會上工作，盡管時代進步，在家里做飯仍然辛苦，再者因種種原因，社會上獨居人很多，很多獨居者懶得勞神為自己一個人做飯，于是快餐就不失為一種選擇。文中很多地方都談到了快餐如何方便，因此B項最佳。
(2)	題干中的infer意為推斷。從全文來看，作者雖談到快餐諸多好處，但并未就選項A的內容表態。選項B刀叉必不可少，過于絕對；吃快餐就可直接用手。選項C說法太絕對。據全文意思可斷定D項為正確答案。
(3)	根據文章內容，A、C、D三項在文中都有涉及，而B項是我們潛意識中一貫的觀點，但文中并未提及，故B項為正確答案。
(4)	此題要求根據上下文理解短語意思，A項(你能看見司機的車窗)是對drive-in-window望文生義。B項(開進目的地前能短暫停車的地方)、D項(吃完后你能退還盤子的入口)都是干擾項。只有C項(餐館里能得到外賣食品的窗口)正確。pitch in(with sb．/sth．)表示“投入；參與；支援”。