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三、閱讀測驗The exact historical origins of the ice cream that young and old alikeadore are shrouded in mystery. Before this popular dessert was invented, Marco Polo had returned from the Orient with a recipe for sherbet.Hundred of years earlier, the Roman emperor Nero had snow and icerushed to Rome from the mountains by special teams of runners.He then flavored the ice with fruit juices. Ice creams like the modernvariety were probably invented in Italy, where it quickly became anexpensive treat for the very rich. King Charles I of England bragged of his secret recipe for ice cream; Henry II of France served a different flavor to his court each day for a month to mark his marriage. In America,Thomas Jefferson also bragged of his secret flavors. George Washington, according to a merchant’sbook, spent almost $200 on ice cream in 1790. And Dolly Madison served ice cream at her husband’s Second Inaugural at the White House. It waspointedly evident that the cream was from the president’s cows; the fruit, from the White House garden. Not until the nineteenth century, wheninsulated icehouses for keeping ice and hand-cranked ice-cream freezers were invented, were the lower classes able to afford ice cream.
36. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
(A) To clarify a myth about ice cream flavors.
(B) To discuss the evolution of ice cream in America.
(C) To inform us about the history of ice cream.
(D) To provide reasons for the popularity of ice cream.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：簡單0.831874
統計：A(17),B(46),C(475),D(33),E(0)

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