Thesis statement: drive-through facilities, while innovative, have had a negative impact on american society.

i. uniformity of culture

a. pervasiveness of national franchises

b.

ii. de-personalization of relationships

a. pharmacies

b. banks

iii. sacrifice of quality for convenience

a. food/drink establishments

1. fast-food restaurants

2. coffee shops

b. religious institutions

which of the following would best complete the missing piece of the outline?

a) local businesses lost
b) losing local businesses
c) loss of local businesses
d) to lose local businesses

C) Loss of local businesses.

Explanation: In the given thesis statement we can see the argument that drive-through facilities have had a negative impact on American society, and then we have a list of categories in which the drive-through facilities have had an impact, each category is followed by a list of elements written in the same grammatical structure. So as the first category contains the sentence "Pervasiveness of national franchises" and pervasiveness is a noun, we should pick the option with the same structure which is "loss of local businesses."

i   believe   the   answer   is   d

c) eager anticipation.