10.What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating fast food?
Many people do not have time to eat home-cooked food.(36)GThere're more than 13,000McDonald's restaurants in the United States itself,and over 8,000KFCs in 80countries.In most cities,it is not difficult to find hamburgers and pizza.
Advantages of fast food
(37)F Eating fast food helps working people and students to get back to work as quickly as possible.Besides,many love the look,smell and taste of it.Perhaps the greatest advantage is the price.(38)BIf one lives alone,then it is cheaper to buy a meal at the supermarket than cook it at home.
Disadvantages of fast food
The greatest disadvantage of fast food is the bad effect that it has on one's health.Many people feel that fast food is unhealthy because it contains a lot of artificial ingredients (人造成分).Some even think that it is addictive (上瘾的) because of these ingredients.(39)DFast food may lead to obesity in the American population.
(40)C I believe that it can be a good thing,as long as people do not eat it too often,eat plenty of fruit and vegetables,and also do plenty of exercise to keep in shape.
A.Fast food does raise health concerns.
B.It is often cheaper than other kinds of restaurant food.
C.In short,fast food has both advantages and disadvantages.
D.Fast food probably makes people much fatter than before.
E.More and more fruit and vegetables are offered in fast food.
FThe most evident advantage of fast food is that it saves time.
G.Because of our non-stop modern lifestyle,fast food is poular almost everywhere.
分析 短文主要讲的是吃快餐的好处和坏处.
解答 36.G,考查前后衔接,根据下一句There're more than 13,000McDonald's restaurants in the United States itself,and over 8,000KFCs in 80countries可知,快餐餐厅那么多,那么此空应说明快餐是非常受欢迎的,故答案为G.
37.F,考查总结句,根据下一句Eating fast food helps working people and students to get back to work as quickly as possible,上班人员和学生能很快进行工作或学习,那么快餐的优点之一就是节省时间.
38.B,考查前后衔接,上文提到的优点是:price,因此B选项符合题意.
39.D,考查前后衔接,空格后面提到Fast food may lead to obesity,快餐让人肥胖,D选项提到的是吃快餐让人们变得比以前胖.
40.C,考查总结句,这一段是总结段落,根据作者的表达是好处坏处都有,故答案为C.
点评 题目要求从7个选项中选择恰当的语句填入空格处.这种类型的题目关键是符合逻辑和语境,要强调从上下文中寻找具体的解题依据.