Passage 3 Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference, is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola(乐饮料)companies--Coca- Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca- Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting. We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca - Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet(低糖)Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand. We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. (80)Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the r6cords statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guess - work could have accomplished. Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet - cola drinkers did a little worse--only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly. While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so fatigue, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price. The main purpose of this article is to ______.
A. show that taste preference is highly subjective
B. argue that taste testing is all important marketing strategy
C. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
D. recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
Frank knew he was (56) ill. He spent days walking (57) as far as thirty miles in a day, (58) with the pain and strange thoughts in his mind. Then one night, he made up his (59) that he would go to the hospital and ask them to admit him. He reported to out - patients and asked to (60) a psychiatrist. A junior doctor eventually examined him and (61) to Frank’ s confused account of having (62) in hospital before, of how he thought he ought to (63) again because he was so confused and knew something was very (64) with him. The doctor did not admit him. Frank can not (65) whether he was told that the hospital was full or that they simply did not believe him. "! felt I was completely alone. I thought these was (66) there to help." So Frank went back on to the streets to (67) a future of sleeping outside, the occasional shelter (68) hostels, and sometimes prison (69) he was picked up for (70) drunk; drunk because it was the (71) way he could forget his condition. Frank had sought help and (72) . Thousands of others (73) him can find no help either. They are the (74) from long- term mental illness that confuse the (75) of their victims.
A. be
B. was
C. to be
D. been
Frank knew he was (56) ill. He spent days walking (57) as far as thirty miles in a day, (58) with the pain and strange thoughts in his mind. Then one night, he made up his (59) that he would go to the hospital and ask them to admit him. He reported to out - patients and asked to (60) a psychiatrist. A junior doctor eventually examined him and (61) to Frank’ s confused account of having (62) in hospital before, of how he thought he ought to (63) again because he was so confused and knew something was very (64) with him. The doctor did not admit him. Frank can not (65) whether he was told that the hospital was full or that they simply did not believe him. "! felt I was completely alone. I thought these was (66) there to help." So Frank went back on to the streets to (67) a future of sleeping outside, the occasional shelter (68) hostels, and sometimes prison (69) he was picked up for (70) drunk; drunk because it was the (71) way he could forget his condition. Frank had sought help and (72) . Thousands of others (73) him can find no help either. They are the (74) from long- term mental illness that confuse the (75) of their victims.
A. remind
B. remember
C. recall
D. forget
(四) 丁某原系A市B区国家税务局副局长。B区国家税务局在征税过程中,发现管区内个人独资私营企业“腾飞”鞋厂长期偷税漏税,其法定代表人刘某对税务执法人员态度蛮横,既不配合调查,也不承认错误。经查,该企业累计偷税达50余万元人民币。税务执法人员认为刘某已构成刑事犯罪,准备将其移送司法机关,追究刑事责任。刘某得到消息,通过熟人找到丁某,请求丁某帮忙,承诺如能不将其移送司法机关,不仅承担丁某女儿出国的费用,而且送丁某人民币8万元。丁某遂利用副局长身份,决定只对刘某作补交税款的处理,而未将刘某移送司法机关。 事后,刘某送给丁某现金人民币8万元,美元1万元。此外,丁某在任税务局副局长期间还利用职务之便将局里税收执法中收缴的罚没款6万元据为己有。 根据刑法规定,对丁某收受刘某现金人民币8万元、美元1万元的行为适用的刑罚是( )。
A. 10年以上有期徒刑
B. 7年以上10年以下有期徒刑
C. 无期徒刑
D. 死刑