Alcohol may taste sweeter if you were exposed to it before birth, suggests a study in rats. The findings may shed new light【C1】______why human studies have previously【C2】______fetal alcohol exposure to increased alcohol【C3】______later in life, and to a【C4】______age at which a person【C5】______starts drinking alcohol. Alcohol"s taste is a(n) 【C6】______of sweet and bitter components. To【C7】______whether prenatal alcohol exposure could【C8】______the perception of these components, Steven Youngentob at the State University of New York in Syracuse and John Glendinning at Columbia University in New York【C9】______how eagerly rats consumed alcohol, sweet water【C10】______bitter water. They found that young rats whose mothers had consumed alcohol during pregnancy【C11】______alcohol and consumed more of the bitter water than the【C12】______of mothers that didn"t consume alcohol. Rats that had been exposed to alcohol before birth also seemed to be more【C13】______to the smell of alcohol. Prenatal exposure seems to reduce the【C14】______bitterness of alcohol, making it seem【C15】______, says Youngentob. Both of these differences seemed to【C16】______once the rats reached adulthood—but【C17】______they hadn"t tasted alcohol during their youth. If prena-tally exposed rats did consume alcohol in their youth, these preferences seemed to become【C18】______for life. "The take-home message is to keep kids away from【C19】______for as long as possible—【C20】______if they have had prenatal exposure," says Youngentob. 【C3】
A. refusal
B. access
C. abuse
D. use
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2003年10月15日,A县政府根据《发展A县经济的实施规划》,以红头文件形式作出了一项《关于对A县几家工业企业进行调整的措施》的决定,其中决定将属于集体所有制的A县机床附件厂与属于国有企业的A县机械厂合并为A县机械总厂。A县机床附件厂不服县政府的这一决定,认为合并决定事先未征得他们的同意,侵犯了企业的经营自主权,遂向A县法院提起了行政诉讼。A县政府有关领导得知这一情况后立即告诉县法院,这一合并决定是为了改革和发展A县经济、解决县机械厂的经济困境作出的,县机床附件厂应当顾全大局,服从县政府的决定。同时,县政府要求县法院应与县政府态度一致,维护县政府的改革措施,对县机床附件厂的起诉不予受理。 问: A县法院是否有权受理此案,并说明理由。
Alcohol may taste sweeter if you were exposed to it before birth, suggests a study in rats. The findings may shed new light【C1】______why human studies have previously【C2】______fetal alcohol exposure to increased alcohol【C3】______later in life, and to a【C4】______age at which a person【C5】______starts drinking alcohol. Alcohol"s taste is a(n) 【C6】______of sweet and bitter components. To【C7】______whether prenatal alcohol exposure could【C8】______the perception of these components, Steven Youngentob at the State University of New York in Syracuse and John Glendinning at Columbia University in New York【C9】______how eagerly rats consumed alcohol, sweet water【C10】______bitter water. They found that young rats whose mothers had consumed alcohol during pregnancy【C11】______alcohol and consumed more of the bitter water than the【C12】______of mothers that didn"t consume alcohol. Rats that had been exposed to alcohol before birth also seemed to be more【C13】______to the smell of alcohol. Prenatal exposure seems to reduce the【C14】______bitterness of alcohol, making it seem【C15】______, says Youngentob. Both of these differences seemed to【C16】______once the rats reached adulthood—but【C17】______they hadn"t tasted alcohol during their youth. If prena-tally exposed rats did consume alcohol in their youth, these preferences seemed to become【C18】______for life. "The take-home message is to keep kids away from【C19】______for as long as possible—【C20】______if they have had prenatal exposure," says Youngentob. 【C2】
A. linked
B. contrasted
C. contributed
D. dedicated
Alcohol may taste sweeter if you were exposed to it before birth, suggests a study in rats. The findings may shed new light【C1】______why human studies have previously【C2】______fetal alcohol exposure to increased alcohol【C3】______later in life, and to a【C4】______age at which a person【C5】______starts drinking alcohol. Alcohol"s taste is a(n) 【C6】______of sweet and bitter components. To【C7】______whether prenatal alcohol exposure could【C8】______the perception of these components, Steven Youngentob at the State University of New York in Syracuse and John Glendinning at Columbia University in New York【C9】______how eagerly rats consumed alcohol, sweet water【C10】______bitter water. They found that young rats whose mothers had consumed alcohol during pregnancy【C11】______alcohol and consumed more of the bitter water than the【C12】______of mothers that didn"t consume alcohol. Rats that had been exposed to alcohol before birth also seemed to be more【C13】______to the smell of alcohol. Prenatal exposure seems to reduce the【C14】______bitterness of alcohol, making it seem【C15】______, says Youngentob. Both of these differences seemed to【C16】______once the rats reached adulthood—but【C17】______they hadn"t tasted alcohol during their youth. If prena-tally exposed rats did consume alcohol in their youth, these preferences seemed to become【C18】______for life. "The take-home message is to keep kids away from【C19】______for as long as possible—【C20】______if they have had prenatal exposure," says Youngentob. 【C17】
A. only if
B. as if
C. as though
D. even though