The company reported a 14 percent drop in profit last quarter and announced a cost­cutting program aimed at reducing expenses by $3 billion a year by 2019.

　　The soda giant also reported a one­percent decline in carbonated drink volume in North America and it?s “very unlikely” it will see much growth in the USA soda business in the future, said Howard Telford, a beverage analyst at Euromonitor International, a market research firm. Shoppers, increasingly aware of high levels of sugar in soda, are opting for other drinks.

　　1．Why are soft drink sales declining?

　　A．Coke’s new milk is only sold in test markets.

　　B．Americans prefer cereal and premium milk to breakfast bars.

　　C．Protein drinks and ready­to­drink teas are not suitable for Americans.

　　D．Americans are becoming more and more conscious of sugar content in soft drinks.

　　★2.What do the underlined words “reverse the trend” mean in Paragraph 4?

　　A．Reduce the impact of the trend.

　　B．Change the trend to the opposite one.

　　C．Give a definition of the trend.

　　D．Arrange the trend in the right order.

　　3．We can conclude from the passage that ________.

　　A．Fairlife is being sold at all the supermarkets in the USA

　　B．Fiji and Voss are trying to find luxurious types of water for shoppers

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