【Inanewstudy186four-year-oldkidsweregivenregularcarrotsandonotherlunchdaystheyweregiventhesamevegetablesrenamedX-rayVisionCarrots.Onthelatterdaystheyatenearlytwiceasmany.Thestudysuggeststhei】

Inanewstudy186four-year-oldkidsweregivenregularcarrotsandonotherlunchdaystheyweregiventhesamevegetablesrenamedX-rayVisionCarrots.Onthelatterdaystheyatenearlytwiceasmany.

Thestudysuggeststheinfluenceofthesenamesmightpersist.Childrencontinuedtoeatabout50percentmorecarrotsevenonthedayswhentheywerenolongerlabeledasanythingspecial.

TheresearchfundedbytheRobertWoodJohnsonFoundationwaspresentedattheannualmeetingoftheSchoolNutritionAssociationinWashingtonD.C..

“Coolnamescanmakeforcoolfoods”saidtheleadauthorBrianWansinkofCornellUniversity.“Whetheritbe‘powerpeas’or‘dinosaurbroccolitrees’givingafoodafunnamemakeskidsthinkitwillbemorefuntoeat.Anditseemstokeepworking—eventhenextday”Wansinksaid.

Similarresultshavebeenfoundwithadults.ArestaurantstudyshowedthatwhentheSeafoodFiletwaschangedtoRomanticHawaiisalesincreased28percentandtasteratingincreasedby12percent.“Samefoodbutdifferentexpectationsandadifferentexperience”saidWansinkauthorof“MindlessEating:WhyWeEatMoreThanWeThink.”

Thestudywasconductedinpre-schoolsbuttheresearchersbelievethesamenamingtrickscanworkwithchildrenathome.

“I’vebeenusingthiswithmykids”saidresearcherCollinPayne“Whateversparks(激发)theirimaginationseemstosparktheirappetite.”

1.Thosefour-year-oldkidsate________whenthecarrotswererenamedX-rayVisionCarrots.

A.twicemorecarrots B.nearlydoublecarrots

C.about50percentmorecarrots D.asmanycarrotsastheyusedto

2.Accordingtothepassage_______make(s)kidsthinkitwillbemorefuntoeat.

A.powerpeas B.dinosaurbroccolitrees

C.funnamesoffood D.coolfoods

3.Therestaurantstudydidn’tshowthat________.

A.salesincreased28percentwhenthenameRomanticHawaiiwastaken

B.tasteratingincreasedby12percentaftertheSeafoodFiletwasrenamed

C.samefoodwouldletpeoplehaveadifferentexperiencewithdifferentnames

D.theresearchersgotsimilarresultswhentheyworkwithc