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    　　The smell of chocolate sends brain waves “wild” and relaxes people at the same time, according to experts．

    　　No other smell tested on volunteers had such a strong effect ,Neil Martin ,an expert at London’s Middlesex University, said．

    　　“Chocolate was quite a star performer in the experiment,” Martin said．“It seemed to make the brain go quite ,scientifically, wild．”

    　　He added: “We found that they found it pleasing and they found it very relaxing．”

    　　About 20 volunteers were asked to sniff(嗅)smells including chocolate ,strawberry, garlic ,spearmint, baked beans, coffee and rotting meat．

    　　They sat in specially designed smell－proof rooms ,wore clouded glasses and had ear plugs so they had to keep their minds on the smells presented to them．

    　　Volunteers were not told what smells they were going to get ．While they sniffed, Martin’s group measured their brain activity．Chocolate weakened brain waves known as theta waves, which are connected with attention ,Martin said．

    　　“This seems to be the one involved with attention．The more complex a task you do, the more of this brain wave there is,” he said．

    　　Martin said it was not clear why chocolate alone should have such an effect．

    　　“One reason is that you are thinking about chocolate ,maybe baking cakes or sweets ,and because of that you don’t pay much attention to your environment and it relaxes you,” he said．

    　　“Or perhaps somehow the emotional center of the brain is made active－but this would not explain why other pleasant smells did not have the same effect,” he added．

    (1)

    Which of the following is what the text mainly tells us?

    [　　]

    A．

    Why the smell of chocolate is pleasing and relaxing．

    B．

    What effect the smell of chocolate has on the brain．

    C．

    Why the smell of chocolate has a stronger effect than the others．

    D．

    How the smell of chocolate is different from the others．

    (2)

    “Chocolate was quite a star performer in the experiment”, which suggests that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    chocolate was the main smell tested in the experiment．

    B．

    the researchers had no difficulty in testing chocolate

    C．

    the other smells tested in the experiment had no or little effect．

    D．

    chocolate proved to be the best among the smells tested in the experiment．

    (3)

    We may infer from the result of the experiment that the smell of chocolate might be most helpful ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    when you start to work

    B．

    when you do careful work

    C．

    when you work for long and need to have a break

    D．

    when you come back to work from your holiday

    答案：1．B;2．C;3．C;
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    A．

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    equal and simple

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