올림포스 영어독해기본(1) 5강 변형

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

These ____ in taste sensitivity influence people’s eating 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 to react more negatively to alcohol and smoking, thereby reducing their likelihood of developing drinking problems or ____ addiction.

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

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

Every society has its cognitive “police officers” or gatekeepers who together define the fundamental cognitive orientation of the people and principally oversee the approved characterization and the ____ 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, ____ they are believed to have accumulated the knowledge and wisdom of the society.

No ____ 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 down.”

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

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

Building codes can reduce the ____ impacts of hazards.

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

However, as with engineered structures, building codes have their ____

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All the subjects arrived nervous, as ____

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

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

The ____ were eye-opening.

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