科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
In a new study, 186 four-year-old kids were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they were given the same vegetables renamed X-ray Vision Carrots. On the latter days, they ate nearly twice as many.
The study suggests the influence of these names might persist. Children continued to eat about 50 percent more carrots even on the days when they were no longer labeled as anything special.
The research, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was presented at the annual meeting of the School Nutrition Association in Washington, D.C..
“Cool names can make for cool foods,” said the lead author Brian Wansink of Cornell University. “Whether it be ‘power peas’ or ‘dinosaur broccoli trees’, giving a food a fun name makes kids think it will be more fun to eat. And it seems to keep working — even the next day,” Wansink said.
Similar results have been found with adults. A restaurant study showed that when the Seafood Filet was changed to Romantic Hawaii, sales increased 28 percent and taste rating increased by 12 percent. “Same food, but different expectations, and a different experience,” said Wansink, author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.”
The study was conducted in pre-schools, but the researchers believe the same naming tricks can work with children at home.
“I’ve been using this with my kids,” said researcher Collin Payne, “Whatever sparks(激发) their imagination seems to spark their appetite.”
Those four-year-old kids ate ________ when the carrots were renamed X-ray Vision Carrots.
A. twice more carrots B. nearly double carrots
C. about 50 percent more carrots D. as many carrots as they used to
According to the passage, _______ make(s) kids think it will be more fun to eat.
A. power peas B. dinosaur broccoli trees
C. fun names of food D. cool foods
The restaurant study didn’t show that ________.
A. sales increased 28 percent when the name Romantic Hawaii was taken
B. taste rating increased by 12 percent after the Seafood Filet was renamed
C. same food would let people have a different experience with different names
D. the researchers got similar results when they work with children at home
The purpose of the passage is to tell us ________.
A. people prefer food with cool names
B. how to name the food which kids eat
C. how to help kids eat in a healthy way
D. kids often imagine when they eat food
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届辽宁朝阳柳城高级中学高一上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Without plant, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen(氧气)that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason: we need them for their beauty.
Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches sway(摇摆)from side to side.
Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always try to design houses with room for some grass and a garden.
Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention?
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem (茎) and more leaves.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A.If there are no flowers, there will be no sweet smells.
B.Without plants, we can’t hear the wind.
C.We plant trees to watch the branches sway from side to side.
D.We need plants not only for food and oxygen but also for their beauty.
2.In the experiment, the plants were________.
A.of different kinds B.talked to in two different ways
C.both given love and attention D.grown in the same place
3.At the end of six months,________.
A.one plant had longer roots than the other and had a thicker stem
B.one plant had longer roots while the other had a thicker stem
C.the plants were of the same size
D.one plant had a thicker stem while the other plant had more leaves
4.The experiment has proved(证明) that________-.
A.we should talk to plants and give them love
B.without plants people could not live
C.we should grow as many plants as possible
D.plants need plenty of water, sunshine and attention
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届河南省高一上学期期末考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Without plant, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen(氧气)that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason: we need them for their beauty.
Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches sway(摇摆)from side to side.
Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always try to design houses with room for some grass and a garden.
Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention?
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem (茎) and more leaves.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A.If there are no flowers, there will be no sweet smells.
B.Without plants, we can’t hear the wind.
C.We need plants not only for food and oxygen but also for their beauty.
D.We plant trees to watch the branches sway from side to side.
2.In the experiment, the plants were________.
A.of different kinds B.Talked to in two different ways
C.both given love and attention D.grown in the same place
3.At the end of six months,________.
A.one plant had longer roots than the other and had a thicker stem
B.one plant had longer roots while the other had a thicker stem
C.the plants were of the same size
D.one plant had a thicker stem while the other plant had more leaves
4.The experiment has proved(证明) that________-.
A.without plants people could not live
B.we should talk to plants and give them love
C.we should grow as many plants as possible
D.plants need plenty of water, sunshine and attention
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届福建省高二下学期第二次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:单项填空
You can't imagine ____ when they received these nice Christmas presents.
A.how they were excited |
B.how excited they were |
C.how excited were they |
D.they were how excited |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010年福建省宁德市阶段性考试英语卷 题型:单项填空
You can’t imagine _______ when they received those nice Christmas presents.
A. how they were excited B. how excited they were
C. how excited were they D. they were excited
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