people to decide whether or not each word described them well. Afterwards, people were asked to recite as many of the words as they could remember.

As expected, those who had been mimicking a depressed walk recalled more negative words than those that had been walking in a happy manner.

This finding means that our walk influences the way we process information. And the scientists believe that using a happy walking style could help with treatment for depression.

34. Which of the following is closest in the meaning to the underlined word “negative” in the first

paragraph?

A. sad and inactive

B. angry and nervous

D. lonely and boring

C. patient and straight

35. What new way did scientists from Queen’s University possibly find to change negative thoughts?

A. Doing something happy.

B. Walking like a happy person.

D. Thinking about being a happy person.

C. Thinking of something bright.

36. Which of the following is NOT true about Troje’s test?

A. The 47 people walked on the treadmill. B. The two groups walked at different speeds.

C. Half of the people walked in a happy walking style. D. Another half walked in a depressive walking style. 37. According to the story, the finding can help ▲ .

A. improve one’s living skills C. change a person’s walking habit

B. record people’s happy memory D. treat patients with depression C

Do you know electricity can change the way we taste food? Don’t feel surprised at the fact. A special electric fork invented by Japanese researchers could make any dish taste salty.

According to Hiromi Nakamura, a Post Doctor Researcher at Meiji University of Japan, the technology

can be very useful for people with special eating habits. For example, the sick with high blood pressure (高血压) can easily develop a low-salt eating habit and still enjoy delicious food. And with the fork, there’s totally no risk of over-salting their food. Luckily, the voltage (电压) is so small that it is safe to use the fork.

The idea of adding electricity to food was first shown to public as an

experiment at the Computer Human Interaction Conference in Austin, Texas, in 2012. Nakamura and her team

connected a wire (导线) to a 9-volt battery (电池) and passed it through a straw (吸管) placed in a cup of sweet lemonade. Volunteers reported that the lemonade tasted not as sweet as it usually was, because the electricity created the taste of salt.

Nakamura has improved the technology to be able to reach the food through forks and chopsticks. “The is one electrode (电极), and the handle is the other,” “When you take a piece of food with the fork and put connect the circuit. When you take the fork out of your the circuit. So it actually works as a switch.”

Simon Klose, TV presenter of food program Munchies, who recently visited Nakamura to try out the fork himself, then said it was one of the greatest eating experiences he’d ever had. “When I first heard of electric food, it sounded terrible.” he said. He later continued to use the fork to eat pieces of fried chicken, and found that the saltiness greatly increased as the electricity was connected.

Nakamura has been eating “electric” food for the past three to four years in order to understand it better. “For me,” she said, “it may seem like we’re cooking but we’re actually working on the human taste.”

38. The electric fork may be good for people who ▲ .

A. need to lose weight

B. work as researchers

make the electricity metallic part of the fork Nakamura

explained.

it in your mouth, you mouth, you disconnect

C. show interest in physics D. have high blood pressure

39. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us ▲ .

A. what creates the taste of salt

B. how the electric fork works

D. when the technology was known to public

C. where the electric fork was invented 40. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The electric fork can create unreal taste.

B. A researcher from the USA invented the electric fork. C. People can use the electric fork by pushing the switch.

D. The idea of adding electricity to food was first shown in a TV program. 41. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Famous Researcher. C. A New Invention.

B. An Interesting Experiment. D. A Great Eating Experience.

D

You need some bread and milk. But half an hour later, you leave the supermarket with a trolley (手

推车) full of food. What games do supermarkets play to make us spend so much money?21世纪教育版权所有

The tricks usually start before you walk in. Outside the supermarket door, anybody who walks past can smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us hungry and ready to buy lots of food, not just bread.

Now you’re inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine, but in some supermarkets, all they have are trolleys. And of course the problem with a trolley is that it looks sad and lonely with just one or two products inside. So we may fill it with something. In fact, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.

Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think everything is cheaper than in other shops. So supermarkets offer very cheap prices on some things but then have higher prices for other products. One new trick is to put red stickers (标签) on products. Customers usually connect red stickers with lower prices so the red stickers are easy to be noticed, even when there is no reduction (降价)! Interestingly, this trick appears to work more with men than with women.

There is a story behind the position of everything in the supermarket. For example, customers often go only to buy milk. So they put it right at the back, forcing you to go past hundreds of shelves full of other products. The position of products on each shelf is also important. The most expensive products are usually at eye-level so you see these at once. The exception is anything that children might like. These products are on lower shelves so that kids see and even reach them.

Except what you see and smell in a supermarket, how about what you listen to? In most supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It’s so relaxing that you slow down and spend more time (and money) in the store. You also move more slowly when the supermarket is busy. Experts suggest it’s better to shop when it’s quieter, on a Monday or a Tuesday for example. And be careful at the checkouts when you pay for the things you buy. These are sometimes on purpose, to make you buy something from the checkout shelves while you wait for your turn.

So, next time you go into your local supermarket, remember these tricks and see if you can come out with just the things you want.

42. Many supermarkets put red stickers on products to ▲ .

A. make them look more beautiful

B. make them different from cheaper ones C. make people think the stickers are for men D. make people think they could save money

43. According to the passage, toys for children are usually placed ▲ . A. on the lower shelves

B. on the back shelves

C. on the front shelves D. on the higher shelves

44. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Several rules that every business should follow. B. Several ways supermarkets use to sell more products.

C. Some advertisements that make customers buy more. D. Some advice when people go shopping in supermarkets. 45. The writer probably agrees that ▲ .

A. people like soft and slow music in supermarkets B. things are cheaper in supermarkets than in other shops

C. people should just buy things they need in supermarkets2-1-c-n-j-y D. people should leave the supermarket with a trolley full of things

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第II卷共36小题，请按要求将答案写在答题纸上。 四、词汇（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

A. 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。 46. We can’t imagine ▲ (现代的) life without cooked food and cars.

47. Think twice before you buy that robot. Let’s ▲ (比较) the prices in another store. 48. Parents should teach their children to behave ▲ (in a right way) in public.

49. Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the ▲ (the outside or top part) of the

moon.21·cn·jy·com

50. Liu Tao was ▲ from school yesterday because of illness.

B. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，使句子通顺。

51. In summer, we have two ▲ holiday. It is in July and August. 52. Finally the two sides have reached an ▲ .

53. This pair of shoes is a bit too small for me. I feel ▲ . 54. Look! Grandpa Li looks much ▲ after the operation.21*cnjy*com

55. We invited her to speak ▲ because of her experience as a volunteer teacher.

C. 请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。

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