话题提分练19 选修6 Unit 3 A healthy life-【赢在微点】2024高考英语大一轮复习顶层设计核心微练word（老高考）人教版

话题提分练19　选修6　Unit 3 生活 限时40分钟 阅读理解　(2023·绵阳模拟)　体裁:说明文　话题:健康饮食　难度:★★★★☆ 　　Many of us were lucky enough to have some degrees of choices over what we eat. But are the decisions we make as free as we think? What if there is something other than our own hunger that influences what we eat? Look through social media sites and you will see picture after picture of perfectly presented and extremely delicious⁃looking meals. While the smell and taste of food can have a powerful effect on our appetite, are endless posts of steaming snacks and inviting dishes more than just a feast for our eyes? Certainly, it appears we􀆳re hugely influenced by other people—especially those closest to us—when it comes to what we eat. Our eating habits are also influenced by what we see. “There is some evidence that if you see pictures of food, that visual stimulation can make you feel a desire to eat,” says a UK scientist. But social media is one place where social and visual aspects meet. There is evidence that if friends in your social network post regularly about particular types of food, it could lead you to copy them. If all your friends on social media are posting pictures of themselves consuming fast food, it􀆳s going to cause you to form a false belief that eating fast food is what all people do. Research suggests photos of fast food are more likely to make us feel good. Humans tend to, naturally, seek out high⁃calorie food—an ability that helped our ancestors survive when they hunted for food. In comparison, healthier foods are often seen as boring. Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about food⁃related content on social media which is making us thinking differently about food. Social media algorithms (算法) promote content that users respond more, so viewing more unhealthy food means seeing even more of it on our social media. 一项研究说明社交媒体上的快餐美食照片对人们饮食选择会产生不同程度的影响。 1.Which statement will the author probably agree with? A. Social media should be prohibited. B. We always choose