49. Which of the following statements best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 5?
(A) Gong Cha has a lot of faraway branch stores in Tokyo so high-school-aged children in Tokyo are likely to drink Gong
Cha’s bubble tea.
(B) Gong Cha is likely to have a lot of faraway branch stores in Kyoto because high-school-aged children there would like
to drink its bubble tea.
(C) High-school-aged children would like to drink Gong Cha’s bubble tea because only Gong Cha has a lot of branch
stores in a distant part of Tokyo.
(D) High-school-aged children in a distant part of Tokyo would like to drink Gong Cha’s bubble tea because they are
likely to drink out of big red straws.
(E) Gong Cha has a lot of branch stores in a distant part of Kyoto because high-school-aged children would like to drink
out of big red straws.