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第二部分实战演练國 Week Six 人与自我 饮食与健康 Monday ◆答案P188 ■阅读理解 为什么喜欢辣味食物 O关键词：spicy food ⊙难度：3 @体裁：说明文 @词数：394 @正确率：/3 建议时间：7 Do you Like Spicy Food? those who tended to enjoy action movies or What's your opinion on spicy food?Some take risks were about six times more likely to people cannot handle even the smallest amount enjoy the spicy water. of chili-red pepper in their dinner while others Interestingly,we used to believe that the can't get enough of it. reason some people can withstand spicy food is Scientists have long been puzzled by why that their tongues have become less sensitive to some people love chili while others loathe it. it. However,this latest study has found Plenty of research has been done on the otherwise."It's not that it doesn't burn as subject,dating as far back as the 1970s. badly,it's that you actually learn to like the Previous results showed that a love of chiliis burn,"Hayes explained. related to childhood experiences,and cultural 1.What's the meaning of the underlined word influences affect our taste buds too.But the “loathe'”in the second paragraph? latest study has found that a person's love of A.Dislike. B.Fear. spicy food maybe linked to his or her C.Put up with. D.Adapt to. personality more than anything else,CBC News 2.Why do some people like spicy food reported. according to the recent study? "We have always assumed that liking A.Because their taste buds have become less drives intake-we eat what we like and we like sensitive. what we eat.But no one has actually directly B.Because they love the burning sensation. bothered to connect these personality traits with C.Because they want to challenge themselves. intake of chili peppers,"said Professor John Hayes from Pennsylvania State University,who D.Because the more they try spicy food,the less it burns. led the study. 3.What's the main idea of the passage? But before you look at the study,you A.What he or she likes to eat mainly decides should first know that“spicy”is not a taste, unlike sou