专业四级给男朋友讲故事(TEM-4 2003）
During McDonald’s early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Rust Burbank potatoes were (31) , cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens. (32) the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to (33) labout costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and (34) that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant.McDonald’s began (35)缘故是什么意思 to frozen French fries in 1966—and few customers noticed the difference.(36) the change had a profound effect (37) the nation’s agriculture and diet.A familiar food had been transformed into a highly procesd industrial (38)
. McDonald’s fries now come from huge manufacturing plants (39) can process two million pounds of potatoes a day. The expansion (40) McDonald’s and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat.
The (41) of McDonald’s French fries played a (42) role in the chain’s success—fries are much more profitable than humbergers—and was (43) praid by customers, competitors,
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and even food critics. Their (44) taste does not stem (45) the kind of potatoes that MaDonald’s (46) 对偶句大全 , the technology that process them, or the restaurant equipment that fries them: other chains u the (47) large processing companies, and havev similar (48) in their restaurant kitchens. The taste of a French fry is (49) determined by the cooking oil.For decades McDonald’s cooked its French fries in a mixture of about 7 per cent cottoned oil and 93 per cent beef fat.The mixture gave the fries their unique (50) .
31. A. scaled B. stripped C. peeled D. sliced
32. A. As B. Due to C. Owing to D. With
33. A. diminish B. cut C. decrea D. lesn
34. A. ensue B. ensure C. enrish D. enable
35. A. switching B. diverting C. modifying D. altering
36. A. Still B.Anyway C. Besides D. Nevertheless
37. A. of B. to C. on D. in
38. A. brand B. stuff C. commodify D. produce
39. A. this B. that C. / D. what
40. A. into B. from C. in D. of
41. A. taste B. production C. processing D. price
42. A. decisive B. determinant C. esntial D. crucial
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43. A. long B. only C. first D. lonely
44. A. distinctive B. distinct C. distinguished D. distinguishable
45. A. in B. to C. on D. from
46. A. posss B. buys C. acquires D. grows
47. A. exact B. identical C. same D. alike陪伴孩子
48. A. woks B. pots C. boilers D. fruers
49. A. adequately B. massively C. plentifully D. largely
50. A. flavour B. fragrance C. smell D. perfume
译文：
在麦当劳的发展初期，炸薯条是每日临时现做的。人们将一种被称为“褐色布尔班克”的土豆去皮、削成条，然后在厨房里油炸成“炸薯条”。由于麦当劳连锁店在全国范围内发展迅速，20世纪60年代中期麦当劳决定削减人力成本，减少供应商，并努力确保其每个分店的炸薯条口味相同。1966年麦当劳开始转向使用冷冻薯条——而极少有顾客注意到了这其中的差别。然而这一转变对于整个国家的农业和饮食习惯影响巨大。一种人们熟悉的食品被转化成为经过高度加工的工业化产品。如今麦当劳的薯条来自娱每日土豆产量高达200万磅的大型生产商。随着麦当劳业务的日益扩展和其低成本、批量成产的炸薯条的日益普及，美国人的饮食习惯因此而改变。
麦当劳炸薯条的独特口味对于其连锁店的成功来说功不可没；炸薯条的利润远高于汉堡包，
并且长期以来深受麦当劳的顾客、竞争对手甚至是食品评论家的称赞。炸薯条的独特口味并非来自麦当劳所购买的土豆品种，也非来自加工技术或是油炸薯条的餐馆炊具：其他的餐饮连锁店也采用同样的“褐色布尔班克”土豆品种，从相同的大型加工商处购买薯条，并且在其餐馆厨房使用类似的油炸炊具。炸薯条的口味主要取决于烹饪油。几十年来麦当劳用以炸薯条的烹饪油是由7%的棉籽油和93%的牛油混合而成。这种混合油给予了麦当劳的炸薯条与众不同的风味。
31.C 解析：根据上下文可知，麦当劳早期的炸薯条都是使用一种叫Rust Burbank的土豆现场加工而成。加工的过程包括削皮、切成细条、在厨房里炸制出来，因此选项peel“削（皮）”为正确答案。（语义线索题。考查动词的含义。动词scale的意思“依比例决定，攀登，测量”，也可表示“剥落”，但为不及物动词。strip表示“剥，剥去”，常与介词of或off搭配使用，如：strip of one’s clothes脱去某人衣服；He strpped the paper off the wall.（他把纸从墙上撕去。）slide表示“切片”）
32.A 解析：选项B、C三年级想象作文为介词词组，选项D为介词，后必须接名词或名词词组，而句中空格之后为主、谓完整的句子结构，分析整句结构，此部分应该为表示原因的状语从句，需要
一个连接状语从句的从属连词，只有选项A符合要求。（语法线索题。考查从属连词的用法。根据上下文可知此处as引导原因和伴随状语从句。动词expand此处是不及物动词，表示“发展，扩张”的意思。due to和owing to都表示“由于”的意思，后接名词词组。with后可接独立主格结构，但是此句中expand是不及物动词，因此不合适。）
33.B 解析：考查考生对动词与名词搭配的掌握。动词cut与名词cost构成习惯搭配，表示“削减开支”的意思。（语义线索题。A.diminish“（使）减少，（使）变小”，C.decrea“减少”，D.lesn“减少，减轻”，均不与cost搭配。）
