More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits that made it

More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1966, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly being the world’s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition it was all good news too. This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit panies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those panies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.
【小题1】We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is     .A．green outside and sweet insideB． good-looking outside and soft insideC．yellowy-gold outside and hard insideD．a little soft outside and sweet inside【小题2】Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?A．It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice.B．It was less sweet and good for health.C．It was developed by Del Monte.D．It was used as medicine.【小题3】The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something     .A．that people enjoy eatingB．that is always presentC．that is difficult to getD．that people use as a gift【小题4】 We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte     .A．slowed other panies to develop pineapplesB．succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itselfC．tried hard to control the pineapple marketD．planned to help the other paniesD