【題目】Mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing ________ it can pursue politics, science, art and religion.
A. until B. unless C. before D. since
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【題目】Section B
Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
People Think Meals Taste Better If They Are Expensive
It is said that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but even if you manage to bag a bargain meal, it will not taste as good as a more expensive meal, according to scientists.
A new study has found that restaurant 【1】 who pay more for their meals think the food is tastier than if it is offered for a smaller price. The experts think that people tend to associate cost with quality and this changes their 【2】 of how food tastes.
Scientists at Cornell University in New York studied the eating habits of 139 people enjoying an Italian buffet (自助餐) in a restaurant. The price of the food was set by the 【3】 at either $4 or $8 for the all-you-can-eat meal. Customers were asked to 【4】 how good the food tasted, the quality of the restaurant and to leave their names.
The experiment 【5】 that the people who paid $8 for the food enjoyed their meal 11 percent more than those who ate the “cheaper” buffet. Interestingly those that paid for the $4 buffet said they felt guiltier about loading up their plates and felt that they 【6】. However, the scientists said that both groups ate around the same quantity of food in total, according to the study 【7】 at the Experimental Biology meeting this week.
Brian Wansink, a professor of 【8】 behaviour at the university, said: “We were fascinated to find that pricing has little impact on how much one eats, but a huge impact on how you 【9】 the experience.” He thinks that people enjoyed their food more as they associated cost with quality and that small changes to a restaurant can change how tasty people find their meals.
In a(n) 【10】 study, scientists from the university showed that people who eat in dim lighting consume 175 less calories (卡路里) than people who eat in brightly lit areas.
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【題目】 ---Did you go to the fashion show last week?
---I_________,but I was fully occupied the whole week.
A. must go B. must have gone
C. would go D. would have gone
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【題目】聽下面一段較長對話,回答以下小題。
【1】What is the setting of the picture?
A. A zoo. B. A mountain. C. A garden.
【2】Why does the man’s aunt often travel around the world?
A. To take some pictures.
B. To do some sightseeing.
C. To study animals
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【題目】— How is your father feeling at present?
— He __ quite fine after the operation, but unluckily he is taking a turn for the worse today.
A. feels B. felt
C. has been feeling D. had felt
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【題目】____ I'm mistaken, I've seen that tall man at a party before.
A. If B. As
C. Unless D. When
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【題目】I need to obtain a part-time job because my mother’s income can not ______ the cost of my school fees.
A. pay B. spend C. take D. cover
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【題目】Oh! The flower can’t be saved. If the flower had been watered,it now.
A.wouldn’t be dyingB.is dead
C.had been deadD.will not die
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【題目】 In taking a space walk, Chinese astronauts are__________ going where Russian and Americans went decades before.
A. ridiculously B. commercially
C. domestically D. boldly
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