2. 外语
  3. A. switching B. critical C. diminish D. buys E. peeled F. crucial G. altering H.

A. switching B. critical C. diminish D. buys E. peeled F. crucial G. altering H.

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问题     A. switching        B. critical        C. diminish        D. buys        E. peeled
    F. crucial          G. altering        H. fryers          I. cut         J. adequately
    K. taste            L. scaled          M. commodity       N. largely     O. of
    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. As the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to【C2】________ labor costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and ensure that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant. McDonald’s began【C3】________ to frozen French fries in 1966—and few customers noticed the difference. Nevertheless, the change had a profound effect on the nation’s agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial【C4】________. McDonald’s fries now come from huge manufacturing plants that can process two million pounds of potatoes a day. The expansion【C5】________ McDonald’s and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat.
    The【C6】________ of McDonald’s French fries played a【C7】________ role in the chain’s success—fries are much more profitable than hamburgers—and was long praised by customers, competitors, and even food critics. Their distinctive taste does not stem from the kind of potatoes that McDonald’s【C8】________, the technology that processes them, or the restaurant equipment that fries them: other chains use Russet Burbank, buy their French fries from the same large processing companies, and have similar【C9】________ in their restaurant kitchens. The taste of a French fry is【C10】________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 flavor.
【C4】
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答案M
解析 空格处的词由a highly processed industrial“一种高度加工过的工业的”修饰，因此可推断空格处应填入可数名词单数。本句的主语A familiar food指的是炸薯条，词库中能表示“炸薯条”的可数名词单数只有commodity“商品”，故选M。
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