Scientists have been studying the reasons why some people don't like the taste of certain vegetables. They found that people inherit(遺傳)some genes from their parents that cause them to like or dislike certain vegetables.
In their research about tastes, scientists found that there are three types of people in the world. First, there are non-tasters, who are not very sensitive to sweet-tasting foods or bitter-tasting foods. The people of the second type are just called tasters, and those of the third are super tasters who are very sensitive to sweet and bitter flavors. Children of the third type, who are super-tasters, will probably not like vegetables such as broccoli and Brussels sprout because of their bitter taste. This is unfortunate, because super-tasters might avoid eating foods that are important for their health.
The scientists said that thousands of years ago. On the other hand, super tasters actually had an advantage over other types of people. At that time, super-tasters could avoid eating bitter-tasting poisonous plants which other types of people would eat.
From this research about tastes, we learn some interesting things about super-tasters. For one thing, super-tasters have more taste buds(味蕾)on their tongues. And, to super-tasters bitters foods taste very bitter, and sweet foods taste very sweet. Super-tasters might also not like spicy food made with chili pepper, because it would be too hot for them. Furthermore, female supper-tasters probably won't be very fat, but they do seem to enjoy cooking more than other types of people.
小題1:Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word "spicy".
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小題2:What do scientists call those people who are not very sensitive to sweet-tasting or bitter-tasting foods? （回答詞數(shù)不超過2個(gè)）
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小題3:According to the scientists, why don't some people like the taste of certain vegetables? （回答詞數(shù)不超過9個(gè)）
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小題4:What would prevent a super-taster from eating food important for their health? （回答詞數(shù)不超過8個(gè)）
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小題1: Hot
小題2:Non-tasters.
小題3:Because they inherit some genes from their parents.
小題4:Being very sensitive to( bitter) flavors.

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)下一行because it would be too hot for them.說明這個(gè)詞語hot是近義詞。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行there are non-tasters, who are not very sensitive to sweet-tasting
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3行They found that people inherit(遺傳)some genes from their parents that cause them to like or dislike certain vegetables.
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)第二段3，4行those of the third are super tasters who are very sensitive to sweet and bitter flavors.說明這樣的孩子對(duì)于味覺過去敏感，
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