If I ask you to shut your eyes and gave you a piece of apple to eat, would you be able to tell me what it is just by tasting it? Of course, you could. Your tongue is covered with tiny “taste buds” which help you know what different foods taste like. Do you know that foods would taste different if you did not have a nose? This experiment shows how important your nose is when you taste things.

What You Need:

• a friend to help

• small pieces of any food like carrot, orange, banana

• small pieces of apple, raw(生的) potato, and onion

What You Do:

There are actually three different experiments. You and your friend should take turns to try them on each other.

Experiment 1:

Have your friend close her eyes and open her mouth.

Give her a piece of the food and ask her to taste it.

Then, ask her what she thinks it is. She will probably guess correctly.

Experiment 2:

While your friend has her eyes closed, give her a piece of the raw potato. At the same time, hold a piece of apple right under her nose. Ask her to eat the potato (but don’t call it by name) and tell you what she thinks it is. She will say it is a piece of apple!

Experiment 3: (for the brave)

Take a piece of raw onion. You don’t have to close your eyes this time. Squeeze your nose closed with your other hand so that no smells can get into your nose. Now take a nibble of the onion. Surprise! As long as you hold your nose, you will not be able to taste the onion.

The Science Secret

You already know the science secret. Your nose and your tongue work together to make food taste the way it does. Your tongue, however, can taste only certain flavors like salty, bitter, sour, and sweet. All of the other “tastes” are actually “smells,” and you need your nose to “taste” them. Oh, and you might use this science secret the next time you are told to eat something you don’t like the taste of. If you hold your nose while you eat it, you won’t “taste” it at all.

1.According to this article, what could a reader know about food?

A. People hold their noses to eat onions.           

B. If you can smell potatoes, you will taste apples.

C. People need a sense of smell to taste some food.  

D. If you close your eyes, food will taste better.

2.What is the most likely reason Experiment 3 is called “for the brave”?

A. You keep your eyes open.                           B. You have to eat a raw onion.

C. You have to squeeze your nose.                   D. You do the experiment alone.

3.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Your Eyes Knows                               B. Your Nose Knows  

C. Your Mouth Knows                             D. Your Tongue Knows

 

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2.If you have only ten Yuan, where can you eat dumplings?

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4.If Mr. Green has dumplings in chicken soup, egg fried rice, mapo tofu, and green tea, ice cream or orange juice, he want __ RMB altogether (總共).

A.20            B.27               C.35                         D.42

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A. A table for two? B. What can I do for you? C. My I take your order now? D. Excuse me. Could we have some coffee, please? E. This way, please. F. Anything else? G. What would you like to drink?

　　Waiter: Good morning, madam.

　　Gina: Good morning.

　　Waiter: 1._____________

　　Gina: Yes. Can we have table by the window?

　　Waiter: OK. 2. _____________

　　( At the table )

　　Waiter: Here's the menu. 3.__________

　　Gina: Yes. We'd like chicken with potatoes, beef with onions and some rice.

　　Waiter: 4.__________

　　Gina: Orange juice.

　　Waiter: 5.________

　　Gina: No, that's all. Thank you.

 

 

It seems school children all over the world complain about their school food．Cherie Blair，the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair，said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have canteens，which serve everything from noodles to rice，but not burgers and chips．Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls，meat or fish，pickles and vegetables．
The United States
A typical menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried potatoes or roast chicken，lettuce and pickles，fruit and cookies．School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the daily dietary
allowances(定量)of protein(蛋白質(zhì))，vitamin A．vitamin C，iron，calcium，and calories(卡路里)．
Australia
Meat pies，sausage rolls and hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops．But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health，healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus．
Many schools have used a traffic light system．The sale of red-labelled foods including pastries，chocolate and soft drinks，is served only twice a week．Healthier green-labelled foods such as sushi，sandwiches，corn and watermelon，however are served every day．
In some schools．students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from，including popcorn and rice．
 South Africa
Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all．Classes end at 1：30 pm and students get their own lunches．Many students bring food from home，usually sandwiches．
Fast food and fried food sell the best among students，which has led to a rise in obesity among children．But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different diseases，some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition(營養(yǎng))．Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge with vegetables，such as cabbages，onions，beans，carrots and tomatoes.
【小題1】 Which belongs to red-labelled food in Australia？

A．sandwiches

B．beer

C．tomatoes

D．corn

【小題2】What does the underlined word “obesity” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Allowances．

B．Sadness．

C．Nutrition．

D．Overweight．

【小題3】We can infer(推斷)from the passage that

A．a(chǎn) typical menu from a US school is made up of enough nutrition

B．most students in South Africa eat their lunches at home

C．many schools in Australia have traffic lights outside their schools

D．you can have whatever you like in school canteens in Japan

【小題4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Food served in the US is the best of a11．

B．Schools should try to satisfy the needs of students．

C．Schools serve different foods from country to country．

D．School children all over the world dislike their school food．

【小題5】．Who is the article meant for?

A．School lunch suppliers

B．Headmasters．

C．Students．

D．Nutritionists