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.
【C7】
选项
答案F
解析 空格位于a和role之间，因此空格处应填入形容词。由下文可知，薯条的利润高，且易受到顾客、对手及美食家的称赞，故推断薯条对麦当劳的发展起重要的作用。词库中的crucial和critical均有“重要的，关键的”这一含义，但critical指极为危急或缺乏的状况，这种状况标志着一种转折点；而crucial则强调十分重要。并没有强调危急或缺乏之意。crucial更符合文意，故选F。
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