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閱讀理解 　　When your grandfather was a boy, he probably took your grandmother to an ice-cream parlor(小售貨亭)．Here, for a little more than a dime(ten cents), he could treat the young lady to an ice-cream soda, a sundae, a malted milk, or some other delightful dessert．Probably, the ice-cream parlor was situated in a corner of a drugstore．There were containers of many kinds of sweet liquid．The person behind the counter was the master of such delightful combination of ingredients as the brown cow, a root-beer soda with ice-cream floating in it． 　　The name soda water tells something of its origins in US．Naturally carbonated(含二氧化碳的)water flows out of the ground in mineral springs around the world．These mineral springs have long attracted people in search of a cure for some ills．Then in 1767, the scientist Joseph Priestley created the first soda water not taken from natural mineral springs．Soon other experimenters were finding new ways to create the bubbly(冒氣泡的)water that is the basis of so many soft drinks．In 1825, Elias Durand decided to catch the public interest in sparkling waters．He opened a drugstore in Philadelphia that served carbonated water, at that time still considered a helpful medicine． 　　A few years later, another Philadelphian, Eugene Roussel, decided to bottle soda water of different tastes．His first offering was a popular lemon soda, sold at the fountain of his perfume shop．Other manufacturers entered the race, and new tastes were introduced．Meanwhile, at soda fountains, adventurous owners added sweet cream to make the drink more appetizing． 　　Then came one of the most important events in the history of soda water．In October 1874 at the semi-centennial celebration of Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, a salesman named Robert Green sold so many soda-water drinks with cream that he ran out of cream．He rushed to a nearby shop to buy some straw-berry ice-cream．He planned to melt the ice-cream and use it as cream．His customers were too thirsty to wait, and so he put the ice-cream right into the soda water．The ice-cream soda was born．It has never lost its popularity． 　　Not far away, Charles E．Hires was experimenting with selling dried roots, bark, herbs．a(chǎn)nd flowers for making a drink he called root beer．He also made his own．By 1892, more than two million bottles of his soft drink were being sold annually．Then came a host of other drinks：Moxie, Dr．Pepper, and Coca-Cola．When the drink-business society in the 1890s forbade the sale of alcohol, the soft-drink market exploded． 　　The soft-drink market today is a huge business, with many competitors pushing their products on television and in newspapers and magazines．There are still many fast-food places where ice-cream sodas may be ordered．In every corner of the land there are machines pouring out soft drinks．But the old-time ice-cream parlor in a corner of a drugstore is largely a thing of the past． (1) According to this passage, the ice-cream soda was born ________． [　　] A． through the genius of Charles E．Hires B． in a drugstore in Philadelphia C． in the year of 1825 D． quite by accident (2) The underlined sentence “the soft-drink market exploded” means that ________． [　　] A． Americans preferred fast-food shops to ice-cream parlors B． soft drinks were suddenly more popular than ever C． only certain kinds of soda were getting popular D． the sale of soft drinks was gradually falling off (3) The best title of this passage could be ________． [　　] A． The Reason Why the Soft-drink Industry Is Popular in US B． The Invention and Development of Carbonated Water C． The Ice-cream Parlor and the History of Soda Water D． The Key Moment in the Production of Soda Water (4) The author of this passage would probably ________． [　　] A． feel unhappy with Robert Green's actions B． prefer root beer to lemon soda C． hope for a job advertising soft drinks D． like to see ice-cream parlors return

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．B;3．C;4．D;
解析：

(1)	考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段后半部分可知冰淇淋蘇打是在無意間誕生的。
(2)	考查猜測詞義。前面提到軟飲料的銷售場面異常火爆，本句前半部分又說禁止酒精銷售，再結(jié)合exploded一詞可推斷此項(xiàng)正確。
(3)	考查主旨大意。文章第一段和最后一段敘述的是冰淇淋小售貨亭，其余內(nèi)容闡述的是蘇打水的誕生歷史。另外三項(xiàng)只是文章中涉及到的某個(gè)方面。
(4)	解析：考查作者意圖。文章開頭部分點(diǎn)明了對冰淇淋小售貨亭的懷念，再結(jié)合最后一段的最后一句可推斷作者喜歡看到冰淇淋小售貨亭的回歸。 　　文章大意：雖然蘇打水的誕生源遠(yuǎn)流長，市場充斥著琳瑯滿目的軟飲料，可昔日的冰淇淋小售貨亭永遠(yuǎn)是抹不去的記憶。