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

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

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问题     During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were【C1】______, cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens.【C2】______the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut labour costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and【C3】______that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant. McDonald’s began【C4】______to frozen French fries in 1966—and few customers noticed the difference.【C5】______, the change had a profound effect on the nation’s agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial【C6】______. McDonald’s fries now come from huge manufacturing plants【C7】______can process two million pounds of potatoes a day. The expansion【C8】______McDonald’s and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat.
    The taste of McDonald’s French fries played a crucial role in the chain’s success—fries are much more profitable than hamburgers—and was【C9】______praised by customers, competitors, and even food critics. Their【C10】______taste does not stem from the kind of potatoes that McDonald’s【C11】______, the technology that processes them, or the restaurant equipment that fries them: other chains use Russet Burbank, buy their French fries from the【C12】______large processing companies, and have similar【C13】______in their restaurant kitchens. The taste of a French fry is【C14】______determined by the cooking oil. For decades McDonald’s cooked its French fries in a mixture of about 7 per cent cottonseed oil and 93 per cent beef fat. The mixture gave the fries their unique【C15】______."
【C4】
选项 A、switching
B、diverting
C、modifying
D、altering
答案A
解析 switch意为“改变，变化，交换”，如：I used to cook on electricity，but I’veswitched to gas．(我过去用电烧饭，但现已换成用煤气了。)divert指“转向(如道路、方向)，转移……的注意力”；modify表示“更改，修改”；alter侧重指“变更或改变而使之不同”。原文指薯片从现做改为冷冻过的，因此选A。
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