2020-2021学年高二英语寒假提升天天练之语法填空-Day-7-含解析.docVIP

Day 7 A New research suggests that our DNA helps us to decide whether we prefer coffee or tea. Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia studied how our genes affected our taste. Following the research, they believe they know why some of us prefer coffee ____1____ others like tea more. The researchers found that people who like bitter tastes are more likely ____2____ (drink) coffee. The researchers said they found something ____3____ was quite strange in the research. People who are more ____4____ (sense) to the bitter taste of caffeine prefer coffee to tea. The finding is consistent with several previous ____5____ (study). Researchers looked at data on more than 400,000 men and women in the United Kingdom. They also looked at ____6____ Australian study that compared the tastes of 1,757 twins with their siblings. I he researchers said genes aren’t the only factors: ____7____ (affect) people’s tastes. Other things ____8____ our changing environment, social factors or the effects of taking medicine can also turn us on or off coffee or tea. The researchers said we can learn to like coffee. Dr Liang-Dar Hwang said, “Bitter taste perception (感知) ____9____ (shape) not only by genetics, but also environmental factors. Even though humans _____10_____ (natural) dislike bitterness, we can learn to like or enjoy bitter-tasting food after being exposed to environmental factors.” B You know where your ___1___(look) come from-for example, you may have your mothers nose or your fathers eyes. But what about things that we cannot see, like your gift ___2___music? Is this something that you learned or are your abilities and personality characteristics ___3___(determine) by your genes? What makes an individual behave in a certain way and display certain talents? Scientists are not clear about what the answer to this question. They have ___4___(variety) answers. Those ___5___support the nature theory believe that humans are programmed genetically to behave in certain w