2018英语专业八级听力mp3练习：mini lecture（十二）

　　2018英语专业八级听力mini lecture是一个将听力和做笔记填空结合的题型。该题目是一个900字左右的讲座，要求考生边听边做笔记，然后完成填空任务。新东方在线英语专八频道在考前将为大家模拟2018专八听力mini lecture听力文本，希望专八考生在考前多练，顺利通过专八考试。

2018英语专业八级听力mp3练习mini lecture汇总

听力试题

　　Now listen to the following recording andanswer questions 20 to 22

　　20

　　A.It helps them digest the food better as children.

　　B.It only relates to the politeness of eating.

　　C.It helps them better smell the food.

　　D.It makes them chewing faster and more carefully.

　　21

　　A.When you breathe in, airflow blocks the food particles from entering the lungs.

　　B.When you breathe out, airflow delivers the food particles to the lungs.

　　C.When you breathe in, airflow delivers the food particles to the nasal cavity.

　　D.When you breathe out, airflow blocks the food particles from entering the nasal cavity.

　　22

　　A.Keep one's mouth shut.

　　B.Wolf down the food.

　　C.Breathe slowly when eating.

　　D.Chew carefully when eating.

听力原文

　　Ever lose your ability to taste during a cold, because your nose is stuffed up? That's because the nose is intimately involved with taste. When you chew, flavor compounds from the food may enter the back of your mouth. And when you breathe out, you carry some of those flavor compounds up into your nasal cavity.

　　"As children we basically learn, the first lesson of table manners is to keep the mouth closed while chewing, and you also want to breathe smoothly." Randy, a mechanical engineer at Penn State said, (20) "I think this is not only because it's polite, but also because you can smell the food much better if you can breathe smoothly." Smell contributes to taste by this "backdoor". And it turns out our airways are particularly tuned to enhance that effect.

　　Randy and his colleagues 3D-printed a model of a woman's airway. To track airflow, they mixed water with special particles and pumped it through the model, filming the results. (21) They found that when you breathe in, that inward airflow actually forms a curtain at the back of your mouth, blocking food particles from getting into the lungs, which is a good thing. And when you breathe out, air swirls through that cavity in the back of the mouth, sweeping up those particles and delivering them right to the nasal cavity, where you can smell them.

　　There is a way to destroy this well-tuned system: the effect's mined if you're really huffing and puffing. Meaning if you're wolfing down your food, gasping for air, that breathing actually delivers more of those food molecules into your lungs and fewer into the nasal cavity. In other words, your mother was right all along: (22) keep your mouth shut and don't wolf down your food. It'll cut the chances of choking, and enhance the taste of the meal.

　　20. How does Randy explain children' first lesson of table manners?

　　21. What's the result of Randy's experiment?

　　22. What is the case that one is possible to get choked according to the lecture?

　　有没有过感冒时鼻子阻塞失去味觉的经历? 那是因为鼻子同味觉有着紧密的联系。当你在咀嚼食物时，食物的混合气味会进入嘴的后部。当你呼气时，这些混合气味就会进入你的鼻腔。

　　“孩提时代，我们所学习的基本餐桌礼仪的第一课便是咀嚼的时候要闭着嘴巴，保持呼吸顺畅。”宾夕法尼亚州立大学的机械工程师兰迪说道,“我认为这样的餐桌礼仪不仅仅是出于礼貌，呼吸顺畅还能让我们更好地闻到食物的香味。”嗅觉通过“鼻后嗅觉”辅助味觉。事实证明我们的呼吸道增强了这种效果。

　　兰迪和同事通过3D技术打印出女性呼吸道的模型。为了追踪气流流向，他们在水中加入特殊粒子并将水从模型中抽出，最后再将结果拍摄下来。结果发现，吸气时，向内的气流会在口腔后部形成一道屏障防止食物颗粒吸入肺部，这是件好事。呼气时，气流会在口腔后部形成漩涡，将有气味的食物颗粒一并送入鼻腔，因此你才能闻到食物的香气。

　　还有一种方法可以破坏这样的调节系统：当你呼吸急促时，这样的系统就会被打乱。进食时若狼吞虎咽，大喘粗气，那么紊乱的呼吸系统会将更多的食物颗粒送入肺中，只有少量食物才会进入鼻腔。换言之，这证明了妈妈的话才是真理：吃饭紧闭嘴巴，切忌狼吞虎咽。这样才能减少噎住的风险，让食物变得更美味。

　　问题20 兰迪如何介绍孩提时期学到的第一课餐桌礼仪?

　　问题21 下列哪一项符合兰迪的试验结果?

　　问题22 吃饭时，什么情况下容易被食物噎住?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题20】C

　　【小题21】A

　　【小题22】B

　　习题解析：

　　【小题20】听力原文中提到 I think this is not only because it's polite, but also because you can smell the food much better if you can breathe smoothly.由此可知，Randy 认为孩提时代学到的餐桌礼仪——在咀嚼食物时嘴巴要紧闭，同时呼吸平稳——不仅仅是出于礼貌，也在于当你呼吸更顺畅的时候能更好地闻到食物的味道。故选项 C 为答案。选项 B 与听力原文内容相反，选项 A 和 D 未在听力原文中提及，均排除。

　　【小题21】听力原文提到 Randy 和他的同事通过 3 D 打印技术制作了一个呼吸道模型，以此来模拟、追踪气流流向，实验结果显示：吸气时，向内的气流在口腔内侧形成气幕，可以阻挡食物颗粒进人肺部;呼气时，气流在口腔内侧的凹处形成漩涡，卷起那些粒子送到鼻腔，从而使你闻到味道。由此可知，选项 A 符合实验结果描述，为答案。

　　【小题22】听力原文中提到 keep your mouth shut and don't wolf down your food. It'll cut the chances of choking，由此可知，嘴巴闭紧，别狼吞虎咽，就能减少噎住的风险，而反之即会增加噎住的风险，故选项 B 为答案。

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