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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.

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。人們認為如果飯菜很貴，味道會更好。有人說天下沒有免費的午餐，但科學家們表示，即使你能設法買到便宜的午餐，它的味道也比不上更貴的一餐。

【1】考查名詞復數(shù)。句意：一項新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，常去餐館吃飯的人認為，比起價格更低的食物，價格更高的食物更美味。由定語從句的引導詞who可知此空指人填goers，故選I。

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

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

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

【5】考查一般過去時態(tài)。句意：實驗顯示，那些花8美元買食物的人比那些吃“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】考查動詞時態(tài)。句意：有趣的是，那些付了4美元自助餐的人說，他們對把盤子裝起來感到更內(nèi)疚，覺得自己吃得太多了。結(jié)合句意可知此空填overate，故選A。

【7】考查過去分詞作后置定語。句意：然而，根據(jù)本周在實驗生物學會議上提交的研究，科學家們說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”用過去分詞作定語，可知此空填presented，故選G。

【8】考查名詞。句意：該大學消費者行為學教授布賴恩汪辛克(Brian Wansink)表示:“我們很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，定價對一個人吃多少幾乎沒有影響，但對你如何解讀這種體驗卻有巨大影響。”結(jié)合句意可知此空填consumer，故選K。

【9】考查動詞。句意：該大學消費者行為學教授布賴恩汪辛克(Brian Wansink)表示:“我們很驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，定價對一個人吃多少幾乎沒有影響，但對你如何解讀這種體驗卻有巨大影響。”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：在之前的一項研究中，該大學的科學家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在昏暗燈光下進食的人比在明亮燈光下進食的人少攝入175卡路里。結(jié)合句意表示“之前的”可知此空填previous，故選F。