答案　A

　　4．The underlined word“thrived” in the fifth paragraph probably means “______ ”．

　　A．started to be popular

　　B．was seriously affected

　　C．suffered a lot

　　D．developed very well

　　解析　词义猜测题。根据上文的still以及下文的as people could still afford it可推断出，这里指即使是在经济大萧条时期，因为爆米花仍然是人们买得起的食品，所以爆米花产业仍然发展得很好。

　　答案　D

　　Passage

　　2

　　体裁：记叙文　话题：逸闻趣事　时间：7分钟

　　There was once a tiny country that was suffering from a long drought.It had gone so long without rain that the people there were starting to go hungry because of the bad harvests.

　　It just so happened that a group of musicians were traveling the country，trying to make a living from their concerts.But with so many problems in the land，no one felt like listening to music.“But music can help overcome any problems，” said the musicians，without anyone paying them the slightest attention.

　　So the musicians tried to find out the reason it wouldn't rain.It was very strange，because the sky was overcast，but no one could provide an answer.

　　“It's been cloudy like this for many months，but not a single drop of rain has fallen，” people told them.

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