Question

There is a famous English saying "You are what you eat", and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you. Many experts（专家） use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food.

    "When we say some people 'sweet', we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us learn more about people's feelings and acts." said Brian Meier, a scientist from the study team. "Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone's character and behavior depending on their taste."

In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character- whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.

    In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate were more willing to help other people in need, and those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren't. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.

    The result of the experiments is that people's helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful. Next time, try some ice-cream.

1.The underlined word "it" in the sentence "Many experts use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit." refers to______.

A. the sweet food    B. the English saying

C. the American team   D. the eating habit

2.According to the result of the experiments, sweet food makes people______.

A. overweight    B. excited    C. relaxed    D. friendly

3.The scientists found that the people who preferred______ were less helpful.

A. chips    B. chocolate    C. ice-cream    D. cookies

4.It can be learnt from the passage that______.

A. scientists asked college students questions about their future

B. scientists told college students not to eat sweet food

C. people with a sweet tooth are more willing to help others

D. people's character has nothing to do with their taste

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了人们的饮食会影响他们的性格。科学家们发现,那些喜欢甜食的人更愿意帮助其他需要帮助的人。

1.第一段第一句话There is a famous English saying "You are what you eat", and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you.可知，应选B

2.由文章三四五段分析可知，吃甜食能让人变得更加优秀，有帮助的，友善的，故选D

3.题目的关键词更少的帮助，文章作者向我们介绍的是吃甜食能让我们变得有帮助的，再观察答案选项，只有C薯条不是甜食，故选A

4.】归纳理解题。根据第四段可知，喜欢吃甜食的人们更愿意去帮助其他人，故选C

考点：饮食健康类短文阅读。