Question

【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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】E

【3】D

【4】C

【5】J

【6】A

【7】C

【8】K

【9】H

【10】F

【解析】

本文是一篇議論文。人們認(rèn)為如果飯菜很貴，味道會(huì)更好。有人說(shuō)天下沒(méi)有免費(fèi)的午餐，但科學(xué)家們表示，即使你能設(shè)法買(mǎi)到便宜的午餐，它的味道也比不上更貴的一餐。

【1】考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。句意：一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，常去餐館吃飯的人認(rèn)為，比起價(jià)格更低的食物，價(jià)格更高的食物更美味。由定語(yǔ)從句的引導(dǎo)詞who可知此空指人填goers，故選I。

【2】考查名詞。句意：專(zhuān)家認(rèn)為人們傾向于把成本和質(zhì)量聯(lián)系起來(lái)，這改變了他們對(duì)食物味道的印象。結(jié)合句意表示“印象”可知此空填impression，故選E。

【3】考查名詞復(fù)數(shù)。句意：研究人員將這種食物的價(jià)格定在了4美元或8美元之間。結(jié)合句意可知此空填researchers，故選D。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：顧客被要求評(píng)價(jià)食物的味道，餐廳的質(zhì)量，并留下他們的名字。結(jié)合句意表示“評(píng)價(jià)”可知此空填rate，故選C。

【5】考查一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)。句意：實(shí)驗(yàn)顯示，那些花8美元買(mǎi)食物的人比那些吃“便宜”自助餐的人多享受11%的食物。結(jié)合句意表示“顯示”可知此空填revealed，故選J。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：有趣的是，那些付了4美元自助餐的人說(shuō)，他們對(duì)把盤(pán)子裝起來(lái)感到更內(nèi)疚，覺(jué)得自己吃得太多了。結(jié)合句意可知此空填overate，故選A。

【7】考查過(guò)去分詞作后置定語(yǔ)。句意：然而，根據(jù)本周在實(shí)驗(yàn)生物學(xué)會(huì)議上提交的研究，科學(xué)家們說(shuō)兩組人總共吃了大約相同數(shù)量的食物。結(jié)合句意表示“提出的”用過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)，可知此空填presented，故選G。

【8】考查名詞。句意：該大學(xué)消費(fèi)者行為學(xué)教授布賴(lài)恩汪辛克(Brian Wansink)表示:“我們很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，定價(jià)對(duì)一個(gè)人吃多少幾乎沒(méi)有影響，但對(duì)你如何解讀這種體驗(yàn)卻有巨大影響。”結(jié)合句意可知此空填consumer，故選K。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：該大學(xué)消費(fèi)者行為學(xué)教授布賴(lài)恩汪辛克(Brian Wansink)表示:“我們很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，定價(jià)對(duì)一個(gè)人吃多少幾乎沒(méi)有影響，但對(duì)你如何解讀這種體驗(yàn)卻有巨大影響。”結(jié)合句意表示“解讀”可知此空填interpret，故選H。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：在之前的一項(xiàng)研究中，該大學(xué)的科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在昏暗燈光下進(jìn)食的人比在明亮燈光下進(jìn)食的人少攝入175卡路里。結(jié)合句意表示“之前的”可知此空填previous，故選F。