Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Everyone knows that the favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. It seems impossible, but people eat 34 billion hamburgers a year. This is enough to make a line of hamburgers around the world four times.
The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast-food restaurant. In these restaurants, people order their food, wait just a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. They can eat it in the restaurant or take the food out and eat it at home, at work, or in a park. At some restaurants people can drive up beside a window. They order the food, and a worker hands it to them through the window. Then they eat in their cars.
Hamburgers are not the only kind of food that fast-food restaurant serve. Some serve fish, chicken, beef sandwiches, or Mexican food. They also serve fries (French fried potatoes), shakes (a drink made from milk and ice cream), soft drinks, and coffee.
Fast-food restaurants are very popular because the service is fast and the food is inexpensive. For many people, this is more important than quality of the food. These restaurants are also popular because the food is always the same. People know that if they eat at a company’s restaurant in the north or south of the city, the food will be the same. If they eat in New York or San Francisco, it will still be the same.
Fast service and low cost are important in the United States. One reason is that about 50 percent of all married women with children work outside the home. They are too busy and too tired to cook dinner every night.
Is the food at fast-food restaurants food for you？ In general, it is all right, except that it has too much fat and salt.
One thing is sure. People will continue to eat fast foods. In fact, now there are fast-food restaurants in countries all over the world.
26. In a fast-food restaurant, people ________.
[A] stand up to eat [B] are served at table
[C] eat in a hurry [D] serve themselves
27. Usually fast food is rich in ________.
[A] sugar and milk [B] salt and fat
[C] meat and salt [D] beef and fish
28. Fast-food restaurants are popular because ________.
[A] people are free to order their food
[B] the quality of the food is good
[C] it is cheaper and faster to have meals there
[D] people can find fast food restaurants everywhere
29. Which of the following sentences is not correct?
[A] The service is fast and the food is cheap in fast-food restaurants.
[B] More people like eating fast food.
[C] People can find the same food in all the restaurants.
[D] People can take fast food out.
30. What’s the main idea of the passage?
[A] Americans eat enough hamburgers to make a line abound the world four times.
[B] Fast-food restaurants are popular in the United States.
[C] Some people can eat fast food in parks.
[D] Mothers who work outside home often have meals in fast-food restaurants.
