Question

Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. At Burger King restaurants, frozen hamburger patties are placed on a conveyer belt and emerge from a broiler ninety seconds later fully cooked. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino’s also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times. The ovens at McDonald’s look like commercial laundry presses, with big steel hoods that swing down and grill hamburgers on both sides at once. The burgers, chicken, french fries, and buns are all frozen when they arrive at a McDonald’s. The evidence presented here supports the author’s claim that fast food restaurants are like factories because the excerpt explores the variety of items available at many fast food chains. describes the typical workday of a fast food employee. explains why teenagers like to work at fast food restaurants. illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster.

Answer 1

The evidence presented here supports the author’s claim that fast food restaurants are like factories because the excerpt

explores the variety of items available at many fast food chains.

describes the typical workday of a fast food employee.

explains why teenagers like to work at fast food restaurants.

illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster.

The answer is D.

Answer 2

The evidence presented in the excerpt supports the author's claim that fast food restaurants are like factories because the excerpt illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster. (Last option)

Factories adopt the assembly line principle because it helps with the mass production that due to the products demand by the consumers or clients they (factories) have to produce. This principle also reduces the time it takes to produce a product, so that, there is more time available to produce much more. According to the author of the excerpt, something similar happens with the fast food restaurants, they have lots of clients and to properly serve to all of them, they don't spend much time making the food but instead, they buy it frozen and then cook it in the restaurant in order for them to save time and attend all clients and more.