In a new study, 186 four-year-old kids were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they were given the same vegetables renamed X-ray Vision Carrots. On the latter days, they ate nearly twice as many.
The study suggests the influence of these names might persist. Children continued to eat about 50 percent more carrots even on the days when they were no longer labeled as anything special.
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 name 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 adults. 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 at home.
“I’ve been using this with my kids,” said researcher Collin Payne, “Whatever sparks(激发) their imagination seems to spark their appetite.”
1.Those four-year-old kids ate ________ when the carrots were renamed X-ray Vision Carrots.
A. twice more carrots B. nearly double carrots
C. about 50 percent more carrots D. as many carrots as they used to
2.According to the passage, _______ make(s) kids think it will be more fun to eat.
A. power peas B. dinosaur broccoli trees
C. fun names of food D. cool foods
3.The restaurant study didn’t show that ________.
A. sales increased 28 percent when the name Romantic Hawaii was taken
B. taste rating increased by 12 percent after the Seafood Filet was renamed
C. same food would let people have a different experience with different names
D. the researchers got similar results when they work with children at home
4.The purpose of the passage is to tell us ________.
A. people prefer food with cool names
B. how to name the food which kids eat
C. how to help kids eat in a healthy way
D. kids often imagine when they eat food
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Micheal Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the
hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about
the man ___1___ the character?
Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to ___2___. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t ___3___ a traditional path.
Miller didn’t take a ___4___ road to fame and fortune. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in theatre or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only ___5___ experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the ___6___ to Hollywood.
Miller has always been ___7___. Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a ___8___ of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be ___9___ one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films and TV shows when he got to Hollywood. ___10___, he worked as a production assistant. Not what you would ___11___ from a Princeton graduate.
However, it all paid off for Miller ___12___. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good ___13___.
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers ___14___ his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.
With a golden globe nomination (金球奖提名) and another season of Prison Break under his belt, Miller seems ready to ___15___ all of Hollywood.
1.A. beside B. behind C. outside D. after
2.A. talk with B. go after C. get along with D. figure out
3.A. go B. walk C. follow D. step
4.A. direct B. special C. wide D. correct
5.A. graduation B. performance C. production D. education
6.A. role B. move C. decision D. movie
7.A. strange B. outstanding C. different D. successful
8.A. mixture B. result C. mystery D. representative
9.A. other B. either C. another D. the other
10.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Instead D. Finally
11.A. respect B. make C. indicate D. expect
12.A. in the end B. in particular C. as a whole D. as a result
13.A. film B. actor C. drama D. guy
14.A. recognized B. made C. recorded D. remembered
15.A. take up B. take over C. turn up D. turn over
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. major |
B. determined |
C. promotion |
D. prosperous |
E. stressed |
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F. surprisingly |
G. impressed |
H. questions |
I. cooperation |
J. increasingly |
Barack Obama has been a hit in China. Apart from holding talks with Chinese leaders, the president ___1.___ the Chinese with a lively question-and-answer session with college students. In fact, he is the first U.S. president to visit China inside his first year in office.
“The United States insists we do not seek to contain China’s rise,” he told Chinese students in Shanghai. “On the contrary, we welcome China as a strong and ___2.___ and successful member of the community of nations.”
The U.S.-China relationship has opened the door to partnerships on ___3.__ global concerns including economic recovery, clean energy, climate change, and the ___4.___ of peace and beyond, he added.
Indeed, given these pressing issues, China and the United States have ___5.___ found their future linked together. They discovered that the largest developing nation and the most powerful industrialized country have to work in concert.
Obama’s visit to China on November 15-18 highlighted the complexity of arguably the most important bilateral (双边) relationship in the world. Moreover, for all their differences and disagreements, Beijing and Washington are ___6.___ to manage their relations in a way that will contribute to world peace and development.
Obama kicked off his first state visit to China in the country’s financial and economic centre, Shanghai, where he held a “town hall” meeting with more than 500 Chinese students. The one-hour discussion, during which Obama took ___7.___ ranging from antiterrorism to recipes for success with his signature charisma (领袖魅力), was broadcast live on the websites.
He ___8.___ that young people could help build bridges in U.S.-China ___9.___ — a process that he said must grow beyond the two countries’ governments to take root in the people.
The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ____ rapid progress they’ve made.
A. however B. how much C. whatever D. no matter
He was disappointed ____ he had learned from books quite differed from his actual life.
A. what B. that C. which D. how
It was the A/N1H1 epidemic ____ spread almost throughout the country ____ promoted the research and production of the flu vaccine.
A. that…that B. that…which C. what…that D. that…what
