【2011·湖南雅礼中学第七次月考】

Diections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

       Picture a piece of cake filled with cream and decorated with fruit and nuts. Hungry?   36  as it sounds, showing weight-conscious women pictures of attractive, sweet foods  37  their resolution to eat healthily, rather than encouraging them to eat the unhealthy foods.

       Advertisers firmly believe images of tasty foods persuade people to buy the goods  38  psychologist Floor Kroese thought that temptation(诱惑) might in fact heighten self-control. To prove this theory, Kroese and her colleagues,   39  a memory test, asked fifty-four  40  students to look at a picture of either a slice of chocolate cake or a flower. The researchers then questioned the students about their diets and offered them a choice between  41  and the oatmeal cookie.

       Women shown the cake picture gave a higher priority to their healthy eating  42  than those shown the flower. They were also significantly more likely to pick the oatmeal cookie – which was generally considered as the healthier choice.

       “It seems that seeing a food temptation reminded people of their goals of watching their weight, and thus  43  them to act in an appropriate manner,” says Kroese.

           44  studies suggested that smelling tasty, unhealthy foods made people rate healthy eating as highly important, but this is the first research to look at how seeing unhealthy foods  45  snacking behavior.

          Kroese suggests that sticking pictures of tempting foods on the refrigerator door may help bring weight-watching goals to mind. But she   46  that the results can only be applied to women wanting to lose weight; it is unclear whether they would be so to the general  47  .

           The findings suggest that while very tempting images seem to remind people of their weight-loss goals, weekly attractive images perhaps could then be more dangerous.

36．A．Actually                  B．Obviously               C．Usually                   D．Unlikely

37．A．tests                       B．strengthens             C．reflects                   D．weakens

38．A．so                          B．because                  C．but                         D．though

39．A．in charge of                                               B．in the name of

           C．in preparation for                                    D．in comparison with

40．A．smart                     B．young                     C．slim                        D．female

41．A．chocolate                B．milk                        C．flowers                   D．eggs

42．A．menus                    B．advice                     C．intentions                D．secrets

43．A．enabled                   B．required                  C．forced                    D．persuaded

44．A．Medical                  B．Professional            C．Similar                    D．Previous

45．A．causes                    B．corrects                  C．affects                    D．speeds

46．A．realizes                   B．cautions                  C．predicts                  D．suspects

47．A．population               B．research                  C．opinion                   D．situation