Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

On a diet? Then consider sitting by the window the next time you eat out.

The researchers measured and mapped 1. design of each restaurant and then used meal checks 2. (track) what diners ordered and how it related to where they sat.

The results were telling: people sitting 3. (far) from the front door ate the fewest salads and 4. (be) 73 per cent more likely to order dessert. Those 5. (seat) at a dark table ate heavier food and ordered more of it, 6. diners sitting at high-top bar tables ordered more salads and fewer desserts.

The darker it is, the more “invisible” you might feel, the less easy 7. is to see how much you’re eating and the less guilty you might feel. Seeing the sunlight, 8. (passer-by) or trees outside might make you more aware 9. how you look, might make you think about walking or might inspire you to choose a green salad.

The researchers also noted that slim diners chewed around 15 times per mouthful, three chews more than heavier diners. By 10. (eat) more slowly, the diner spends less time it takes for the brain to feel full.

Answer 1

1.the

2.to track

3.farthest/furthest

4.were

5.seated

6.while/and

7.it

8.passers-by

9.of

10.eating

【解析】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生对名词、介词、连词、固定短语、固定句型、过去分词、形容词最高级、不定式等基础知识的掌握情况。

1. design of each restaurant每家饭店的设计风格，the+名词+of，意为“......的......”，故填the。

2.and then used meal checks (track)研究人员然后用菜单来追踪顾客所点的饭菜和他们所坐位置的关系，这里表示目的，故填to track。

3.ate the fewest salads”可知，这里说的是坐在离前门最远的顾客，故填farthest/furthest。

4.The results were telling”可知用一般过去时，故填were。

5.seated。

6.Those (seat) at a dark table”和“diners sitting at high-top bar tables”的两种场合的顾客的点菜情况，while意为“然而”，表示对比；这里也可看作是由and连接的两个分句，故填while/and。

7. is+形容词+to do sth做某事怎么样，it是形式主语，不定式是真正的主语，故填it。

8.passers-by。

9. aware of sth知道，了解，故填of。

10.eating。

考点：名词；介词；连词；固定短语；固定句型；过去分词；形容词最高级；不定式