Неличные формы глагола. Артикль. Гоголь О.В. - 14 стр.

highways which become 4. lifeline to support their active lifestyles.        iors in 37. countryside going to school every day by 38. car and park-
To live in these developments without 5. car would make 6. modern            ing on the school grounds.
life almost impossible. One would become 7. virtual prisoner in his
own home. For this reason no private home today is built without 8.          TEXT THIRTEEN             FAST FOOD AND TV DINNERS
driveway and garage. Many homes may even have as many as three or
four cars; one owned by each member of 9. family. 10. Japanese cars,         Americans are 1. very energetic and mobile people, always on 2. run,
although small in 11. size, are very popular in America because they         rushing from one appointment to another, from a PTA meeting to a
are very economical to maintain and fuel efficient. In 12. general,          social planning committee. They have very little time to spend prepar-
American cars are neither economical to run nor efficient with fuel.         ing 3. elaborate everyday meals to be eaten at 4. leisure. In many
Nevertheless, they are much larger with plenty of 13. space in the trunk     homes it is rare for 5. whole family to sit down at 6. supper together.
storage area and the back seat. However, in 14. comparison to                Clubs and commitments force them to grab 7. quick meal rather than
15. other developed nations, gas in America is still reasonably priced.      8. sit-down supper.
Americans, therefore, tend to clock in more miles on their car every         When they do have 9. chance to eat at home often the working house-
year because of the larger distances covered in getting from 16. place       wife prefers to prepare meals which can be quickly heated and con-
to 17. place. If Japan is well-connected by its excellent railroad system,   sumed. It is no wonder, therefore, that America has become 10. sanctu-
America prides herself on her vast network of parkways and super-            ary for 11. fast food consumption. This great transformation occurred
highways which connect the smaller town with the bigger cities. Per-         after 12. World War II when many women began to work 13. full-
haps no country in 18. world has developed such 19. extensive high-          time jobs and were spending less time at home with their families.
way system as 20. United States with so many toll-free roads. Her de-        Women, however, wanted to function well in the capacity of home-
pendence on 21. automobile has made such 22. highways both                   maker, as well as that of career woman but time became 14. precious
23. convenience and 24. necessity. Along these highway can be found          commodity which had to be carefully used.
almost every modern convenience so that one can travel endlessly
without ever making 25. contact with 26. cities. Along the highways          Therefore, it was necessary to make her life easier at home in the
are motels, restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment centers.           preparation of the family dinner. Simultaneously with 15. women en-
                                                                             tering 16. job market there was also 17. shifting of the focus of home
In America one is more likely to see 27. cars in 28. rainbow of colors       entertainment from 18. radio to 19. television. Television became the
and a variety of shades with 29. possible exception of white. This is        latest fad in the fifties and no one wanted to miss his or her favorite
probably 30. least popular color for 31. American motorist. Ameri-           televised program. 20. place for the evening’s supper shifted from the
cans feel that 32. white car is too conspicuous and much harder to keep      dining room to the living room.
clean than one which has 33. darker color.
                                                                             As the customs changed, so did the culture. The immediate solution for
This integration of the automobile into 34. lifestyle of most Americans      this was 21. invention of the TV dinner. These were 22. frozen meals
is also reflected in the many driver’s education courses found in            which were sectioned off into 23. portions of meat and vegetables.
35. curriculum of most high schools. Students can earn needed credits        They could easily be popped into 24. oven and prepared within
for graduation by taking these courses and gaining for themselves            25. minutes. The tin trays in which they were served were conven-
36. driver’s license in the process. It is not odd to see high school sen-   iently carried into the living room and dinner was consumed in front of


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