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20．WADESBORO，North Carolina--It wasn't over until the last chocolate chip wa8counted．
Students at Wadesboro Central Elementary School felt cheated when they found Just  680 chocolate chips in a bag of Chips Ahoy cookies I So they sent off a letter to Nabisco，questioning the company's claim（声称）of 1，000 chips per bag．
Eager to prove its case，New Jersey-based Nabisco sent cookie technician Jessica Aronofsky  to the school to settle the matter．
She showed the 130third-graders how to count the chips by putting a bag of cookies in a colander（滤器）and running cold water over them．Within eight to ten minutes，the cookie dough（面团）washed away，leaving behind nothing but the chocolate chips．
"The count is over．The challenge is over，"said Aronofsky．"There were 1，181 chips in the bag the kids counted today．"
Afonofsky said the children miscounted by trying to count the chocolate chips from the outside of the cookies．
"The reason we went to the trouble of coming down to the school was that the lesson they were learning was about honesty and truth in advertising，"Aronofsky said．
"They tested our honesty in advertising and came up short．They felt disappointed and felt we were not telling the truth．We felt it was our duty to make them feel that our claim is，in fact，true．"
After that，the children enjoyed milk and cookies--Chips Ahoy，of course．

21．The technician ran cold water over the cookies so thatD．
A．the cookie dough could be mixed with water
B．the chocolate chips would wash away
C．all the cookie dough would be seen
D．all the chocolate chips could be seen
22．Why did the school children make a mistake in counting the chips？B
A．They were not good at counting．
B．They didn't include the chips inside•
C．They had never seen Chips Ahoy cookies before．
D．They didn't use a colander．
23．What caused the children to check the number of chocolate chips in Chips Ahoy cookies？A
A．The lesson they were learning．   
 B．The number of cookies in a bag
C．The company's dishonesty．     
D．The taste of the cookies．

分析 本文主要讲了Wadesboro中心小学的学生在一次关于广告诚实和事实的课程上发现一包Chips Ahoy 的巧克力片数量与广告中宣称的不一致，后来厂家过来用正确的数法证明巧克力片的数量与宣称的数量是一致的故事．

解答 21-23．DBA
21题答案：D 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"Within eight to ten minutes，the cookie dough（面团）washed away，leaving behind nothing but the chocolate chips"（八到十分钟以后，饼干的面团被冲走了，只留下了巧克力片）可知本题答案为D选项．
22题答案：B 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"Afonofsky said the children miscounted by trying to count the chocolate chips from the outside of the cookies"（Afonofsky说孩子们因为从饼干的外面去数巧克力片而导致误数）可知本题答案为B选项．
23题答案：A 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"The reason we went to the trouble of coming down to the school was that the lesson they were learning was about honesty and truth in advertising"（我们去学校里解决发生的问题的原因是孩子们正在学习关于广告诚实和真相的课程）可知本题答案为A选项．

点评 本文是一篇人生感悟类阅读理解．这类题材是高考常考的内容，它注重考查考生整体理解文章大意的能力，在做题时要结合题干以及上下文做出正确的选择．

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