Question

【題目】 Some scientists conducted a study years ago. They gave 186 kids aged 4 regular carrots for lunch on some days, and the ________ vegetables renamed X-ray Vision Carrots on other days. Interestingly, the children ate nearly twice as many on the latter days.

The study suggests the influence of these names might continue. Children continued to eat about 50 percent more carrots even on the days when they were ___________ labeled as anything fun.

The research, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was presented at the annual meeting of the School Nutrition Association in Washington, D.C.

“Cool names can make for cool foods,” said the lead author Brian Wansink of Cornell University. “Whether it be ‘power peas’ or ‘dinosaur broccoli trees’, giving a food a fun ________________ makes kids think it will be more fun to eat. And it seems to keep working — even the next day,” Wansink said.

Similar results have been found with _________. A restaurant study showed that when the Seafood Filet was changed to Romantic Hawaii, sales increased 28 percent and taste rating increased by 12 percent. “Same food, but different expectations, and a different experience,” said Wansink, author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.”

The study was conducted in pre-schools, but the researchers believe the same naming tricks can work with children ______________.

“I’ve been using this with my kids,” said researcher Collin Payne, “Whatever sparks(激發(fā)) their imagination seems to spark their appetite.”

【1】A.sameB.differentC.deliciousD.colorful

【2】A.stillB.noC.no longerD.specially

【3】A.colorB.smellC.flavorD.name

【4】A.adultsB.school kidsC.teenagersD.customers

【5】A.in primary schoolsB.in middle schoolsC.after schoolD.at home

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。主要講述通過實驗給孩子們吃同一種食物換成一個有趣的名字，孩子們的食量是平時的兩倍，從而得出結(jié)論，同一種食物但不同的名字會帶來不同的飲食體驗。

【1】句意：他們讓186名4歲的孩子在一些日子里吃普通的胡蘿卜午餐，在另一些日子里給他們吃改名為x光視覺胡蘿卜的同種蔬菜。

same相同的；different不同的；delicious美味的；colorful有趣的。根據(jù)句意可知，前后吃的蔬菜是同一種，只是把名字改一下，the same相同的，固定搭配，故選A。

【2】句意：在這些菜不再被標記為任何有趣的名字的情況下，孩子們繼續(xù)多吃了大約50%的胡蘿卜。

still仍然；no沒有；no longer不再；specially特別地。根據(jù)anything可知，該句是否定句，故排除A、D，但B代入用法錯誤，應(yīng)該是not。故選C。

【3】句意：無論是“大力豌豆”還是“恐龍花椰菜”，給食物一個有趣的名字會讓孩子們覺得吃起來會更有趣。

color顏色；smell味道；flavor香味；name名字。根據(jù)上文可知，名字不一樣，吃法不一樣，所以食物一個有趣的名字會讓孩子們覺得吃起來會更有趣，故選D。

【4】句意：同樣的結(jié)果在成人中也被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

adults成年人；school kids小學(xué)生；teenagers青少年；customers客戶。因為上文講的是孩子們，這里講“restaurant”，推斷可知是指成人。故選A。

【5】句意：這項研究是在學(xué)前班進行的，但研究人員認為，同樣的命名技巧也適用于家里的孩子。

in primary schools小學(xué)；in middle schools中學(xué)；after school放學(xué)后；at home在家里。根據(jù)下文“I’ve been using this with my kids”可知這種方法也可用于自己家里的孩子，故選D。