Question

    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(激发) their imagination seems to spark their appetite.”

1.A.same B.different C.delicious D.colorful

2.A.still B.no C.no longer D.specially

3.A.color B.smell C.flavor D.name

4.A.adults B.school kids C.teenagers D.customers

5.A.in primary schools B.in middle schools C.after school D.at home

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述通过实验给孩子们吃同一种食物换成一个有趣的名字，孩子们的食量是平时的两倍，从而得出结论，同一种食物但不同的名字会带来不同的饮食体验。

1.句意：他们让186名4岁的孩子在一些日子里吃普通的胡萝卜午餐，在另一些日子里给他们吃改名为x光视觉胡萝卜的同种蔬菜。

same相同的；different不同的；delicious美味的；colorful有趣的。根据句意可知，前后吃的蔬菜是同一种，只是把名字改一下，the same相同的，固定搭配，故选A。

2.句意：在这些菜不再被标记为任何有趣的名字的情况下，孩子们继续多吃了大约50%的胡萝卜。

still仍然；no没有；no longer不再；specially特别地。根据anything可知，该句是否定句，故排除A、D，但B代入用法错误，应该是not。故选C。

3.句意：无论是“大力豌豆”还是“恐龙花椰菜”，给食物一个有趣的名字会让孩子们觉得吃起来会更有趣。

color颜色；smell味道；flavor香味；name名字。根据上文可知，名字不一样，吃法不一样，所以食物一个有趣的名字会让孩子们觉得吃起来会更有趣，故选D。

4.句意：同样的结果在成人中也被发现。

adults成年人；school kids小学生；teenagers青少年；customers客户。因为上文讲的是孩子们，这里讲“restaurant”，推断可知是指成人。故选A。

5.句意：这项研究是在学前班进行的，但研究人员认为，同样的命名技巧也适用于家里的孩子。

in primary schools小学；in middle schools中学；after school放学后；at home在家里。根据下文“I’ve been using this with my kids”可知这种方法也可用于自己家里的孩子，故选D。