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 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 his word can help us learn more about people’s feelings and acts.” said Brain 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 nonsweet 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 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” refers to(指代) ______.

A．the sweet food      B．the eating habit

C．the American team   D．the English saying

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

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：“人如其食”，一个人吃的东西会反应在一个人的身上。本文介绍的是爱吃甜食的人的一些特征：爱吃甜食的人更友好、爱吃甜食的人更喜欢当志愿者。甜食虽然容易使人发胖，但它也是使人们友好、助人的有效方式。

1.D 推理判断题。题意：有下划线的it指代的是什么？A．the sweet food甜食；B．the eating habit饮食习惯；C．the American team美国队；D．the English saying英文谚语。句意：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.有一句著名的英文谚语“人如其食”，它的意思是说你吃进嘴里的东西会变成你的一部分。因此“它”指的是谚语。故选D。

2.D 细节理解题。题意：根据实验结果，甜食使人们怎样？A．overweight超重；B．excited激动；C．relaxed放松；D．friendly友好。由第三段最后一句：the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.可知科学家发现喜欢吃甜食的人更友好。故选D。

3.C 细节理解题。题意：科学家发现较喜欢什么的人们更不乐于助人？A．ice-cream冰淇淋；B．chocolate巧克力；C．chips薯条；D．cookies饼干。根据第四段里的：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 nonsweet food such as chips weren’t. 可知，科学家们发现喜欢吃像饼干之类的甜食的人更愿意帮助别人，而喜欢吃像薯条这种不甜的食物的人不愿意帮助人。故选C。

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考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。