三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Everyone knows that a favorite food of people in the USA is the hamburger.
The favorite place to buy 36 is a fast-food restaurant. In these 37  , people 38 their food, wait just a few minutes, then when the food is ready they carry it to their tables by  39 . They can either 40 it in the restaurant or take the food out 41 a plastic box and eat it 42 home, at work, or in a park. At some restaurants people can drive up 43 a window. They 44 the food, and a worker hands it to them 45 the window. Then they 46 off and eat in their cars or 47 they like.
Hamburgers are not the 48 kind of food that fast-food restaurants 49 . 50 serve fish, or sandwiches, and also 51 , coffee, and so on.
Fast-food 52 are very popular because the service is 53 and the food is not expensive. For many people, this is very important. In the United States, about 50% of all married women with children work outside. They are often too busy or too tired to 54 dinner for the family at night, and fast-food restaurants are a 55 help to help.
Now there are fast-food restaurants all over the world.
36. A. hot dogs           B. hamburgers      C. bread            D. cakes
37. A. cafes                B. shops              C. restaurants    D. stores
38. A. need              B. order                  C. require      D. want
39. A. yourself           B. yourselves        C. themselves    D. oneself
40. A. eat                 B. get                  C. take           D. bring
41. A. on                B. in                   C. at           D. of
42. A. in                B. of                  C. at              D. on
43. A. before               B. to                 C. beside          D. under
44. A. bring                B. order                C. eat             D. have
45. A. beside          B. through                C. near                D. throughout
46. A. go            B. take                 C. drive            D. walk
47. A. whatever          B. wherever         C. whichever      D. whoever
48. A. only              B. any                  C. one           D. some
49. A. take            B. work              C. serve          D. do
50. A. Another         B. Other              C. Some               D. Anyone
51. A. wine                B. orange juice          C. soft drinks    D. beer
52. A. meals             B. restaurants        C. markets        D. shops
53. A. kind              B. well                  C. fast           D. strange
54. A. have          B. take               C. cook          D. eat
55. A. large          B. best                  C. great          D. importan