Question

If I ask you to shut your eyes and gave you a piece of apple to eat, would you be able to tell me what it is just by tasting it? Of course, you could. Your tongue is covered with tiny “taste buds” which help you know what different foods taste like. Do you know that foods would taste different if you did not have a nose? This experiment shows how important your nose is when you taste things.

What You Need:

• a friend to help

• small pieces of any food like carrot, orange, banana

• small pieces of apple, raw(生的) potato, and onion

What You Do:

There are actually three different experiments. You and your friend should take turns to try them on each other.

Experiment 1:

Have your friend close her eyes and open her mouth.

Give her a piece of the food and ask her to taste it.

Then, ask her what she thinks it is. She will probably guess correctly.

Experiment 2:

While your friend has her eyes closed, give her a piece of the raw potato. At the same time, hold a piece of apple right under her nose. Ask her to eat the potato (but don’t call it by name) and tell you what she thinks it is. She will say it is a piece of apple!

Experiment 3: (for the brave)

Take a piece of raw onion. You don’t have to close your eyes this time. Squeeze your nose closed with your other hand so that no smells can get into your nose. Now take a nibble of the onion. Surprise! As long as you hold your nose, you will not be able to taste the onion.

The Science Secret

You already know the science secret. Your nose and your tongue work together to make food taste the way it does. Your tongue, however, can taste only certain flavors like salty, bitter, sour, and sweet. All of the other “tastes” are actually “smells,” and you need your nose to “taste” them. Oh, and you might use this science secret the next time you are told to eat something you don’t like the taste of. If you hold your nose while you eat it, you won’t “taste” it at all.

1. According to this article, what could a reader know about food?

A. People hold their noses to eat onions.            B. If you can smell potatoes, you will taste apples.

C. People need a sense of smell to taste some food.   D. If you close your eyes, food will taste better.

2.What is the most likely reason Experiment 3 is called “for the brave”?

A. You keep your eyes open.                           B. You have to eat a raw onion.

C. You have to squeeze your nose.                   D. You do the experiment alone.

3.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Your Eyes Knows                               B. Your Nose Knows  

C. Your Mouth Knows                             D. Your Tongue Knows

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过三个实验说明鼻子的重要性，只有鼻子与舌头一块工作才能尝出味道。

1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段Do you know that foods would taste different if you did not have a nose? This experiment shows how important your nose is when you taste things.你知道如果没有鼻子食物尝起来还会不同吗，这个试验证明当你尝东西时鼻子的是重要的。所以选C项。

2.B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段提到Squeeze your nose closed with your other hand so that no smells can get into your nose捂住你的鼻子，为的不让气味进入你的鼻子，Now take a nibble of the onion. Surprise! As long as you hold your nose, you will not be able to taste the onion.现在尝尝洋葱，令人吃惊的是，只要捂住你的鼻子，你就尝不出洋葱的味道，可见这个试验是需要勇气来吃洋葱的，所以选B项。

3.B 主旨大意。本文通过三个实验来证明Your nose and your tongue work together to make food taste the way it does.你的鼻子和舌头一块作用才能吃出食物的味道。再根据第一段This experiment shows how important your nose is when you taste things.，说明鼻子的重要性，所以选B项。

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