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【題目】 There is a famous English saying “You are what you eat”, and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you. Many experts (專家) use it to tell people it’s important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food.

“When we say some people are ‘sweet’, we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us learn more about people’s feelings and acts.” said Brian Meier, a scientist from the study team. “Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone’s character and behavior depending on their taste.”

In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character — whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.

In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate were more willing to help other people in need, and those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren’t. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.

The result of the experiments is that people’s helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful. Next time, try some ice-cream.

【1】The underlined word “it” refers to ________.

A.the sweet foodB.the eating habit

C.the American teamD.the English saying

【2】According to the result of the experiments, sweet food makes people ________.

A.overweightB.excitedC.relaxedD.friendly

【3】It can be learnt from the passage that ________.

A.scientists asked college students questions about their future

B.scientists told college students not to eat sweet food

C.people with a sweet tooth are more willing to help others

D.people’s character has nothing to do with their taste

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文敘述了“人如其食”，一個(gè)人吃的東西會(huì)反應(yīng)在一個(gè)人的身上。本文介紹的是愛吃甜食的人的一些特征：愛吃甜食的人更友好、愛吃甜食的人更喜歡當(dāng)志愿者。甜食雖然容易使人發(fā)胖，但它也是使人們友好、助人的有效方式。

【1】代詞指代題。the sweet food甜食；the eating habit飲食習(xí)慣；the American team美國(guó)隊(duì)；the English saying英文諺語(yǔ)。根據(jù)畫線詞所在上文“There is a famous English saying ‘You are what you eat’, and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you.”提到一句英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)“人如其食”，結(jié)合畫線詞所在句含義“許多專家用它來(lái)告訴人們有一個(gè)好的飲食習(xí)慣很重要�！笨芍�此處it指代上文中的英語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。overweight超重；excited興奮的；relaxed放松的；friendly友好的。根據(jù)第3段中“According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.”可知科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)喜歡吃甜食的人更友好。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第3段中“In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character”可知大學(xué)生被問的問題是關(guān)于他們的性格而非關(guān)于未來(lái)，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第3段中“Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food.”可知科學(xué)家讓大學(xué)生們列出自己最喜歡的食物，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第4段中“For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.”可知喜歡吃甜食的人更愿意幫助別人，C項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)最后一段中“The result of the experiments is that people’s helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food.”可知人們樂于助人或表現(xiàn)友善與他們喜歡吃甜食有關(guān)，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故選C。