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七选五 Why Does Food Taste Bad On Airplanes? How many times have you complained about airline food being tasteless? According to popularly accepted studies, the reason might be a change in our ability to perceive taste.____1____ Let’s get into the actual details before you get offended. The Cabin Air is 15% Drier Than the Air on the Ground To maintain the pressure inside the cabin, airlines must closely regulate the air inside, involving changing its composition. The air inside airplane cabins is far more dry than the air we breathe on the ground.____2____In an environment like this, your powers of taste and smell begin to drift away. The Pressure Inside the Cabin is Lower Than on the Ground In the pressurized cabin a passenger’s bodily fluids will move upwards and the nasal cavities (鼻 腔) swell. The swelling messes with our taste buds, making the food taste unappealing. You might know how dining in such conditions feel, since we’ve all fought colds in the past.____3____ ____4____ Bad food can’t be blamed merely on the in-cabin conditions too. It’s also possible that the food is actually bad. Due to food safety standards, all meals must be cooked on the ground and unbreakable. Such requirements for mass production definitely ties down the Chef’s hands. What can be done? ____5____Apparently, chefs have been trying to adapt recipes in how food tastes at high altitudes. Everyone needs to be patient until better solutions for mass food production are found. A．The method of food production is different. B．The mass production of food is to blame. C．In some cases, it’s even drier than certain deserts. D．A sick person is far from the best judge of food quality. E．That makes it our body’s fault, rather than the airlines. F．But that doesn’t mean meals served on airplanes can’t taste just as good. G．Basically, we can’t use the same recipes for airline meals that we would use on the ground. Everybody experiences self-doubt from time to time. When feelings of self-doubt last for lo