Unit 1 Section Ⅲ Extended reading & Project & Assessment（作业）-2022-2023学年新教材高中英语选择性必修1【精讲精练】译林版

[限时检测] [限时30分钟] Ⅰ.阅读理解 Summertime is often filled with outdoor parties and food trucks，meaning you're spending more time standing up and eating.But if you want to actually enjoy your meal，researchers say you're better off finding a seat. A new study published in the journal of Consumer Research finds posture impacts taste perception (感知)，with food tasting better when you're sitting down.Dipayan Biswas，professor of marketing at the University of South Florida，found that holding a standing posture for even a few minutes leads to physical stress，　muting　 taste perception.The force of gravity pushes blood to the lower parts of the body，causing the heart to work harder to pump blood back up to the top of the body，accelerating heart rate.When people experience discomfort，foods that normally taste good do not appear as pleasant to the tongue.Biswas confirmed his assumption by having 350 participants rate the taste of a pita chip.Those who were standing gave it a less favorable rating than those who were sitting in a chair. Researchers then provided participants classic bite sized cakes baked at a local restaurant that were tested and widely considered pleasant tasting.Those who were sitting down rated them to be most delicious.However，when the baker changed the recipe and made the taste unpleasant by adding an extra cup of salt，the results were opposite.Participants standing up didn't notice the cakes tasting saltier to that extent，and actually rated them to have a relatively more favorable taste perception than those who sampled them while sitting down. “This finding suggests that parents might be able to make unpleasant­tasting，healthy foods seem more delicious to reluctant (不情愿的) children by having them eat standing up (vs.sitting down).Also it might be beneficial to maintain a standing posture when consuming medical products that have unpleasant tastes.” In addition，the team tested posture's impact on temperature perception.Participants were provided cups of hot coff