Choose the best answer
People consume more than 2.25 billion cups of coffee across the world every day, and most say coffee tastes bitter.
Now, a new study suggests that coffee lovers can make their drink taste sweeter by simply changing the color of their cup. Scientists claim that blue and glass cups, which are popular in some coffee shops, reduce a coffee’s bitterness, without any need for sugar.
To prove their claim, scientists found 36 volunteers and used three different colored cups – blue, white and transparent (透明) glass – to do an experiment. In the experiment, white cup enhanced the flavor of coffee, which made coffee drunk from the white cup taste less sweet when compared to the other colored cups. The blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.
The scientists believe that the color brown may be associated with bitterness. So coffee in white cups, which appears the brownest, tastes the least sweet.
“The study suggests that café owners and baristas (咖啡吧服务员), as well a coffee cup manufacturers (制造商), should carefully consider the color of their cups,” said the scientists.
However, the idea that color can alter the taste of food and drink is not new.
A study published last year revealed that red, strawberry-flavored mousse served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter and 15 percent more flavorous than the same food presented on a black plate.
1.The underlined word “alter” in this passage probably means .
A.reduce B.change C.add D.imagine
2.Scientists used to do an experiment to prove their claim.
(1) different brands of coffee
(2) different colored coffee cups
(3) dozens of volunteers
(4) several manufacturers
A.(1)(2) B.(2)(3) C.(2)(4) D.(3)(4)
3.How can you make coffee sweeter if it’s too bitter according to the passage?
A.Use a blue cup. B.Use a yellow cup.
C.Reduce the sugar. D.Add less milk.
4.Why does coffee in white cups taste the least sweet?
A.Because white cups are less beautiful than other cups.
B.Because white cups are more popular with coffee lovers.
C.Because white cups are least associated with bitterness.
D.Because white cups make coffee seem the brownest.
5.According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.People can make food taste sweeter by altering the size of the container.
B.Black plates usually enhance the sweetness of food and drink.
C.It seems that the color of the glass can alter the flavor of the coffee inside.
D.Strawberry-flavored mousse is 10 percent sweeter when served on brown plates.
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Choose the best answer
People consume more than 2.25 billion cups of coffee across the world every day, and most say coffee tastes bitter.
Now, a new study suggests that coffee lovers can make their drink taste sweeter by simply changing the color of their cup. Scientists claim that blue and glass cups, which are popular in some coffee shops, reduce a coffee’s bitterness, without any need for sugar.
To prove their claim, scientists found 36 volunteers and used three different colored cups – blue, white and transparent (透明) glass – to do an experiment. In the experiment, white cup enhanced the flavor of coffee, which made coffee drunk from the white cup taste less sweet when compared to the other colored cups. The blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.
The scientists believe that the color brown may be associated with bitterness. So coffee in white cups, which appears the brownest, tastes the least sweet.
“The study suggests that café owners and baristas (咖啡吧服务员), as well a coffee cup manufacturers (制造商), should carefully consider the color of their cups,” said the scientists.
However, the idea that color can alter the taste of food and drink is not new.
A study published last year revealed that red, strawberry-flavored mousse served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter and 15 percent more flavorous than the same food presented on a black plate.
1.The underlined word “alter” in this passage probably means .
A.reduce B.change C.add D.imagine
2.Scientists used to do an experiment to prove their claim.
(1) different brands of coffee
(2) different colored coffee cups
(3) dozens of volunteers
(4) several manufacturers
A.(1)(2) B.(2)(3) C.(2)(4) D.(3)(4)
3.How can you make coffee sweeter if it’s too bitter according to the passage?
A.Use a blue cup. B.Use a yellow cup.
C.Reduce the sugar. D.Add less milk.
4.Why does coffee in white cups taste the least sweet?
A.Because white cups are less beautiful than other cups.
B.Because white cups are more popular with coffee lovers.
C.Because white cups are least associated with bitterness.
D.Because white cups make coffee seem the brownest.
5.According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.People can make food taste sweeter by altering the size of the container.
B.Black plates usually enhance the sweetness of food and drink.
C.It seems that the color of the glass can alter the flavor of the coffee inside.
D.Strawberry-flavored mousse is 10 percent sweeter when served on brown plates.
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Choose the best answer and complete the passage. (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need much sleep. But we all need to_________ ,” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short ___________. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new _________ about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we _________ with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t
remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
Too much dreaming can be harmful. If we sleep more, we will dream for a longer time. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is _________ we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
1.A.dream B.eat C.play D.sing
2.A.houses B.films C.trees D.songs
3.A.salaries B.addresses C.friends D.ideas
4.A.go to bed B.fall asleep C.get up D.wake up
5.A.how B.because C.where D.why
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—What’s the __________of China?
—More than 1.3 billion.
A. population B. information
C. attention D. tradition
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—_________is the population of China?
—It’s more than 1.3billion. It has _________ population in the world.
A. What; the most B. How much; the biggest
C. How many; the smallest D. What; the largest
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—What’s the __________of China?
—More than 1.3 billion.
A. population B. information C. attention D. tradition
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--_________the population of China now?
--It’s more than 13 billion.
A. What’s B. How many are C. How much is D. What’re
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There are more than 200________ stars in our galaxy
A. billions B. billions of C. billion
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Elvis Presley has sold more than one ________ records all his life.
| A．billion | B．billion of | C．billions of | D．Billions |
八年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Choose the best answer. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案, 用A、B、C或D表示):
Can kids make their own newspapers? They do in Paris. Student editors(编辑) at a French newspaper for kids called “Mon Quotidien”, do every day.
The 10-year-old newspaper has its headquarters (总部) in Paris. Sometimes the newspaper sells 200,000 copies every day. It gets more than one million dollars every year! This is much more than other newspapers.
How do they decide what to put in the paper? All the adult editors working on the children’s daily agree that the paper should be easy and simple to read. Kids should be able to finish it within 10 minutes.
The paper covers school life, animals, and science, which are usually kid’s favourite subjects. It also talks about big world problem, like the Iraq (伊拉克) war.
In order to make the paper more popular with kids, adult editors invite students from age 10 to 15 to take part in their meetings. They have meetings every Wednesday and Sunday. Adult editors, reporters and kids sit together and decide which topics should come out in the paper and on which page.
Which topic should come out on the front page, European Union (欧盟) or bears in the zoo? Often the kid editors and adult writers disagree. Sometimes, the adult editors have to give up because their little editors won’t give in.
Usually the student editors stay in the newspaper office for three hours at each meeting. Any kid in France can call the newspaper if they are interested in being a one-day editor.
1. A kid can read Mon Quotidien ____________.
A. daily B. on school days
C. weekly D. weekends
2.Mon Quotidien ______________________________
A. is a 10-year-old English newspaper
B. is made only by kids
C. always sells 200,000 copies every day
D. gets over 1,000,000 dollars every year.
3. The newspaper should not be ____________
A. simple B. interesting
C. difficult D. easy
4. You can find the information below on the newspaper except _____________.
A. European Union.
B. The lovely volunteers in Kingdom school.
C. Wild foxes need your help.
D. Do you know these musical instruments?
5. Adult editors may invite ___________ to the meeting to make the paper more popular with kids.
A. a college student B. a middle school student
C. an adult editor D. a reporter
6.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The topic on the front page is decided by adult editors at last.
B. Any kid in France can be a one-day editor.
C. Only big world problem can come out on the front page.
D. When the kid editors and adult writers have different ideas, adults never give in.
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My best friend, Lin Tao, is more outgoing than me.
A. very B. quite C. pretty D. much
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