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ters D. little time to write letters 14. She came to London to _______. A. study B. make a living C. learn British ways of living D. learn about life there 15. Men in England ________. A. do not shake hands with friends as often as the European people do B. shake hands with friends as often as the European people do C. raise their hats to all friends D. do not raise their hats to friends B Everyone talks about the “five” senses of man. And it is true that we get our information (信息 ) about the outside from our sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Researchers tell us that the sense of sight – our visual sense –gives us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies。 while the other senses, the auditory (hearing), the olfactory (smell), the tactile (touch), and the gustatory (taste) bring into our brains information about the other 20% of what is happening. But there are two other senses that we cannot get along without, though they are little noticed. These are the senses of balance (平衡 ), without which we would act like a drunk after a heavy drink, and the kinesthetic sense(動覺) , which gives us our ideas about our own motion (運動 ). 16. Which is the best title for this passage? A. The Five Senses of Man. B. The Senses of Man. C. Senses and Information. D. Important Senses. 17. The sense of sight supplies us with ________. A. about half of our information about the world B. about 20% of our information about the world C. 80% of our information about the world D. all the needed our information about the world 18. The senses of hearing, smell, touch and taste supply us with ________. A. about half of our information about the world B. about 20% of our information about the world C. about 80% of our information about the world D. all the needed our information about the world 19. The other senses besides the “five” senses of man that the passage mentions (提到 ) are ________. A. the tactile and the gustatory senses B. the senses of balance and touch C. the senses of kinesthesia and balance D. the olfactory and the auditory senses 20. According to the passage, one misses most about the world when one ________. A. is blind B. is deaf C. has no sense of taste and touch D. has no sense of balance and motion C People have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition(營養(yǎng) ) and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的 ). They called tomatoes “poison apples”. President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good.