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（激發(fā)） 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．a(chǎn)bout 50 percent more carrots              D．a(chǎn)s 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

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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省2009-2010學(xué)年度高一下學(xué)期期中考試試卷（英語） 題型：閱讀理解

 

Foods from Around the World

Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from other countries. Here are four people’s experiences with foreign food.

Shao Wong is a student in France. He comes from China. “I’d never tasted cheese or even milk before I came here. Cattle are rare in my part of China, so there are no dairy products. I tried milk when I first arrived in France. I hated it! I sampled cheese too, but couldn’t manage more than one bite. I love ice cream, though, and that’s made from milk.”

Birgit is from Sweden. She traveled to Australia on vacation. “I was in a restaurant that specialized in fish, and I heard some other customers order flake. So I ordered some too and it was delicious. Later, I found out that flake is an Australian term for shark. After that pleasant experience, whenever I see a new food I try it out on purpose. You know why? I remember how much I enjoyed flake.”

Chandra is a dentist in Texas. She originates from India. “I’m frightened of eating new foods because they might be made from beef. I’m a Hindu, and my religion forbids me to eat meat from the cow. It’s a sacred animal to Hindus, so that’s the reason I can’t eat hamburgers or spaghetti with meatballs.”

Nathan is American. He taught for a year in China. “My friends gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didn’t like the look of them at all. The insides were green, but my friends said the color was normal. The Chinese put chemicals on fresh eggs. Then they bury them in the earth for three months. So the eggs weren’t really very old. Even so, I absolutely refused to touch them.”

Life in a new country can be scary, but it also can be fun. Would you sample a 100-year-old egg? Would you order shark in a restaurant?

1. What kind of girl is Birgit?

A. Religious.  B. Brave. C. Confident.  D. Open- minded.

2. Chandra is frightened of eating food made from beef, because _________.

A. It’s against Hindus’ religion.

B. She is a doctor and she thinks beef is not easy to chew and digest.

C. She is an Indian.

D. Hindus think beef is not tasty.

3. The underlined word “Sacred” in paragraph 4 means _________.

A. frightening B. large   C. man – eating      D. greatly respected

4. What can you infer from this passage?

A. Foods that are well known to you may not be familiar to people from other countries.

B. Despite (雖然) cultural differences in food, have a try and maybe you’ll get used to it.

C. A vacation is a good way to learn about new foods. Be sure to go on vacation more often.

D. People dislike eating new foods only because their religion forbids it.

 

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    Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember．Churchill warned the British to expect “blood, toil, tears and sweat”; Roosevelt told the Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”; Lenin promised the war-weary Russians peace, land and bread．Straightforward but effective messages．

We have an image of what a leader ought to be．We even recognize the physical signs; leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger-than-life, commanding features －- Lyndon Baines Johnson’s nose and ear lobes, Ike’s broad grin．A trade-mark also comes in handy; Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, Kennedy’s rocking chair．We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like an ordinary man．Half of President Ford’s trouble lay on the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure of clothes．A leader should have an unforgettable identity, instantly and permanently fixed in people’s minds．

It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us can’t: FDR overcame polio; Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We don’t want our leaders to be "just like us." We want them to be like us but better, special more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.

A Chinese philosopher once remarked that a leader must have the grace of a good dancer, and there is a great deal of wisdom to this. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walks should be firm and purposeful. He should be able, like Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Lke and JFK, to give a good, hearty, belly laugh, instead of the sickly grin that passes for good humor in Nixon or Carter. Ronald Reagan’s training as an actor showed to good effect in the debate with Carter, when by his easy manner and apparent affability, he managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the president and Carter the challenger.

The every simple truth about leadership is that people can only be led where they want to go. The leader follows, though a step ahead. Americans wanted to climb out of the Depression and needed someone to tell them they could do it, and Roosevelt did. The British believed that they could still win the war after the defeats of 1940, and Churchill told them they were right.

A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest yearning of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to fight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood.

1．The underlined word “yearning” in the last paragraph probably means_________.

         A．love    B．trouble       C．desire         D．feeling

2．From the fourth paragraph we can learn that_________.

         A．leaders usually look special or different

         B．leaders don’t have to be tall

         C．most leaders look ordinary

         D．leaders should always have trademarks

3．According to the article, a leader_________.

         A．usually tries to simplify our messages

         B．tell us what we want to hear

         C．encourages us to think about things in a new way

         D．is usually confident and handsome

4．From the passage we can infer that          .

         A．it helps for a leader to be able to dance or act well

         B．great leaders are usually totally different from us

         C．Carter was humorous and made good speeches

         D．it is the people rather than the president that makes what a nation is

5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

         A．Want to be a leader?

         B．What makes a leader?

         C．What does a leader look like?

         D．What must a leader do?

 

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Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on January 1st. People may go to parties, dress in formal clothes -- like tuxedos (小禮服) and evening gowns, and drink champagne at midnight. During the first minutes of the New Year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the New Year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the New Year with the first light of the sunrise.

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Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas (豇豆) for good luck -- but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!

1.Which culture celebrates New Year in the morning?

    A．The United States.   B．Spain.

    C．France.      D．The passage doesn’t say.

2.What is a resolution?

    A．Something you burn. B．Something you eat.

    C．Something you say.   D．Something you wear.

3.What is the topic of the fourth paragraph?

    A．Bringing good luck. B．Keeping away bad luck.

    C．Planning for the next year. D．Remembering the past.

4.Which is probably true about eating black-eyed peas on New Year?

    A．Black-eyed peas taste bad.  

    B．One pea brings one day of luck.

    C．The peas are very difficult to cook.    

    D．It is bad luck to eat a lot of black-eyed peas.

 

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As   17   drew near, the young man expected   18   that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how   19   he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包裝好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit   20  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣經(jīng)).

Angrily, he raised his   21   to his father and said, “Is a Bible   22   you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years   23   and the young man was very successful in business, but   24   his father was very old, he thought perhaps he   25   go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.   26   he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which   27   him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (財(cái)產(chǎn)) willed (立遺囑) to him.

  28   arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to   29   through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had   30   it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to   31  . As he was reading, a car   32   dropped from the back of the Bible.

How many times do we   33   blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once   34   the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (運(yùn)氣) may   35   be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

1.

A．offer

B．pay

C．buy

D．a(chǎn)fford

 

2.

A．his birthday

B．graduation day

C．sports meet

D．examination day

 

3.

A．signs

B．notes

C．warnings

D．marks

 

4.

A．upset

B．crazy

C．comfortable

D．proud

 

5.

A．excited

B．disappointed

C．worried

D．satisfied

 

6.

A．hand

B．head

C．voice

D．sound

 

7.

A．a(chǎn)ll

B．that

C．a(chǎn)ll what

D．that all

 

8.

A．past

B．gone

C．passed

D．spent

 

9.

A．learning

B．realizing

C．hearing

D．understanding

 

10.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．ought

 

11.

A．After

B．Before

C．Since

D．Until

 

12.

A．informed

B．required

C．reported

D．introduced

 

13.

A．By

B．On

C．As

D．At

 

14.

A．put

B．push

C．search

D．pass

 

15.

A．kept

B．bought

C．left

D．expected

 

16.

A．turn over

B．turn on

C．turn up

D．turn down

 

17.

A．picture

B．model

C．key

D．toy

 

18.

A．miss

B．get

C．forget

D．a(chǎn)void

 

19.

A．of

B．a(chǎn)mong

C．between

D．a(chǎn)long

 

20.

A．surely

B．a(chǎn)ctually

C．mainly

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Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

　Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travaels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.”

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1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A.how to telephone 　    B.about electricity 　 C.about time zone 　  D.about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

　A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

　B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away

　C.her students had a good command of her lesson about sound

　D.sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

　A.slower than sound waves   　B.faster than sound waves

　C.not so fast as sound waves  　D.as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

　A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

　B.electricity was slower than sound waves

　C.Tom was not good at physics at all

　D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

　A. Tom’s 　     　B. Kate’s 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B

 

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