2. 外语
  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【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 manufacturing plants【C9】______can process two million pounds of potatoes a day.    The expansion【C10】______McDonald’s and the popularity 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【C13】______praised by customers, competitors, and even food critics. Their【C14】______taste does not stem【C15】______the kind of potatoes that McDonald’s【C16】______,  the technology that processes them,  or the restaurant equipment that fries them:  other chains use Russet Burbank, buy their French fries from the【C17】______large processing companies, and have similar【C18】______in their restaurant kitchens.  The taste of a French fry is【C19】______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【C20】______.
【C6】
选项 A、Still
B、Anyway
C、Besides
D、Nevertheless
答案D
解析 考查连接副间的含义及用法。上文提到极少有顾客注意到了薯条的变化，下文指出这种转变对于整个国家的农业和饮食习惯影响巨大，之间的关系是转折关系，所以选择Nevertheless。
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