【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 A placebo is a sugar pill, a harmless shot, or ail empty capsule. Even though they have no medicine in them, these things seem to make people well. The patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get better. How does this happen? The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself. It is as if there was a doctor in each of us. The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it. But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body. Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself. These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine, then it will act as if it did, and the body will feel better. Placebos do not always work. The success of this treatment seems to rest a lot with the relationship between the patient and the doctor. If the patient has a lot of trust in the doctor and if the doctor really wants to help the patient, then the placebo is more likely to work. So in a way, the doctor is the most powerful placebo of all. A placebo can also have bad effects. If patients expect a bad reaction to medicine, then they will also show a bad reaction to the placebo. This would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your body. Some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be used. They think there is still not enough known about it. The strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is. There are people who say you can heal your body by using your mind. And the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo．（1）What do we know about placebo according to the passage? A.It contains some sort of medicine.B.It won39。t function if you are negative about medicine.C.People who don39。t believe placebo can39。t be healed by it.D.Patients and doctors know clearly how it helps to heal the body.（2）Why is the doctor sometimes the most powerful placebo? A.The patient needs help badly．B.The patient believes in the doctor．C.The doctor knows better about your body．D.The doctor has carefully studied medicine．（3）What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A.The placebo.B.The bad effect.C.The body.D.The medicine.（4）What is the passage mainly about? A.Placebo：Work on Your MindB.Placebo：The Most Powerful MedicineC.Placebo：The Best DoctorD.Placebo：Heal Your Body【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，有時(shí)候病人的病并不是需要真正的藥物來醫(yī)治，而是需要醫(yī)生開一些安慰的藥劑，安慰病人的心理使病人的情緒得到舒緩，從而有利于病情的痊愈。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?？v觀全文可知，一些醫(yī)生仍然認(rèn)為，如果安慰劑有壞的影響，它應(yīng)該永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被使用，他們認(rèn)為對(duì)安慰劑仍然沒有足夠的了解。所以此處的it是指的安慰劑。故選A。(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“A placebo is a sugar pill，a harmless shot，or ail empty capsule．”可知安慰劑不會(huì)起到醫(yī)學(xué)上的作用。故選B。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章的描述有時(shí)候病人是不需要使用藥物的，醫(yī)生給病人開出安慰劑，病人覺得安慰劑有很大的作用是因?yàn)樗麄兒芟嘈裴t(yī)生。故選B。(4)考查主旨大意。本文講述的是有時(shí)候病人的病并不是需要真正的藥物來醫(yī)治，而是需要醫(yī)生開一些安慰的藥劑，這時(shí)候就會(huì)安慰病人的心理，病人的情緒得到舒緩從而有利于病情的痊愈。這被叫做安慰劑。通常是空的甜膠囊，作用于病人的心理，幫助他們調(diào)節(jié)心情，從而有利于病情痊愈。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamin39。s older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects. Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin39。s Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long, Newspaper panies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago. The chief editor of the Times said recently, “At places where they gather, editors ask one another, 39。How are you?39。, as if they have just e out of the hospital or a lost law case.” An article about the newspaper appealed on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.” Perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death, Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three years. The New York Times Company has seen its stock（股票）drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss ing in the past year. A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock holders sell off their Times stock. The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education。 its testing and test — preparation service now brings in at least half the pany39。s ine,（1）What can we learn about the New England Courant? A.It is mainly about the stock market.B.It carries articles by political leaders.C.It marks the beginning of newspapers.D.It remains a successful newspaper in America.（2）What can we infer about the newspaper editors? A.They often accept readers39。 suggestions.B.They caw a lot about each other39。s health.C.They stop doing business with advertisers.D.They face great difficulties in their business.（3）Which of the following found a new way for its development? A.the Washington Post.B.The Guardian.C.The New York Tinier.D.New England Courant.（