【題目】 What’s the first thing that you notice when you walk into your favorite restaurant? Is it the smell of fresh pizza, or the sight of your favorite desserts? Food that looks and smells good will probably taste good, but what about sound? Is that important?

Scientists now believe that the taste of food can change when your ears hear different sounds, but it has to be the right kind of sound. When you turn on a microwave with popcorn in it, it soon starts to pop. Do you think “That sounds tasty!”? Not really, you probably think it’s nearly ready. But when smell it, you go to get the salt and the butter. Hearing the popcorn make you think about it, but smelling it tells you that it tastes good. So what are the sounds to change the tastes of the things?

In an experiment in a fish restaurant, customers listened to the sound of the seaside while they were eating. Did it make a difference? Yes, it did. Listening to the seaside seemed to improve the taste of the food. It was fresher and saltier. When the restaurant tried the same experiment with the sound of the farm animals, there was no difference in taste. The results are going to be useful for restaurants. Perhaps they will try to use fewer unhealthy things, like salt and sugar in food. With the right music or sounds, perhaps we won’t taste the difference.

Restaurants are also setting a connection between food and the sound that the packet(包裝袋) makes. Pick up a packet of your favorite potato chips, what does it sound like? One restaurant recently changed the material that they used to make their potato chip packets because experiments show that the packet which makes a right sound will make customers think the potato chips are fresher. Another idea is that a list of music will begin to appear on food packets, so if you don’t like your green vegetables, the right music or sounds could help you learn to love them.

【1】According to the passage, what makes you think the popcorn tastes delicious?

A.Turning on the microwave.B.Smelling the popcorn in the microwave.

C.Hearing the popcorn.D.Taking the popcorn out of the microwave.

【2】What was the result of the experiment in the restaurant?

A.The sounds of the seaside made the food taste better.B.The customers didn’t like the food.

C.The music changed the food.D.The customers preferred the sounds of the farm animals.

【3】Why is the material of the food packet important?

A.Because customers want it to sound and look right.

B.Because customers enjoy looking at the different materials.

C.Because customers think the food is good if it makes the right sound.

D.Because customers don’t like noisy packets.

【4】The passage mainly tells us .

A.sounds make a difference to the taste of food

B.the smell of food makes a difference to the taste of food

C.right music could help people love green vegetable

D.there is a connection between the sight of food and the taste of food

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。通過(guò)研究，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)耳朵聽(tīng)到不同的聲音時(shí)，食物的味道也會(huì)改變。

【1】題意：根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，是什么讓你覺(jué)得爆米花好吃？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文Hearing the popcorn make you think about it, but smelling it tells you that it tastes good可知，嗅覺(jué)讓人覺(jué)得爆米花好吃，B選項(xiàng)Smelling the popcorn in the microwave“聞到微波爐里爆米花的味道”符合題意，故應(yīng)選B。

【2】題意：餐館里的實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果是什么？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文Listening to the seaside seemed to improve the taste of the food可知，聽(tīng)海邊的聲音確實(shí)提升了食物的口感，A選項(xiàng)The sounds of the seaside made the food taste better“海邊的聲音使食物味道更好”符合題意，故應(yīng)選A。

【3】題意：為什么食物包裝袋的材料很重要？

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文experiments show that the packet which makes a right sound will make customers think the potato chips are fresher可知，實(shí)驗(yàn)表明，發(fā)出正確聲音的包裝袋會(huì)讓顧客覺(jué)得薯片更新鮮，C選項(xiàng)Because customers think the food is good if it makes the right sound“因?yàn)轭櫩驼J(rèn)為如果包裝袋發(fā)出正確的聲音，里面的食物是好食物”符合題意，故應(yīng)選C。

【4】題意：這篇文章主要告訴我們_____________。

主旨大意題。根據(jù)原文Scientists now believe that the taste of food can change when your ears hear different sounds, but it has to be the right kind of sound可知，本文一直在就聲音對(duì)食物味道的影響進(jìn)行描述說(shuō)明，A選項(xiàng)sounds make a difference to the taste of food“聲音對(duì)食物的味道有影響”符合題意，故應(yīng)選A。

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