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阅读理解 　　When your grandfather was a boy, he probably took your grandmother to an ice-cream parlor(小售货亭)．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(冒气泡的)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．and 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

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答案：1．D;2．B;3．C;4．D;
解析：

(1)	考查细节理解。根据第四段后半部分可知冰淇淋苏打是在无意间诞生的。
(2)	考查猜测词义。前面提到软饮料的销售场面异常火爆，本句前半部分又说禁止酒精销售，再结合exploded一词可推断此项正确。
(3)	考查主旨大意。文章第一段和最后一段叙述的是冰淇淋小售货亭，其余内容阐述的是苏打水的诞生历史。另外三项只是文章中涉及到的某个方面。
(4)	解析：考查作者意图。文章开头部分点明了对冰淇淋小售货亭的怀念，再结合最后一段的最后一句可推断作者喜欢看到冰淇淋小售货亭的回归。 　　文章大意：虽然苏打水的诞生源远流长，市场充斥着琳琅满目的软饮料，可昔日的冰淇淋小售货亭永远是抹不去的记忆。