1、单元质量检测三(Unit 3)时间：120分钟满分：150分第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节：(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1What is the mans grandmother doing?AHaving a swim.BReading an email.CTaking a bath.2When will the womans friend arrive?AAt 11：05.BAt
2、 10：45.CAt 10：20.3What will the speakers do first?AHave a cup of tea.BSee the elephants.CWatch the dolphin show.4What are the speakers talking about?AWhich play to see.BWhere to buy a family ticket.CHow to celebrate their mothers birthday.5What is the man going to buy on Tuesday?AA book.BA magazine.
3、CA newspaper.第二节：(共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6What is the mans problem?AHe got a broken DVD.BHe couldnt play the DVD.CHe bought a wrong DVD.7What does the man want to do?AHa
4、ve his money back.BGet a better copy of the same film.CExchange his DVD for something else.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8What do we know about the woman?AShe often eats out with her family.BShe works in a pizza restaurant.CShe likes going to cafes.9Why does the man want to go to the cafe in the town center?ATo dr
5、ink coffee there.BTo taste the ice cream there.CTo enjoy the great service there.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10What is relation of the man to Linda?AHer son.BHer husband.CHer neighbor.11Where does Linda work?AAt a hospital.BAt a restaurant.CAt a bank.12What does the man do on Saturday?AHe does some cleaning.BH
6、e washes clothes.CHe goes shopping.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13What does the man think of Flower Arranging?ABoring.BChallenging.CPractical.14Why doesnt the man want to take Photography?AIt lasts too long.BIts too expensive.CIt started last week.15What course do the speakers decide to take in the end?AIndian
7、Cooking.BWeb Design for Beginners.CItalian Wine.16What will the speakers do tomorrow morning?AGo to the course centre.BMake a telephone call.CAttend an Indian party.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What do we know about the film?AIts about nature.BIts a childrens film.CIt has won an international prize.18When do
8、es the museum close?AAt 5：00 pm.BAt 6：00 pm.CAt 7：00 pm.19What can children do at the basement?ADraw pictures on computers.BWatch a working steam engine.CSee a lifesized model of a spaceship.20How will the listeners get in touch with the program to get free tickets?ABy letter.BBy email.CBy phone.答案1
9、5CACCB610CCABB1115CAABA1620BACAB附：听力参考材料Text 1M：Wheres Grandmother, mum? Has she gone swimming again? Shes got an email.W：She went earlier, but shes back. Shes taking a bath upstairs.Text 2W：Excuse me. Im meeting a friend whos arriving on the 10：45 train from Mumbai. Can you tell me if its on time,
10、please?M：It will be 20 minutes late.Text 3W：Lets get something to drink and then go and see the elephants.M：But the dolphin show starts in two minutes. I really want to see that. We can get a cup of tea afterwards.W：Good idea.Text 4W：We need to plan a special treat for Mums birthday.M：I think this y
11、ear we should try and do something unusual.W：Lets buy a family ticket to the theatre. Then we can take her to see that play she wants to see.M：Thats a great idea.Text 5W：Did you go to the bookstore, Andy?M：Yes, but they didnt have all the things I wanted to buy.W：Not even your superhero book?M：I got
12、 that, but my football magazine wont arrive until Tuesday, so Ill buy it then. Fortunately this weeks The Wildlife News was on the shelf.Text 6W：Im afraid Im not allowed to do that once its played.M：Just once. As soon as I realized it was the wrong film, I took it out. Its not damaged at all.W：Thats
13、 not the point. We never give money back on DVD sales.M：Im not asking you to do that, just to give me a different film.W：Im sorry, but all I can do is let you have another DVD of the same film.Text 7W：Its great to go out for a meal with our family or friends.M：I agree. We often eat out with our rela
14、tives.W：So have you ever been to a restaurant with your family?M：Yes, lots of times.W：So have I! And I love pizza restaurants. But I dont like cafes very much.M：Neither do I. Anyway, there arent many cafes where we live.W：But theres a good one in the town center. That serves great ice cream!M：Really
15、? I must go there sometime. I love ice cream.Text 8W：Thank you, Paul, for giving your time for this interview on changing family roles. Now, I understand you take care of the baby.M：Thats right. I take care of Veronica during the day.W：And your wife goes out to work?M：Yes. Linda is the manager at Gr
16、osston Bank.W：What do you do?M：Im a nurse. I work at night at City Hospital.W：Oh! Tell me how you share the housework.M：Well, I cook dinner every night. I kind of enjoy cooking. We seldom go to restaurants.W：And what does Linda do?M：Oh, she washes all clothes on Saturday morning while I clean the ho
17、use. She does the shopping, too, usually on Saturday afternoon. We relax and have fun on Sunday.Text 9W：There you are, Ben. The information about the evening classes I sent off for has arrived. Right, here are the general courses.M：Flower Arranging. Thats a real course? Why would someone want to do
18、that?W：You sit in front of the TV watching baseball for 3 hours every Saturday and many people would find that boring too.M：OK, relax. Lets see what else is there.W：Photography. That looks interesting. It started last week, but I dont think that would be a problem.M：But look at the price. $280 is to
19、o much for me. I wonder why its so expensive. I dont think I can afford it. But, hey, at least its cheaper than the Italian Wine course. Look at that$400.Web Design for Beginners. Its pretty cheap. What do you think?W：I dont want to see a computer in the evening.M：Hey, look, how about Indian Cooking
20、. It starts this week. A little bit expensive.W：$190. You know how much I love Indian food. Ill call them tomorrow to see if there are still spaces available.M：Ill call them right away.W：There wont be anyone there now. We can try in the morning.M：Great! We can have our own Indian dinner parties.Text
21、 10Next on the program, were offering free tickets to go and see a film called A Year in Greenland. The film, which tells you all about the plants and animals in that wonderful country, has won a prize at the national film festivalits well worth seeing.The film can only be seen at a new cinema that
22、has just been completed inside the Science Museum in the city centre. It will be shown this Sunday every hour from midday onwards, with the last show at 5 oclock, two hours before the museum closes. So there are six times to choose from.So why not take the whole family to the museum this Sunday? The
23、re are a lot of things to do. Children will want to head straight down to the basement where the computers are kept. I promise you theyll come away with all sorts of exciting pictures theyve created. Moving to the first floor, a working steam engine and a lifesized model of a spaceship are among the
24、 favorite exhibits.Entrance to the museum is free on Sundays, but it would normally cost $3.25 to go and see the film. To get your free tickets, you should email this program by midday on Friday. Weve only got a limited number of tickets, so the earlier you email us, the more likely you are to get o
25、ne. Well then get in touch with you before 12 oclock by phone on Saturday if youve been successful.So have a pencil and paper ready after this song.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节：(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe Million Pound Bank Note (1953)Directed by Ronald NeameWritten by Mark
26、Twain (story), Jill CraigieGenre (类型)：Comedy (more)Plot Outline: Two rich British men offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is one million pound, and this is in the form of a single banknote. (more)User Comments: Great fun. you can bank on it! (more)Cast Overview: Gr
27、egory Peck. Henry Adams; Ronald Squire. Oliver Montpelier; Joyce Grenfell. Duchess of Cromarty; A. E. Matthews. Duke of Frognell; Maurice Denham. Mr Reid (more)Also Known As: Man with a Million (the USA)Runtime: 90 minutesCountry: the UKLanguage: EnglishColour: Colour (Technicolor)Sound Mix: Mono (W
28、estern Electric Sound System)Certification: Australia：G/Finland：S/Sweden：Btl/the UK：U/the USA：ApprovedTrivia (花絮): The one million pound note at the time the story is set in, 1903, would be worth about $100,000,000 nowadays or 65,000,000. (more)本文是电影版百万英镑的简介。21Mark Twain set the story The Million Po
29、und Bank Note in the year _.A1953B1903C2015D1890答案：B解析：细节理解题。由文章最后 Trivia (花絮)的内容“at the time the story is set in, 1903, would.”可知。22The film The Million Pound Bank Note was made in _.Athe UKBthe USACAustraliaDFinland答案：A解析：细节理解题。由“Country: the UK”可知。23The passage most probably appears in _.Aa film
30、posterBa newspaperCa magazineDa web page答案：D解析：推理判断题。由文中众多段末的(more)可知本文很有可能是一个网页，点击 more 会了解更多相关内容。BMark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked t
31、o tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that hed better not go there. Mark T
32、wain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesnt matter. The mosquitoes are not relatives of mine. I dont think they will come to visit me.”After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mo
33、squitoes flew about. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “Im very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didnt come into the
34、wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.马克吐温是来自美国的著名作家，并且他还是一个演讲家，尤以他的幽默出名。本文讲述了关于他的一个幽默小故事。24The waiters
35、felt sorry because .Athey did something wrong to Mark TwainBtheir hotel was too smallCthe room was not very cleanDthere were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twains room答案：D解析：细节理解题。由第三段后几句可知。25All the people present laughed heartily because .Athe mosquitoes were very clever and they didnt come into t
36、he wrong roomBthe mosquitoes knew Mark Twains room numberCMark Twain gave the waiters some nice presentsDMark Twain made a joke答案：D解析：细节理解题。由第四段可知。26From the story we know .Ano mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain that nightBthe owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at nightCMa
37、rk Twain didnt have a good rest that nightDthere were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer答案：A解析：细节理解题。由最后一段可知。CCan Money Make You Happy?“Money cant buy happiness.” is one of those sayings that I find really frustrating (令人沮丧的) and I have often thought “Well, you obviously dont know what its like
38、to have no money！” Actually the spirit of the saying is far deeper than that.What is happiness? If happiness came packaged up with a price tag on it, Im sure wed all be finding a way to get the money together to buy that item! Wouldnt we?Do unhappy millionaires exist? I think we would all agree they
39、 do. There are people who appear to “have it all”， and yet they destroy their lives with drug or alcohol abuse, or they even take their own lives.Research proves that when you receive a windfall (意外之财), win a lottery ticket (彩票), or even when you experience a tragic loss, eventually your life tends
40、to return to the same level of happiness as before. Having experienced a tragic loss myself, I can say yes. I do experience the same level of happiness as before, although the sadness is always thereyou just learn to cope with it.From the many books I have read on the subject there seems to be two m
41、ain camps (阵营) on what makes you happy. You can have both today. There are two ways to deal with being happywe either spend time and energy moving away from what makes us unhappy or we can spend time and energy moving towards the things that make us happy.Spread the happiness. Do you know that when
42、you are feeling happy you are more likely to show kindness to others? If you are feeling glum and you make your body behave as if you were happy, your body will influence your state of mind.Weve all heard of the power of laughter and there have been documented cases of laughters curing illness, so w
43、e should use this every day to create our own happy state of mind.本文是一篇议论文。钱能买来幸福吗？不幸福的百万富翁大有人在。重要的是我们应每天努力保持好心情。27How does the author introduce the topic?ABy quoting a popular saying.BBy expressing his own idea.CBy stating some simple facts.DBy comparing two different thoughts.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第一段可知，
44、作者引用一句谚语“Money cant buy happiness.”引出话题，故选A项。28Some millionaires dont live happily because _.Athey cant spend their money wiselyBhaving money doesnt mean they have happinessCthey always want to make more moneyDthey dont know what to do with the money答案：B解析：细节理解题。由第三段可知，许多富人表面上拥有一切，然而他们用吸毒或酗酒毁掉他们的生活，
45、甚至结束他们自己的生命，因此有些富翁尽管有钱，但这不代表他们拥有幸福。29What can we learn from the research?AWinning a lottery ticket can raise our level of happiness.BExperiencing a tragic loss can make us feel much sadder.CWe have the natural ability to deal with emergencies.DWhat we get unexpectedly doesnt change the level of our
46、happiness.答案：D解析：推理判断题。由第四段可知，研究表明，意外的收获和损失最终都不会改变我们的幸福程度。30The underlined word “glum” in Paragraph 6 probably means “_”AdelightedBactiveCunhappyDrelieved答案：C解析：词义猜测题。根据第六段的内容可知，作者认为如果你高兴了，你更可能向他人表示善意；当你不高兴时，如果你假装开心，这样也会影响你的情绪。因此可以推测画线词的词义为“闷闷不乐”，故选C项。第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项
47、。选项中有两项为多余选项。What is the best way to catch someone who is telling a lie?_31_ What if the person appears to be nervous? Is the person unable to look me in the eyes? Is he or she looking around the room? _32_ Many peoplefrom parents to police officers and airport security personneldepend on this metho
48、d. But can a persons body and face reveal the truth?_33_ That is what researchers in the United Kingdom found out recently. Their investigation took place at one place where lying can get you into big troublean airport. The researchers asked volunteers to pretend they were real passengers and then l
49、ie to airport security agents. Some of the agents used spoken conversationbased methods to question these makebelieve passengers. Others depended instead on the persons body language, like lack of eye contact and showing sings of nervousness. The agents talking with the passengers were 20 times more
50、 likely to catch the liars. _34_Body language cant be trusted. Using body language and facial expressions to catch someone in a lie is really hard. _35_AFor a long time, the traditional method of identifying liars was to watch their body language, including facial expressions.BThey are just chatting
51、 about themselves.CLiars will often change their speaking style when they are questioned.DWhat about other nervous movements, such as fidgeting or shifting from side to side?ETalking, it seems, is the best way to smoke out a liar.FAnd it only works, seemingly, by chance.GThe study found that these c
52、onversationbased techniques can help you recognize when a person is lying to you.怎样识破撒谎的人？观察他们的肢体语言？英国研究人员最近发现谈话是识破说谎者最好的办法。31A解析：根据空格处后面三个句子是指“肢体语言和面部表情”的可知A项符合题意。32D解析：根据空格处前面句子的结构及D项中关键词 other nervous movements 可以推断出D项符合题意。33E解析：空格处为本段的主旨，根据本段中“The agents talking.，”可知E项“谈话似乎是识破说谎者的最好办法”符合语境。34G解析
53、：根据前一句内容可以推断出G项符合语境。35F解析：根据前一句的关键词 really hard 可以推断出F项“它似乎仅仅是偶然起作用”符合题意。第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。This short play is a stage version of The Necklace, one of Maupassants bestknown short stories. It _36_ about a vain woman, the wife of a
54、 small clerk, who _37_ a diamond necklace to go to the palace ball. But _38_ she lost the necklace. Then she and her husband had to work ten _39_ years to pay for it.The heroine was named Mathilde, who used to _40_ a pretty girl. Born into a clerks family, she had no _41_ of marrying a rich and impo
55、rtant man. _42_ she let herself be married to Pierre Loisel, a small clerk _43_ a government office. They were not rich and lived a(n) _44_ life.One evening her husband brought home a(n) _45_ for the palace ball. It was the first time in _46_ lives that they had been invited to an important occasion
56、 like this. But the wife didnt feel happy, because she had no dress and no jewelry for the ball. Pierre used all he had _47_ to buy her a new dress and _48_ her borrowing some jewelry from her friend. That night at the ball, Mathilde was a great _49_. All the men wished to dance with her. She danced
57、 wildly, _50_ herself, her husband, her home and all. But on the way home she _51_ the necklace missing. They looked for it everywhere but couldnt find it, and they never _52_ it again. They had to borrow a lot money to buy a diamond necklace exactly like the _53_ they had lost and gave it to the fr
58、iend. Then they worked hard for ten years to pay the _54_. At the end of ten hard years, Mathilde had _55_ a great deal and looked like an old woman.本文介绍了莫泊桑的小说项链。36A.tellsBreadsCcaresDlearns答案：A解析：下面介绍的是小说讲述的内容。tell about 讲述。37A.boughtBborrowedCmadeDlent答案：B解析：从下文第三段中的“.borrowing some jewelry from
59、her friend”及之后买项链还朋友可知此处应是“借”项链。38A.luckilyBhappilyCnaturallyDunfortunately答案：D解析：丢失项链应是不幸的事，故选D。39A.suchBotherCshortDlong答案：D解析：首先排除A、C两项；ten other years 意为“另一个十年”，句中不含此意；十年应是很长的时间，因此选 long。40A.becomeBturnCbeDgrow答案：C解析：以前是一个美丽的女孩，此处应是表状态，故选C项。其余三项表动作。41A.abilityBneedChopeDbusiness答案：C解析：出生于职员家庭，她无
60、望嫁给富贵的人。42A.SoBButCBesidesDThough答案：A解析：根据上下文可知本句与前句为因果关系，故用 So。43A.asBforCofDon答案：C解析：这里表示“政府办公室的职员”，用 of 或 in。44A.happyBcomfortableCactiveDsimple答案：D解析：由前面的“They were not rich and.”可知，他们的生活不会是幸福的、舒适的或积极的，因此选 simple。45A.expressionBinvitationCmessageDmethod答案：B解析：从下文“他们第一次被邀请参加这样重要的场合”可知答案为 invitati
61、on。46A.theirBherChisDsuch答案：A解析：由 lives, they 等字眼可知答案为“他们的”。47A.savedBpromisedCstoredDspent答案：A解析：这里表示“用所有的钱买衣服”，由语境可知钱应是“节省”下来的，因此选 save。48A.advisedBagreedCpersuadedDsuggested答案：D解析：A、D两项都可接 doing，但A项结构为 advise doing sth./advise sb. to do sth.。49A.surpriseBsuccessCvalueDwoman答案：B解析：那晚她达到了目的，成为最美的女人
62、，因此是“成功”的。50A.enjoyingBadmiringCforgettingDrespecting答案：C解析：她疯狂地跳舞，忘记了自己，忘记了她的丈夫、她的家以及其他一切。51A.foundBrealizedCwatchedDrecognized答案：A解析：只有A、C两项可接宾补。watch 看到；find 在此意为“发觉，发现”。52A.woreBusedCpickedDsaw答案：D解析：上句说没有找到，所以应是“再也没有见到过”。53A.anyBoneCthatDit答案：B解析：the 不与 any，that, it 连用；one 用来代替上面的“necklace”，与 t
63、he 连用表示特指。54A.effortBlossCmoneyDjob答案：C解析：根据上文，他们借钱买项链，因此要通过劳动来还钱。55A.changedBworkedCcontinuedDcaused答案：A解析：根据上下文，经过艰难的十年，Mathilde变了很多。第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film. Its _56_ warm and wonderful movie that has “timeless” eff
64、ect. The film _57_ (base) on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein . The film is about a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent (女修道院) _58_ (become) a teacher of the seven children of a captain. Maria is a sweet young woman _59_ love
65、 of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors (上司) _60_ she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the teacher to Captain Georg Von Trapps seven troublesome children. _61_ (arrive) at his home, Maria discovers that Captain Georg Von Trapp keeps it _62_ strict order, uses a whi
66、stle to arrange his children, issues orders, and dresses his children in sailorsuit uniforms. Although at first the seven children are not _63_ (friend) to her, Maria becomes friends with the children due to their love of music. She _64_ (teach) them how to sing and allows them to play.Soon, even th
67、e strict Captain begins to admire Maria. At last, the Captain and Maria fall in love and get married. _65_ (fortune), when the Nazis invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the Alps (阿尔卑斯) to escape.本文介绍了电影音乐之声的大概内容。56a解析：这里是泛指“一部温暖的、奇妙的电影”，应用不定冠词 a。57is_based解析：设空处在这
68、里是谓语动词，与主语是被动关系，讲述电影概况，应用一般现在时，所以应用一般现在时的被动语态。故填 is based。58to_become解析：句意：这部电影是关于一位年轻女性离开奥地利修道院，成为一名上校的七个孩子的老师的故事。此处不定式作目的状语，故填 to become。59whose解析：分析句子成分可知，“_ love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors(上司)_ she is not suited for religious life”是定语从句，其先行词是 a sweet young woman，关系词在定语从句中作定语，故应
69、填 whose。60that解析：make it obviousthat.意为“使得很明显”，it 为形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的宾语从句 she is not suited for religious life，此时宾语从句的连接词 that 不能省略。故填 that。61Having_arrived解析：设空处在这里是非谓语动词作状语，与逻辑主语是主动关系，并且 arrive 的动作是先于谓语动词之前就完成了，所以应用现在分词的完成时。故填 Having arrived。62in解析：in strict order 意为“以严格的秩序”。故填 in。63friendly解析：作表语应用形容
70、词。be friendly to.意为“对友好”。故填 friendly。64teaches解析：句意：她教他们如何唱歌并且允许他们玩耍。前面讲述电影内容用了一般现在时，此处也应用一般现在时。主语为第三人称单数 she，故填 teaches。65Unfortunately解析：句意：不幸的是，当纳粹侵略他们的国家奥地利时，这一家人被迫翻越阿尔卑斯山去逃难。修饰整个句子应用副词，且根据句意可知应填 Unfortunately。第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节：应用文写作(满分15分)假如你是李华，你的同学李明写信告诉你他英语成绩很差，感觉很苦恼，请你根据以下要点提示给他回信，提出建议。内
71、容要点包括：1学英语的重要性；2合理化的建议。注意：1词数80左右；2可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；3开头和结尾已为你写好，不计总入词数。Dear Li Ming，Im sorry to know that you are having trouble in learning English. As_we_all_know,_English_is_very_important._We_can_communicate_with_foreigners_all_over_the_world_if_we_learn_English_well.Here_are_some_tips_on_how_to_l
72、earn_English_well._Firstly,_you_should_listen_to_your_English_teacher_carefully_in_class,_take_notes_and_finish_homework._Second,_you_should_spare_no_effort_to_read_interesting_English_news,_which_can_help_you_increase_the_interest_in_English._Finally,_it_would_be_a_good_idea_if_you_try_to_communica
73、te_with_your_classmates._Only_in_this_way_can_you_learn_English_well._I_believe_you_can_succeed.Best_wishes.Yours，Li Hua第二节：概要写作(满分25分)阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。Restaurant chefs, home cooks, and foodies, people who love good food, often say that we eat with all of our senses.First, we use our sense
74、of sight to appreciate how a meal is presented, either on a dinner plate or a dining table. Our sense of touch can also be important when preparing or sharing food. Next, with our sense of smell, we breathe in the mouthwatering aromas rising up from the meal. Finally, we enjoy and perhaps even savor
75、 the food with our sense of taste. But what about our sense of hearing? Does sound also affect our dining experience? A new report answers, “Yes, it does”That answer comes from researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado State University in the United States. They found that hearing is impo
76、rtant in the eating experience.Hearing is often called “the forgotten food sense”， says Ryan Elder.Elder is an assistant professor of marketing at Brigham Young Universitys Marriott School of Management. He says that if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less.On th
77、e other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating. For the study, the researchers wanted to test whether the sounds of eatingchewing, chomping and crunchinghad any effect on how much a person ate. During the experim
78、ents, the test subjects wore headphones and listened to noise at either a high or a low audio level. Then researchers gave them a crunchy snack: pretzels (脆饼). The study found that subjects who listened to the higher volume noise ate more pretzels than those with the lower audio level.Elder says tha
79、t when hiding the sounds of eating, like when you watch television or listen to loud music while eating, you take away the sense of hearing. And this may cause you to eat more than you would normally.The researchers are calling this the “crunch effect”The researchers admit that the effects may not s
80、eem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month, or a year, all that food can really add up.But besides not overeating, there is another upside.Hearing the noises of your meal as you eat could help you to be more mindful of the experience and perhaps help you to enjoy it more.It_is_said_that_we_
81、have_meals_with_all_of_our_senses._(要点1)_First,_we_can_appreciate_how_a_meal_is_presented_with_our_sense_of_sight._Second,_we_use_our_sense_of_touch_to_prepare_or_share_our_food._Next,_we_breathe_the_smell_with_our_sense_of_smell_and_finally_we_enjoy_the_food_with_our_sense_of_taste._(要点2)_The_researchers_admit_that_our_sense_of_hearing_can_stop_us_from_overeating,_and_that_it_also_helps_us_enjoy_the_meal._(要点3)
