2024_2025学年高二英语寒假提升天天练之语法填空Day7含解析.doc

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NewresearchsuggeststhatourDNAhelpsustodecidewhetherweprefercoffeeortea.ResearchersfromtheUniversityofQueenslandinAustraliastudiedhowourgenesaffectedourtaste.Followingtheresearch,theybelievetheyknowwhysomeofusprefercoffee____1____othersliketeamore.Theresearchersfoundthatpeoplewholikebittertastesaremorelikely____2____(drink)coffee.Theresearcherssaidtheyfoundsomething____3____wasquitestrangeintheresearch.Peoplewhoaremore____4____(sense)tothebittertasteofcaffeineprefercoffeetotea.Thefindingisconsistentwithseveralprevious____5____(study).

Researcherslookedatdataonmorethan400,000menandwomenintheUnitedKingdom.Theyalsolookedat____6____Australianstudythatcomparedthetastesof1,757twinswiththeirsiblings.Iheresearcherssaidgenesaren’ttheonlyfactors:____7____(affect)people’stastes.Otherthings____8____ourchangingenvironment,socialfactorsortheeffectsoftakingmedicinecanalsoturnusonoroffcoffeeortea.Theresearcherssaidwecanlearntolikecoffee.DrLiang-DarHwangsaid,“Bittertasteperception(感知)____9____(shape)notonlybygenetics,butalsoenvironmentalfactors.Eventhoughhumans_____10_____(natural)dislikebitterness,wecanlearntolikeorenjoybitter-tastingfoodafterbeingexposedtoenvironmentalfactors.”

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Youknowwhereyour___1___(look)comefrom-forexample,youmayhaveyourmother”snoseoryourfather”seyes.Butwhataboutthingsthatwecannotsee,likeyourgift___2___music?Isthissomethingthatyoulearnedorareyourabilitiesandpersonalitycharacteristics___3___(determine)byyourgenes?Whatmakesanindividualbehaveinacertainwayanddisplaycertaintalents?

Scientistsarenotclearaboutwhattheanswertothisquestion.Theyhave___4___(variety)answers.

Those___5___supportthe“nature“theorybelievethathumansareprogrammedgeneticallytobehaveincert