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  3. During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Bur-bank potatoes were【C1】______, cut into s

During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Bur-bank potatoes were【C1】______, cut into s

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问题     During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Bur-bank potatoes were【C1】______, cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens. 【C2】______the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to【C3】______labour costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and【C4】______that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant. McDonald’s began
    【C5】______to frozen French fries in 1966—and few customers noticed the difference. 【C6】______the change had a profound effect【C7】______the nation’s agriculture and diet A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial【C8】______. McDonald’s fries now come from huge【C9】______plants that can process two million pounds of potatoes a day. The expansion of McDonald’s and the【C10】______of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat
    The【C11】______of McDonald’s French fries played a【C12】______ role in the chain’s success-fries are much more profitable than hamburgers—and was long【C13】______by customers, competitors, and even food critics. Their distinctive taste does not【C14】______the kind of potatoes that McDonald’s【C15】______ the technology that processes them, or the restaurant equipment that fries them: other【C16】______use Russet Burbank, buy their French fries from the same large processing companies, and have【C17】______ fryers in their restaurant kitchens. The taste of a French fry is【C18】______determined by the cooking oil. For decades McDonald’s cooked its French fries in a【C19】______of about 7 per cent cottonseed oil and 93 per cent beef fat The mixture gave the fries their【C20】______ flavour.
【C12】
选项 A、critical
B、credible
C、comparable
D、crucial
答案D
解析 下文提到的“薯条的利润高”，且这一段就是专门讲麦当劳薯条的独特风味，由此可推测它对麦当劳的成功发展起重要的作用，D项crucial“至关重要的，关键性的”代入此空，符合上下文语义，为本题答案。
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