올림포스 영어독해기본(1) 5강 변형

Supertasters and nontasters respond similarly to many foods, but supertasters are more ____ to certain sweet and bitter substances.

These differences in taste sensitivity influence people’s ____ habits in ways that can have repercussions for their physical health.

____ example, supertasters are less likely to be fond of sweets and tend to consume fewer high-fat foods, both of which are likely to reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease.

Supertasters also tend ____ react more negatively to alcohol and smoking, thereby reducing their likelihood of developing drinking problems or nicotine addiction.

The only health disadvantage identified for supertasters thus far is that they respond more negatively to many vegetables, which seems to ____ down their vegetable intake.

Overall, however, supertasters tend to have ____ health habits than nontasters, thanks to their strong reactions to certain tastes.

Every society has its cognitive “police officers” or gatekeepers who together define ____ fundamental cognitive orientation of the people and principally oversee the approved characterization and the defense of the societal norms.

Among traditional African societies, this policing or gatekeeping role is performed mostly by the adult members through the acquisition of a library of ideas, because they are believed to have accumulated the ____ and wisdom of the society.

No wonder then, that the Akan of Ghana has wise sayings and proverbs, such as “Each time an elderly dies it is as if a library had burned ____

In addition to acting as guides to the land and its flora and fauna, elders convey knowledge to youngsters individually by telling stories, ____ thus overseeing their learning process.

There is also a reverence of filial piety, the respect for ____ elderly that is equated with wisdom.

Building codes can reduce the adverse impacts of ____

For example, hurricane clips may prevent roofs from detaching from buildings during the high winds of passing tropical cyclones and ____ prevent rain damage.

However, as with engineered structures, building codes have ____ limitations.

It was reported that in the wake of Hurricane Andrew, which struck South Florida in 1992, officials realized that strict building ____ would not prevent serious damage.

Furthermore, earthquake codes are typically designed to prevent buildings from collapsing, not to maintain structural integrity of the building and ensure ____ after a large earthquake.

This policy increases human survival ____ in earthquakes, but is less effective in reducing the economic impact.

Furthermore, building codes are the offspring of public policy, and policy is vulnerable to inequity in its application across the breadth ____ society, and may be ignored or not enforced.

____ business professor Alison Wood Brooks has done studies that show how stress and anxiety change based on what we tell ourselves.

Brooks’s experiment ____ like a blast or a nightmare, depending on your perspective.

She took ____ group of subjects with stage fright to a crowded bar with a stage and had them get up there and sing.

All the ____ arrived nervous, as expected.

But Brooks measured whether or not having them change their language ― calling their nerves “excitement” ____ made any difference.

She had one nervous group tell themselves over and over, “I am excited,” and tested them against a control group who ____ sat with their nerves and their regular self-talk.

The ____ were eye-opening.

The decision to tell themselves that the feeling ____ were experiencing was excitement helped them convert the energy into something positive, even useful.