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You may have heard that Coca-Cola once contained an inGREdient capable of sparking particular devotion in consumers: cocaine. The “coca” in the name referred to the extrACTs of coca leaf that the drink's originator. Chemist John Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup (浆汁). At the time, coca leaf extrACT mixed with wine was a common tonic (滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But the other half of the name represents another inGREdient, less infamous (名声不好的), perhaps, but also strangely potent: the kola nut. In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate. They also have heart stimulants. Historian Paul Lovejoy relates that the cultivation of kola nuts in West Africa is hundreds of years old. The leafy, spreading trees were planted on graves and as part of traditional rituals. Even though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and grasslands. Europeans did not know of them until the 1500s, when Portuguese ships arrived on the coast of what is now Sierra Leone. And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes. By the late 19th century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US. Many made their way into medicines, a French product consisting of coca extrACT mixed with red wine. It was created by a French chemist, Angelo Mariani, in 1863. So when Pemberton created his drink,it represented an ongoing trend. When cocaine ually fell from grace as a beverage inGREdient, kola-extrACT colas became popular. The first year it was available, Coca-Cola averaged nine servings a day across all the Atlanta soda fountains where it was sold. As it GREw more popular, the company sold rights to bottle the soda, so it could travel easily. Today about 1.9 billion Cokes are purchased daily. It's become so iconic that attempts to change its taste in 1985-sweetening it in a move projected to boost sales – proved disastrous, with widespread anger from consumers. “Coca-Cola Classic” returned to store shelves just three months after the “New Coke” was released. These days, the Coca-Cola recipe is a closely guarded secret. But it's said to no longer contain kola nut extrACT, relying instead on artificial imitations to achieve the flavor.

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【单选题】一项对Edgar Allan Poe的信件的精确研究发现,他没有在任何一封信中提到过他因之出名的吗啡瘾。在这个证据的基础上,可以说poe得到“吗啡上瘾者”的名声是不恰当的,那些关于他的吗啡瘾的报道也是不真实的。 上文的论述做了下列哪一个假设( )

A.
有关poe对吗啡上瘾的报道直到poe死后才广为流传。
B.
没有一项有关Poe对吗啡上瘾的报道是由真正认识Poe的人所提供的。
C.
Poe的稿费不足以支付其吸食吗啡的费用。
D.
Poe不会因害怕后果而不敢在其信中提及对吗啡的嗜好。