B．inform what to do at Alchemy in the Dark

C．introduce some information about Alchemy in the Dark

D．conclude the experience of eating at Alchemy in the Dark

【答案】　C　段落大意题。根据最后一段的内容可知，该段主要是对该餐厅的简介，故选C项。

Ⅱ. 完形填空

(2016·北京)

A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome，Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month，Dr. Welch __1__ a sick boy，Billy，and knew he had diphtheria，a deadly infectious(传染的)disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be __2__ if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. __3__，the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away，in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome？The town's __4__ was already full of ice，so it couldn't come by ship. Cars and horses couldn't travel on the __5__ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn't exist yet.

__6__ January 26，Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were __7__. Nome's town officials came up with a(n)__8__. They would have the medicine sent by __9__ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there，dogsled(狗拉雪撬)drivers－known as"mushers"-would __10__ it to Nome in a relay(接力)．

The race began on January 27. The first musher，Shannon，picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __11__ he handed the medicine to the next musher，Shannon's face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31，a musher named Seppala had to __12__ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __13__ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice，which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened，Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __14__，and so would the sick