Question

The man who invented Coca-Cola was not a native Atlanta, but on the day of his funeral every drugstore in town shut up the shop in honor of him. He was John Styth Pemberton, born in 1833 in Knoxville, Georgia, eighty miles away. Pemberton was a chemist, sometimes known as Doctor, who, during the Civil War, became an officer and led a cavalry troop. He settled in Atlanta in 1869, and soon began making such patent medicines as Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup.

In 1885, he registered a trademark for something called French Wine Coca-Ideal Nerve and Tonic Stimulant. A few months later, he formed the Pemberton Chemical Company, and hired an accountant named Frank M. Robinson, who had not only a good head for figures, but, attached to it, so unique a nose that he could judge the ingredients of a batch of syrup merely by sniffing it.

In 1886 --- a year in which, as contemporary Coca-Cola officials like to point out, the English writer Conan Doyle made Sherlock Holmes known publicly and France found the truth about the Statue of Liberty --- Pemberton invented a syrup that he called Coca-Cola. It was a change of his French Wine Coca. He had taken out the wine and added a bit of caffeine, and, when the end product tasted awful, had thrown in some cola nut oil and a few other oils, mixing the mixture in a three-legged iron pot in his back yard and swishing it around with an oar.

He distributed it to soda fountains in used beer bottles, and Robinson, with his elegant account’s script, instantly designed a label, on which "Coca-Cola" was written in the style which is still employed. Pemberton looked upon his mixture less as a drink than as a headache cure.

One morning in 1886, a man suffering from a headache dragged himself into an Atlanta drugstore and asked for a bottle of Coca-Cola. According to usual practice, druggists should pour a teaspoonful of syrup into a glass of water, but at that time, the man on duty was too lazy to walk to the fresh-water tap. Instead, he mixed the syrup with some soda water, which was closer at hand. After drinking it, the suffering customer cheered up almost at once, and word quickly spread that the best Coca-Cola was a fizzy (冒泡泡的)one.

According to the passage, which of the following about Pemberton is wrong?

A. He was highly respected by Atlantans because of his great contribution. 

B. Medicines like Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup are his patent products.

C. During the Civil War, he was an officer of a cavalry troop, a chemist and a doctor.

D. Coca-Cola which is very popular now was invented by him.

Why do contemporary Coca-Cola officials especially like to mention the year 1886?

A. Because Conan Doyle contributed to Pemberton’s Coca-Cola invention.

B. Because France sent the Statue of Liberty to America and Pemberton loved it.

C. Because they are still proud of Pemberton’s invention.

D. Because Pemberton made more money for the company this year than in any other year.

What does the passage tell us about Frank M. Robinson?

A. He helped his boss and began making patent medicines together with his boss in 1869.

B. He had a special nose with an acute sense of smell and especially was good at drawing.

C. When he found the end product tasted awful, he threw in some cola nut oil and other oils.

D. He designed a label “Coca-Cola” for the Coca-Cola Company with his elegant handwriting.

How did Pemberton change French Wine Coca formula to make it taste delicious?

A. He mixed it with several oils instead of water.         

B. He put some beer into the mixture.

C. He added more coffee into the mixture than before.     

D. He added some cola nut oil and a few other oils.

According to the passage, what was Coca-Cola intended for at first?

A. It was intended for the children as a soft drink.  

B. It was intended for a substitute for French Wine Coca

C. It was intended for a cure for the common headache        

D. It was intended for the need of the war

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】C

【小题3】D

【小题4】D

【小题5】C

解析:

【小题1】他是一名药剂师，有时也被当作医生，但那是在内战以后，内战中他只是一名军官，不符合题意。避错指导: 本文第一句写到：在他葬礼的那天，所有亚特兰大人都纷纷歇业以示哀悼。由此可见，他在亚特兰大倍受尊敬，故A符合题意。 B）从“…soon began making such patent medicines as Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup”得知故B符合题意 D）可乐是由他发明的。故D符合题意。

【小题2】彭博顿在1886年发明可口可乐糖浆,永远是公司员工的骄傲。

避错指导:  A 柯南道尔创造了福尔摩斯,并没有彭博顿发明可口可乐。B.法国人揭开了自由女神的真面貌,没提是否送往美国 D.我们知道可口可乐公司赚了很多钱，但本文并没有说1886年彭博顿为公司赚的钱比平时多。

【小题3】倒数第二段罗宾逊用他那簿记员优雅的笔迹为它设计了一个标志--可口可乐，他设计的字体

至今仍在沿用。

避错指导：A. 1869年是彭博顿而不是罗宾逊开始研制名为Triplex Liver Pills and Globe of Flower Cough Syrup的专利药品。B. 第二段写到弗兰克·M·罗宾逊，这个人不仅很有数学头脑，而且这个脑袋上的鼻子是一个非常特别的鼻子，只要闻一闻就能够轻易地分辨一批糖浆的组成成分，并没有提到他擅长签名画画。C在文章中谈到制作的细节是彭博顿而不是罗宾逊做的。

【小题4】由倒数第三段可知，在配制该产品时，味道不好，他又加入了一些可乐果精油，使其变得好喝起来。而且该产品被称为可口可乐，可见可乐果在其中有着相当重要的作用。

避错指导： A）文中没提到混合液没有用水而只是用各种精油混合而成的。B. 文章中并没有说加啤酒；C）该配方中的确有咖啡因，但是并没有说咖啡因的量比以前增加了。

【小题5】倒数第二段最后一句写到：彭博顿不认为他的发明是一种饮料，他一直认为这是一种治疗

头痛用的药物。

 避错指导：A 众所周知可口可乐现在是倍受孩子们喜爱的一种碳酸饮料，但彭博顿最初配制它的目的是配制一种药液；B）属偷换概念，本文确实提到可口可乐是在法国葡萄酒可乐的基础上改良而成的产品，但最初的目的并没有说是做其替代品；D）属无中生有，本文并没有提到战争的需要。