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资料：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 conditions, 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 L.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 L.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 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-per-cent 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 brewers to come up with new beer, which, in turn, leads to a hunt for new hops varieties.

Why did traditional brewers use hop flower even if its taste is bitter and unpalatable?

A.Because connoisseurs said its flavor rivals that of wine grapes
B.Because there were different varieties
C.Because it helped preserve beer
D.Because only some people didn’t like the taste

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答案： A

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【关键词】why; traditional brewers ; hop flower；taste bitter and unpalatable

【主题句】第一段To some, the taste is bitter and unpalatable, and thus many brewers use only minimal amounts. But, depending on variety, growing conditions, and other factors, hops can impart a range of flavors that connoisseurs say rivals that of wine grapes.（对于一些人来说，啤酒花的味道苦涩难吃，因此许多制造商只使用极少的数量。但由于品种，生长条件和其他因素，啤酒花能带来多种味道，而这种味道被鉴定家说成是可以和酿酒葡萄匹敌的特质。）

【解析】本题问“为什么传统啤酒制造商用苦涩味道差的啤酒花酿酒？”。根据题干关键词找到主题句，but后的内容是作者强调的观点，因此看该句。由于啤酒花“这种味道被鉴定家说成是可以和酿酒葡萄匹敌的特质。”所以答案是A。而其他三个选项均在文章主题句里没有出现。