Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage
II. Choose the correct answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. (2 points)
Many children, and some adults too, dislike the taste of certain vegetables. The flavours of foods such as cabbage and broccoli are generally the ones people mention as their least (1)_______ vegetables, as these vegetables are believed to have an extremely (2)________ taste. (3)_________, according to an Oxford psychologist, children might change their (4)________ about these foods if they can hear simple music while they're eating - such as the sounds that come from one musical instrument, called a wind chime. This instrument often hangs (5)__________ people's gardens, and plays sweet notes when the wind blows through it. These notes may make the food seem to taste sweeter (6)______ it would do normally. However, many adults (7)___________ that their tastes developed as they grew (8) ______, so they now enjoy a far (9)_______ range of food. As a result, they're much more (10)_______ to eat the kind of vegetables they always hated during their childhood.
1. A. pleasant B. delicious C. special D. favourite
2. A. bitter B. hard C. heavy D. raw
3. A. Therefore B. However C. So D. Moreover
4. A. senses B. minds C. moods D. reasons
5. A. at B. on C. over D. in
6. A. even though B. but C. than D. as
7. A. complain B. advise C. admit D. warn
8. A. out B. up C. over D. apart
9. A. more B. smaller C. bigger D. greater
10. A. likely B. possible C. reasonable D. warn