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】______.
【C11】
选项 A、taste
B、production
C、processing
D、price
答案A
解析 本题要求综合上下文考虑。本段谈到的内容主要是麦当劳的薯条之所以与众不同就是它的口味独特。另外，在本段的倒数第三句中出现了“The taste of a French fry...”的字样。综合以上考虑可知taste为正确答案。
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