题目内容
7.When it comes to food qualiy,do you get what you pay for?Not necessarily.According to recent findings,price does have an effect on what we think of the quality of food,but it may not always truly show how good the food is.The study was carried out by researchers from Cornell University in the US and published in the Journal of Product & Brand Management.
The research team said that psychologists (心理学家) have long believed that an experience's strongest part (the peak (高峰) ) and last part (the end) decide what we think about the quality of that experience.
For their study,lead researcher David Just,PhD,and his colleagues decided to test whether this idea changes depending on how much we pay for an experience.In this case (情况),the experience was eating at a restaurant.
The researchers invited 139people to an all-you-can-eat Italian restaurant.The ubjects were put in two groups:the people in one group were charged 4(26yuan)fortheirmeals,whiletheotherswerecharged8.
After eating,everyone was asked to rate (评价) the taste,enjoyment and satisfaction of each slice (切片) of pizza they ate,then rate the overall (全部的) experience.
The team found that when it came to overall enjoyment and taste of the pizza for subjects who paid 4fortheirmeal,thepeak-endideawastrue;theyratedtheoverallexperiencebasedonthepeakratingoftasteandthelastslicetheyate.Theparticipants(参与者)whopaid8for their meal,however,rated their overall experience based only on what they thought of the first slice of pizza they ate.
The team said their findings suggested that other things can change what you pay attention to in judging quality.This study,for example,found that how we judge a meal may be greatly affected by the price we pay for it.
"It is really incredible how simply increasing the price can lead one to focus so much less on the end experience and so much more on the first impression,"Just told Medical News Today.
He also said that restaurants could use these results to improve their prformance:businesses charging high prices could do better if they gave their customers the best experience first,while lower-priced business may be better off saving the best for last.
28.We can conclude from the research mentioned in the article thatB.
A.lower prices for fod always mean a better experience for customers
B.how much people pay for their food could change their judgment of their eating experience
C.people tend to decide the quality of their food based on the way it first tastes
D.asking people to pay more for their food could improve their eating experience
29.The underlined word"incredible"in the second to last paragraph probably meansC.
A.doubtful B.expected C.surprising D.impossible
30.According to the study,first-class restaurants can improve their performance byD.
A.charging their customers less for the food
B.saving the best dishes for the last
C.following strict standards to improve the quality of their food
D.presenting their best food to customers first.
分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,当提到食物质量时,你能得到你所支付的么?答案是不一定.本文以此展开谈论,主要讲述了根据最近的调查结果,价格有影响我们认为质量的食物,但它可能并不总是真正展示良好的食物.
解答 28.答案:B.细节理解题.根据"The team said their findings suggested that other things can change what you pay attention to in judging quality.This study,for example,found that how we judge a meal may be greatly affected by the price we pay for it."可知,为他们的食物支付多少钱可能会改变他们的判断他们的饮食经验.故选B.
29.答案:C.词义猜测题.根据"It is really incredible how simply increasing the price can lead one to focus so much less on the end experience and so much more on the first impression"可推测出,句意为"这真的是令人难以置信的简单增加价格如何结束让人少了很多关注经验和更多的第一印象".故该词意为难以置信的.故选C.
30.答案:D.细节理解题.根据"He also said that restaurants could use these results to improve their prformance:businesses charging high prices could do better if they gave their customers the best experience first,while lower-priced business may be better off saving the best for last."可知,一流的餐馆可以改善他们的表现,首先向客户介绍他们的最好的食物.故选D.
点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题.词义猜测题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测
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