Wine's Price and Quality

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Practice Listening: Select Missing Word ID: #35284 Short Wine's Price and Quality

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You will hear a recording about a topic. At the end of the recording the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

Transcript:

One experiment in Australia showed that people rated the same wine higher when they thought it was S53 rather than $16 or $6. But get this, the experimenters had actually made that wine objectively worse by adding tartaric acid. It didn't matter — the price tag overwhelmed their taste buds. In another study, scientists scanned the brains of people tasting wines that they thought were either $10 or $90. In reality, it was the same wine, but when they thought it was expensive, their brains showed more activity in a region associated with pleasant tastes and smells. So expensive wines may actually taste...

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worse sweeter better bitterer

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Option 2: "sweeter"

Explanation: This option is correct as it aligns with the context of the text. The text discusses how the perception of wine changes based on price, indicating that expensive wines may taste 'sweeter' in the sense of being more enjoyable or pleasant due to the brain's response to perceived value.

Option 1: "worse"

Explanation: This option contradicts the context of the text. The text suggests that despite the wine being made worse by adding tartaric acid, people still rated it higher when they believed it was more expensive. Therefore, saying it tastes 'worse' does not align with the overall theme that price influences perception.

Option 3: "better"

Explanation: While this option might seem plausible, it is too vague and does not capture the specific nuance of the text. The text implies that the perception of taste is influenced by price, and simply stating 'better' does not reflect the specific findings about how expensive wines may taste 'sweeter'.

Option 4: "bitterer"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as it introduces a negative connotation that contradicts the findings in the text. The text indicates that the perception of taste improves with higher price tags, making 'bitterer' an unsuitable choice.

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