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个性化教学辅导教案 Beijing XueDa Century Education Technology Ltd. PAGE  PAGE 9 2017届天河区高中毕业班综合测试 （一） 英语 注意事项：1. 本试卷分第I 卷（选择题）和第II 卷（非选择题）两部分。第I 卷1 页至8 页，第II 卷9 页至10 页。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I 卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40 分）第一节（共15 小题;每小题2 分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe each day, and it’s likely that many taste bitter. Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink taste sweeter by simply changing the colour of their cups. Scientists claim that blue and glass mugs, which are popular in some coffee shops, can reduce coffee’s bitterness, without any need for sugar, and that coffee drunk from white cups tastes the bitterest. To prove their claims, the researchers invited 36 volunteers and used three different colored cups -- blue, white and transparent glass -- to do an experiment. In the experiment, coffee consumed from the white cup was found to taste less sweet when compared to the other two colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest. The scientists believe that the colour brown may be associated with coffee’s bitterness because coffee in a white cup appears the brownest and tastes the bitterest. “Our study clearly shows that the colour of a coffee cup does influence the perceived (感受到的) taste and flavor of coffee,” said Dr George Doorn of Federation University Australia, “but the potential effects may be different between a one-time purchase and a return customer.” “Anyhow, the effect of the colour of the cup on the flavor of the coffee suggests that café owners, baristas (服务员), as well as coffee cup manufacturers should carefully consider the colour of their cups, ” he added. However, the idea that colour can alter the taste of food and drink is not new. A study published last year revealed that red, strawberry-flavored