1. (2022高三上·定远开学考) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Most people who work in London get a break of about an hour for lunch.1they mostly live too far from home to go back there2lunch, they have to3other arrangements for their midday meal.

Many large companies have a canteen (自助食堂) for their employees. In4canteens the food served is simple but5, and there is some6of choice. But the number of dishes7 usually small. The employees themselves fetch their dishes8a counter at which they are9. There they can find a tray on10 to carry their knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, saucers,11, of course, their food. A meal in a canteen is inexpensive and may12of soup, fish and chips or meat and two vegetables,13fruit or pudding of some14 as dessert. Some companies that do not run a canteen15their staff with luncheon-vouchers (午餐券), which many restaurants will accept in16of money.

As there are so many people17work in London, there are numerous cafes and restaurants in every area that is not purely residential. A meal18cost anything from a modest sum to quite a few pounds,19on the restaurant and the food chosen.20, one can generally get a meal, or at least a snack, in a pub. In recent years there has also been a big increase in the number of 'take-away' food shops of all kinds.