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广东省深圳市龙岗区宏扬学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期12月英语学科素养形成练习 期末（Unit 1-Unit 8）（202412）
There is a famous English saying, "You are what you eat", which means that what you put in your mouth becomes part of you. Many experts (专家) use this saying to emphasize the importance of having a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food can make a person overweight. To stay fit, kids are often told to avoid sweet food. However, a recent survey completed by a team of American scientists has discovered something new about eating sweet food.
"When we say someone is'sweet', we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us understand more about people's feelings and behaviours," said Brian Meier, a scientist from the study team. "Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to explore whether we can know someone's character and behaviour based on their taste preferences."
In one of their experiments, college students were asked questions about their character— whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to list their favourite foods. According to their answers, the scientists found that students who liked sweet food were generally nicer.
In another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet foods, such as cookies and chocolate, were more willing to help others in need, while those who preferred non-sweet foods, such as chips, were less likely to do so. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital, and so on.
The results of the experiments suggest that people's helpfulness or kindness may be related to their preference for sweet food. So eating sweet food might be a useful way to make people more kind and helpful. Next time, try some ice cream!
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Soccer has truly become the world's sport. Much like the Olympics, it is a thing that brings nations together. People from all over the world are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the World Cup. David Beckham is one of the players who are liked by people around the world.
However, soccer also causes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . Many fights have been started at soccer matches. Clearly, soccer is important to a lot of people.
I have never {#blank#}3{#/blank#} soccer that closely. In America, it is not a very popular sport, but I used to play it when I was in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. I always liked being the goal keeper, because I could wear a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} shirt! I was never a very good player, either. Maybe that is why I don't watch soccer matches that often! Although I am not a big soccer fan yet, I still appreciate (体会) its effect on the world and its importance in people's lives.
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