银行系统招聘考试（英语）历年真题试卷汇编35
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The hop flower has been used in beer-making at least since the eighth century．Traditionally it was a preservative，but it also imparts flavor．To some，the taste is bitter and unpalatable，and thus many brewers use only minimal amounts．But，depending on variety，growing condition，and other factors，hops can impart a range of flavors that connoisseurs say rivals that of wine grapes．Starting in the nineteen-seventies，small brewers on the West Coast began dramatically upping the amount of hops in their brews．One of their most popular products was the India pale ale，or I．P．A．，a brew that has been around since the late eighteenth century．The story goes that necessity drove the British to add large quantities of hops in order to preserve the beer they shipped to India，to quench the thirst of the Sahibs managing the Empire there．
Over the past decade，varieties once thought of as boutique beers，such as I．P．A．s，have exploded in the United States，thanks to the locavore movement．Craft brewing is now doubling in sales，by volume，every five years；today，craft-beer sales make up twenty-one percent of the beer market，and twelve percent of the volume．The Brewers Association，a craft—brewing trade group，expects craft beers to have a fifty-percent market share in a decade．Since craft brewers use about ten times more hops than megabrewers，the trend has been a bonanza for Hopsteiner and the other big hops companies．
But while an emphasis on hops has likewise boosted the business of small-scale brewers，I．P．A．aficionados are known to be among the most fickle of beer consumers，flitting from one label to another in their endless search for new flavor elements．That puts pressure on brewers to come up with new beers，which，in turn，lcads to a hunt for new hops varieties．
1.Why did traditional brewers use hop flower ever if its taste is bitter and unpalatable?(A)
A. Because it helped preserve beer．
B. Because there were difierent varieties．
C. Because only some people didn’t like the taste．
D. Because connoisseurs said its flavor rivals that of wine grapes．
解析：推断题。题干意为“啤酒花有些苦涩并且味道差，那为什么啤酒制造商还是用它制造啤酒呢?”根据traditional一词可定位到第一段中的Traditionally it Was a preservative，but it also imparts flavor，所以传统的啤酒制造商是因为它可以防腐，所以才使用。而且后面为了把酒运到印度殖民地，需要大量地加这种啤酒花，所以推断出使用啤酒花的主要的原因是能保存酒。
2.What did brewers do to quench the thirst of the Sahibs in India?(C)
A. The British made hop flower a necessity and shipped it in large quantities to India．
B. The British found one of the most popular products called the India pale ale or I．P．A．
C. The British added more hop flower in beer．
D. The British produced large quantities of beer．
解析：推断题。题干意为“啤酒制造者是通过什么方法来给印度的大人阁下止渴的”?第一段最后一句提到The story goes that necessity drove the British…Sahibs managing the Empire there，由此可推断出to quench前面的内容为本句的答案。该句意为“据说，需求驱使着英国人增加啤酒中啤酒花的数量，来保存运送到印度的啤酒，为印度的大人阁下止渴”。故可以推断出C项“英国人在啤酒中加入更多的啤酒花”为正确答案。
3.According to the passage，boutique beers wouldn’t have exploded in the United States if which of the following happened?(D)
A. The small brewers and megabrewers used the same type of hop flower．
B. The dollar depreciated against euro．
C. Brewers association was founded．
D. People were obsessed with imposed products．
解析：推断题。题干意为“如果发生以下哪种情况，精品啤酒就不会在美国盛行”?该题可定位到第二段第一句Over the past decade，varieties once thought of a
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