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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.

What did brewers do to quench the thirst of the Sahibs in India?

A.The British produced large quantities of beer
B.The British found one of the most popular products called the India pale ale, or I.P.A
C.The British made Hop flower a necessity and shipped it in large quantities to India
D.The British added more hop flower in beer

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答案： D

本题解析：

本题问“啤酒商做了什么来满足殖民地官员们的‘酒瘾’？”。根据主题句，要加入大量啤酒花才能确保把酒运送到英国，所以答案是D（英国人在啤酒中加入大量啤酒花），和原文necessity drove the British to add large quantities of hops in order to preserve the beer they shipped to India是同义改写。A项是个陷阱，意思是“生产大量啤酒”，文章说的是啤酒花，偷换概念。B项答非所问，和问题无关。C项“英国人使啤酒花成为一种必需品，将其大量运输到印度”，文中没提到。