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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.

According to the passage, boutique beers wouldn’t have exploded in the United States if which of the following happened?

A.People were obsessed with imported products
B.The Dollar depreciated against Euro
C.The small brewers and megabrewers used the same type of hop flower
D.Brewers Association was founded

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答案： A

本题解析：

本题考查的是细节推理。

【关键词】boutique beers；wouldn’t have exploded ; United States

【主题句】第二段第一句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.（由于过去十年的“土食运动”，各式各样的精品啤酒，像L.P.A.s，得以在美国急剧增长。）

【解析】本题问“以下哪件事情会导致精品啤酒没有在美国大量出现？”。根据主题句中所说，由于“土食运动”导致了大量精品啤酒的产生，所以如果没有“土食运动”，精品啤酒就不会大量出现。所谓“土食运动”，指的是人们大量食用本地生产食品，根据推测，如果人们没有本地食品，就只能消费进口产品。所以A选项“人们着迷于进口产品”为正确答案。B，C，D三个选项均和主题句无关。