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根据下列材料，请回答{TSE}题Therearemanydifferentkindsofpeaches(桃).Onecleardifferenceistheonebetweenclingstone--fruitinwhichthefleshisstucktotheseedinside--andfreestone—thatinwhichtheseedfloatsfreely.

Customerspreferfreestonepeachesbecausetheydon’twanttostruggletogetthefleshawayfromtheseed.Andthat’showitgoesinstonefruitland.Plantbreeders(培育者)aretryingallthetimetoim.provetheoldfavorites.Frequently，

thechangesaredesignedtomeetthedemandsofthegrowersorpackers.Oneverydeliciousfamilyofpeachvarietieshasnearlydisappearedbecauseitformsasmallbeak"atthebottomofthefruit.Thatlittlepointislikelytobreakduringpackingandshippin9，Openingthedoortospoilage(腐烂).

Thisiscertainlynottosaythatthewantsofcustomersarenotimportant.Infact，theydrivesomeofthemostimportantchanges.Onethingcustomerslikeisred——lotsofred.Peachesusedtobeprizedforgoldenskin;nowpeoplearebuyingred，regardingitasasignofripeness.Butredhasaholdonpeople.There’sastorytoldbythoseinthestonefruitindustryaboutamarketingexperiment.Agroupofpeopleweregiventwopeaches：oneafairlytastelessredvariety，

theotheragreat—tastinggold.Sittingaround，tastingandtalkingaboutthefruit，thegroupallagreedthatthegoldwasamuchbetterpeachandthatwastheonetheywouldbuy.Then，onthewayoutthedoor，theywereofferedboxesofpeachesasathank—yougift.Oneheldthepreferredgoldenfruit，theotherthered.Toaperson，theypickedtheredfruittotakehome.Redsells.

(9)Whatdoesthewordstone"meaninthetext?

A.Thehardseedinsideafruit.

B.Containersthatpackersuse.

C.Smallrocksfoundinthefields.

D.Softbeaksatthebottomofthefruit.

正确答案：A

解析：推断题。stone的本意是石头"，但结合本文关于桃子的描述，可以推断出它指的是桃子中间的部分，

即thehardseedinsideafruit"。

(10)Whydoplantbreederstryhardtoimprovepeaches'?

A.Togetbettershapedfruit.

B.Tomeettheneedsofgrowers.

C.Tomakepeachestastebetter.

D.Tohaveabetterchanceforprizes.

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。从文章第二段第二句thechangesaredesignedtomeetthedemandsofthegrowersorpackers"可得出答案。

(11)Whydopeopleliketobuyredfruit?

A.Theybelieveitisripe.

B.Itsellscheaperthangold.

C.Itisusuallymoredelicious.

D.Theyknowitisanimprovedvariety.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。从文章第三段后一句nowpeoplearebuyingred，regardingitasasignofripeness"可以得出答案。

(12)Whatcanwelearnaboutthepeach—tastinggroupinthelastparagraph?

A.Theywereexpertsonmarketing.

B.Theytookhomegoldenpeaches.

C.Theyagreedaboutthetasteofpeaches.

D.Theysaidtheywouldbuytheredpeaches.

正确答案：C

解析：细节题。此题可以用排除法解答，A选项中，他们并不是专家，而是被实验者，B、D选项不符合文中的表达，可排除。