試題詳解

Passage A:
(1) For many years, ice cream was a treat enjoyed only by the nobility. (2) When Marco Polo returned to Italyfrom China in 1271 with a recipe for a new dessert made of fruit mixed with ice and milk, the dish quicklybecame a favorite of the Italian nobility. (3) However, the nobility did not share the recipe with the commonpeople. (4) Marco Polo went on to become one of the most famous travelers in history. (5) His book, TheTravels of Marco Polo, describes China as a country far superior to his own in culture and technology. (6)Several hundred years later, in 1533, Catherine de Medici of Italy introduced the recipe to the French nobilitywhen she married a son of the King of France. (7) A creative French chef experimented with the recipe,beating a mixture of fruit and cream in a bowl surrounded by ice. (8) Of course, French chefs are known fortheir creativity and imagination, which is why French restaurants are regarded as special, expensive places bymost Americans. (9) The result was a dessert much like our ice cream of today, but the recipe was still kept aclosely guarded secret. (10) When King Charles I of England brought the dessert to his country in 1625, hewas so determined to keep the recipe secret that he even refused to tell his own nobility how to make it. (11)That is just like the English, though. (12) They are known for keeping things to themselves. (13) Finally, in1670, ice cream appeared for the first time on the menu of a Paris restaurant, and soon people throughout theworld were sharing this "new" taste treat.

36. Which sentences are irrelevant to the central idea of the paragraph above?
(A) 4, 5, 8, 11 and 12
(B) 2, 9, 10, 11 and 12
(C) 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8
(D) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10