問題詳情

“You scream. I scream. We all scream for ice cream.” This summer delight thatsurpasses all ages has mysterious historical origins. Legend has 31 that MarcoPolo returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet. Hundred of years earlier, theRoman emperor Nero 32 snow and ice rushed to Rome from the mountains byspecial teams of runners. The ice was flavored 33 fruit juices. Ice cream likethe modern variety was 34 to be created in Italy, and quicklybecame a luxurious 35 for the very wealthy. King Charles I of England,for instance, 36 his secret recipe for ice cream. Henry II of France served adifferent flavor to his court on a daily 37 for a month to mark his holy marriage.In America, Thomas Jefferson took pride in his one-of-a-kind flavors. Even GeorgeWashington 38 spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. Not until the 19thcentury, when ice can be kept 39 the use of insulated icehouses and ahand-cranked freezer was invented, were the lower classes able to 40 ice cream.We are truly blessed to have ice cream anytime we want!
(A) likely
(B) afford
(C) basis
(D) treat
(E) extravagantly (AB) it (AC) with (AD) had(AE) thanks to (BC) bragged of
31.

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答案:A,B
難度:非常困難0
統計:A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)