Question

    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 (专家) 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 food B.the eating habit

C.the American team D.the English saying

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

A.overweight B.excited C.relaxed D.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.D

2.D

3.C

【解析】

文章大意：本文叙述了“人如其食”，一个人吃的东西会反应在一个人的身上。本文介绍的是爱吃甜食的人的一些特征：爱吃甜食的人更友好、爱吃甜食的人更喜欢当志愿者。甜食虽然容易使人发胖，但它也是使人们友好、助人的有效方式。

1.代词指代题。the sweet food甜食；the eating habit饮食习惯；the American team美国队；the English saying英文谚语。根据画线词所在上文“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.”提到一句英语谚语“人如其食”，结合画线词所在句含义“许多专家用它来告诉人们有一个好的饮食习惯很重要。”可知此处it指代上文中的英语谚语。故选D。

2.细节理解题。overweight超重；excited兴奋的；relaxed放松的；friendly友好的。根据第3段中“According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.”可知科学家发现喜欢吃甜食的人更友好。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第3段中“In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character”可知大学生被问的问题是关于他们的性格而非关于未来，A项错误；根据第3段中“Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food.”可知科学家让大学生们列出自己最喜欢的食物，B项错误；根据第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.”可知喜欢吃甜食的人更愿意帮助别人，C项正确；根据最后一段中“The result of the experiments is that people’s helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food.”可知人们乐于助人或表现友善与他们喜欢吃甜食有关，D项错误。故选C。