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  3. Food is risky. You can choke on a hot dog, be poisoned by a pizza or die slowly from years of eating too much.【C1】______, busine

Food is risky. You can choke on a hot dog, be poisoned by a pizza or die slowly from years of eating too much.【C1】______, busine

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问题     Food is risky. You can choke on a hot dog, be poisoned by a pizza or die slowly from years of eating too much.【C1】______, businesses that sell food are suspect. And what could be more【C2】______than an outlet that sells food—and then drives away before its customers expire? Small wonder that so many American cities【C3】______on food trucks.
    Miami makes it extremely hard for them to operate,【C4】______do Baltimore and Chicago. Rochester, Pittsburgh and San Diego are nearly as【C5】______In New York City, a【C6】______on the number of food-truck licences available has【C7】______a black market, pushing up prices into the thousands of dollars.
    How【C8】______can food trucks be? Your brave correspondent sampled injera with tilapia from one【C9】______Ethiopian snack in Washington, DC. As The Economist went to press, it had not yet killed her. Perhaps this is【C10】______: food trucks are typically required to cook their food in inspected commercial kitchens.
    【C11】______they cause public anger. Local restaurants【C12】______that they steal customers and pay【C13】______rent.’ Officials worry that their garishness will lower the local tone. Many people merely think they are【C14】______
    After years of legal brawl, Alexandria’s city council in Virginia has at last decided to【C15】______food trucks in parks and parking lots, but not in the streets. The【C16】______starts in July, and the typically mean-spirited conditions are there to【C17】______the immobile restaurant trade.
    【C18】______, such rules are【C19】______. Food trucks are not that bad. Not only is street vending an important step for aspiring entrepreneurs, but food trucks have enlivened the gastronomic scene and【C20】______more local taxes—wherever they have been allowed to roam.
【C5】
选项 A、stout
B、stern
C、steady
D、sturdy
答案B
解析 本题考查词义辨析。四个选项的意思分别是：[A]stout“结实的”．[B]stern“严厉的，苛刻的”；[C]steady“稳定的”；[D]sturdy“强壮的，坚定的”。根据该句中的“几乎一样”我们知道，填入的这个词在上文也出现过，可能出现的是原词或同义词，而上文出现的形容词是hard“艰难的，严厉的”，故可判断该题应填入[B]stern。
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