Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie. Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and of course an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.

　　1. It was ______that discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao.

　　A. the workers in the chocolate factory

　　B. the Spaniards

　　C. the people in England

　　D. the owner of a chocolate factory.

　　2. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. Nobody had the idea of adding sugar until the sixteenth century.

　　B. The word “chocolate” comes from a Mexican word.

　　C. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them.

　　D. Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.

　　3. It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

　　A. chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or a candy bar

　　B. Mexicans like chocolate very much

　　C. chocolate is a product of the cacao tree

　　D. people liked the taste of chocolate mixed with milk

　　4. Which is the right time order of the events regarding chocolate?

　　a. Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.

　　b. A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.

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