必修五Module 4 Carnival单元测试Ⅰ. 阅读理解ARestaurant chefs, home cooks, and foodies — people who love good food — often say that we eat with all of our senses.First, we use our sense of sight to appreciate how a meal is presented, either on a dinner plate or a dining table. Our sense of touch can also be important when preparing or sharing food.Next, with our sense of smell, we breathe in the mouth-watering aromas (香味) rising up from the meal. Finally, we enjoy the food with our sense of taste.But what about our sense of hearing? Does sound also affect our dining experience? A new report answers, “yes, it does. ”That answer comes from researchers at Brigham Young University in the United States. They found that hearing is important in the eating experience.Hearing is often called “the forgotten food sense, ” says Ryan Elder, “if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less. ”On the other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating.The researchers admit that the effects may not seem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month, or a year, all that food can really add up.But besides not overeating, there is another upside.Hearing the noises of your meal as you eat, could help you to be more mindful of the experience and perhaps help you to enjoy it more. 【文章大意】本文告诉人们享用食物时, 会用到五种感觉: 视觉、触觉、听觉、嗅觉和味觉; 并着重说明了听觉对人们进食量的影响。
1. How many senses are involved in enjoying foods?A. 3.B. 4.C. 5.D. 6.【解析】选C。
细节理解题。
根据第二段、第三段和第四段可知: 人们享用食物时, 涉及五种感觉——the sense of sight, the sense of touch, the sense of hearing, the sense of smell和the sense of taste。
故C项正确。
2. The und erlined phrase “such noises” in the seventh paragraph refers to ________.A. the noises food being eaten makesB. the noises people hear while eatingC. the loud music people hear while eatingD. the noises from TV while people eat【解析】选A。
词义猜测题。
根据第六、七段的内容可知, such noises 指上一段中“people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it”中的the sound。
故A项“食物在被食用时所发出的噪音”为正确答案。
3. Which sense does the passage mainly analyze when it comes toappreciating food?A. The sense of taste.B. The sense of hearing.C. The sense of touch.D. The sense of smell.【解析】选B。
主旨大意题。
从第四段开始至最后一段都在分析听觉对人们享用食物的影响。
故B项正确。
BRobots industry is developing so rapidly that there is no denying that we may one day find ourselves surrounded by robots.The humanoid (human like) robots with two legs such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd’s ASIMO would likely have an easier time climbing up stairs inside homes than a robot that moves on wheels, developers say.But it will be some time before such devices make their way into people’s homes.“They may look smart, but they are still quite stupid, ” Shimoyama said. “I don’t think they will ever be as smart as humans. ”While safety is an obvious concern, robots also need to be sensitive to people’s needs. Researchers at Fujitsu Frontech Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories responsible for developing “Enon”, a guide and patrol (巡逻) robot designed for use in shopping malls and corporate facilities (公共场所), are working on this.Enon, which has a humanoid upper body but no legs, is equipped with a touch screen on its chest and space in its stomach to carry loadsweighting up to 10 kg.In guide mode, it will check a newcomer and approach the person with a nod and a greeting: “Are you a visitor? Hello. ”Visitors requiring directions can point to icons (图标) displayed on Enon’s chest screen. If the restroom icon is pressed, the screen will display a map that shows the way.The robot will then face and point in the direction of the restroom, although it won’t actually walk the visitor there. Enon is now in use at four locations in Japan, including a shopping mall near Tokyo. The main goal is to make it more helpful for the elderly.“People who work in the transportation sector oft en ask whether we can build a robot that will find elderly people who look lost in train stations, and ask them if they are all right, ” said Toshihido Marita, director of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd’s autonomous system laboratory. “Actually that is hard to d o, very hard, ” he said.【文章大意】机器人产业发展得如此迅速, 在本文中作者介绍了名叫“Enon”的机器人, 它被广泛应用在商场、医院等公众场所。
4. What can we know about robots according to the text?A. They will replace human one day.B. They are difficult to control.C. They can do whatever humans do.D. They will be widely used in our life.【解析】选D。
推理判断题。
文章首段提出“Robots industry is developing so rapidly that there is no denying that we may one day find ourselves surrounded by robots. ”然后在下文详细介绍了几种机器人, 由此判断选D。
