Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

When knowledge of sugar was just beginning to spread from India, from Persia, from Greece, from the great school of Jundi Shapur, cooks working for the wealthiest people treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes. They continued to do that for another thousand years.

What evidence from the passage supports the inference that sugar was expensive and not available to everyone?

"from the great school of Jundi Shapur"
"cooks working for the wealthiest people"
"treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes"
"They continued to do that for another thousand years"

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Explanation:

“cooks working for the wealthiest people”

Answer 2

The evidence from the passage from "Sugar Changed the World" which supports the inference that sugar was expensive and not available to everyone is:

B. "Cooks working for the wealthiest people."

• "Sugar Changed the World" is a book by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos which dives deeply into historical events in connection with sugar.

• An inference is a conclusion we can reach based on reasoning and evidence.

• After reading the passage, an inference is possible: That sugar was expensive and not available to everyone.

• The reason for that inference is the line "cooks working for the wealthiest people."

• The authors are talking about a time when wealthy people were the only ones who had access to sugar.

• Their cooks used sugar as a spice back then, mixing it with other tastes.

• The poorer sections of the population, on the other hand, did not consume sugar.

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