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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】______."
【C1】
选项 A、scaled
B、stripped
C、peeled
D、sliced
答案C
解析 此处指削去土豆的外皮，因此要用peel.它表示“剥去或削去……的皮或外皮，剥落或脱落表皮、树皮或其他覆盖物”，如：These potatoes don’t peel easily．(这些土豆的皮很难剥。)其余三个词语的意思分别为：“刮去……鳞，剥去……的介壳，除去……积垢，给……去锈”；“脱掉(衣服等)”；“把…切成薄片”。
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