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  3. Sarr Elyse took a sip from a plastic cup. Like a practised wine taster, she

Sarr Elyse took a sip from a plastic cup. Like a practised wine taster, she

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问题     Sarr Elyse took a sip from a plastic cup. Like a practised wine taster, she swilled the dark liquid around in her mouth then swallowed.
    "I love Coca-Cola and this is not Coca-Cola," she said with a slight grimace (鬼脸).
    It certainly wasn’t and that’s the point of Mecca-Cola—a soft drink named after Islam’s holiest land and created to protest against US foreign policy in the Middle East. Senegal is one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to put Mecca-Cola on the market, and it’s an obvious choice. The population is 95 percent Muslim and opposition to the war in Iraq has been more【1】here than elsewhere in the region.
    Thousands took to the streets to protest against the fighting in Iraq and now Mecca-Cola, which has sales of about five million bottles in Europe, will gives thirsty Senegalese a thought-provoking,【2】thirst reliever to the US brand.
    "Being a Muslim, I was attracted by the name Mecca-Cola," said Hassane Brahim Fardoun, the businessman behind the drink’s distribution in Senegal. "I will do my best to【3】the Senegalese market with this new product."
    The drink’s launch【4】with increasing popular opposition to US foreign policy and the first six-packs of Mecca-Cola were delivered to two shops in Senegal’s capital Dakar the same week US troops stormed Baghdad. More will follow if it sells well.
    He says the advertising【5】has not yet started because posters have not arrived from France, but he has high hopes for word of mouth marketing.
    Elyse is one of the first to taste the new drink at a tiny shop in the city centre. Unfortunately for Fardoun, she is Catholic, and a little reserved about whole-heartedly【6】the political viewpoints behind Mecca-Cola’s existence.
    Mecca-Cola has already found fans in Africa, as well as in Europe. The cola with a crusade (改革运动) is the【7】of French businessman Tawfik Mathlouthi, who launched the drink last November in France as a protest against US foreign policy.
    Mecca-Cola is not unique. There is a wide range of similar【8】drinks, like Muslim Up or British-based Qibla-Cola, whose website cries "Liberate your taste".【9】, the drink that typifies the American way of life was flavoured originally with cola nuts, widely prized in West Africa as a【10】and a dowry gift at weddings.
A. injected B. alternative C. racially D. brainchild
E. constituent F. vocal G. campaign H. ironically
I. optimum J. backing K. coincided L. ideological
M. penetrate N. stimulus O. inherently [br] 【1】
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答案 F
解析 此处应为形容词。原文该段首先指出麦加可乐的目的是为了反对美国在中东的对外政策，然后提到塞内加尔是麦加可乐最早开发的市场之一，本题所在的句子解释了选择塞内加尔为最早的市场的原因：因为它的人口大多数信奉伊斯兰教(和中东国家一样)，所以，它的人民也像中东人民一样对伊拉克战争有强烈的反对情绪．由此可见，空白处的单词应表明塞内加尔人反对伊拉克战争的态度“鲜明”，“直接”或“强烈”，在形容词词库中，vocal是最合适的单词。
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