【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報道，站立式辦公桌在美國硅谷已經(jīng)比較常見，宜家近日推出了一款名為BEKANT的可調(diào)節(jié)的站立式辦公桌，這種桌子對愿意站立式工作的人健康有益。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段可知，站立式辦公桌在美國硅谷已經(jīng)比較常見，對愿意站立式工作的人健康有益。宜家近日推出了一款名為BEKANT的可調(diào)節(jié)的站立式辦公桌，使用者只需按一下按鈕便可將其從普通高度調(diào)節(jié)至站立式高度。宜家希望這款辦公桌占領(lǐng)市場，成為主流，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知“Bekant convertible standing desk”售價為$500；而第三段中是Stir Kinect desk售價為$3,890，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的It also has devices containing power points and USB ports for charging phones, to keep cables hidden.Stir Kinect還設(shè)置了充電接口以及USB接口，可用于手機(jī)充電，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Ikea39。s heightadjustable desk is great for opening up the lower end of the market,”宜家的可調(diào)節(jié)辦公桌有助于打開低端市場，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇新聞報道，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。4．閱讀理解 It started during a yoga class. She felt a strange pull on her neck, a feeling pletely foreign to her. Her friend suggested she rush to the emergency room. It turned out that she was having a heart attack. She didn39。t share similar symptoms with someone who was likely to have a heart attack. She exercised, watched her plate and did not smoke. But on reviewing her medical history, I found that her cholesterol (膽固醇) level was skyhigh. She had been prescribed a cholesterollowering statin (他汀) medication, but she never picked up the prescription because of the scary things she had read about statins on the Internet. She was the victim of fake medical news. While misinformation has been the object of great attention in politics, medical misinformation might lead to an increase in deaths. As is true with fake news in general, medical lies tend to spread further than truths on the Internet—and they have very real bad consequences. False medical information can also lead to patients experiencing greater side effects through the nocebo effect (反安慰劑效應(yīng)) . Sometimes patients benefit from an intervention (干預(yù)) simply because they believe they will—that39。s the placebo effect (安慰劑效應(yīng)). The nocebo effect is the opposite. Patients can experience harmful effects because they anticipate them. This is very true of statins. In blinded trials, patients who get statins are no more likely to report feeling muscle aches than patients who get a placebo. Yet, in clinical practice, according to one study, almost a fifth of patients taking statins report side effects, leading many to discontinue the drugs. What else is on the fake news hit list? As always, vaccines (疫苗) . False concerns that the vaccine may cause side effects have greatly reduced coverage rates. Cancer is another big target for pushers of medical misinformation—many of whom refuse alternative therapies. Though most people think cancer tumors are bad, they39。re actually the way your body attempts to contain the harmful cells, one fake news story reads. It warns that prescription medications lead to the uncontrolled cell mutations (變異) . Silicon Valley needs to face this problem. I am not a freespeech lawyer, but when human health is at risk, perhaps search engines, social media platforms and websites should be held responsible for promoting or hosting fake information. Meanwhile, journalists should do a better job of spreading accurate information.（1）We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________. A.the woman paid little attention to her daily dietsB.the unhealthy lifestyle might lead to the woman39。s heart attackC.the symptom of the heart attack was familiar to the womanD.the woman didn39。t take the prescription due to fake medical news（2）According to the passage, the placebo effect functions because patients ________. A.neglect necessary treatmentB.discontinue the harmful drugsC.believe the benefits of an interventionD.suffer more side effects（3）What does the author mean by claiming that he is not a freespeech lawyer in the last paragraph? A.He is a lawyer very easy to speak to.B.He is good at speaking because of his job.C.He is available to give a speech on the law.D.He is very cautious when speaking something（4）The main purpose of the passage is to ________. A.remind us to take medication as prescribedB.warn us against fake medical news on the InternetC.encourage journalists to report more positive news eventsD.teach us how to distinguish fake medical news on the Internet【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，通過舉例來論證了網(wǎng)絡(luò)謠言，尤其是關(guān)于藥物的網(wǎng)絡(luò)謠言有巨大的殺傷力。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”...,but she never picked up the prescription because of the scary things she had read about stains on the Internet.她從來沒有拿過這個處方，因?yàn)樗诰W(wǎng)上看到關(guān)于他汀的可怕事情，可知，由于虛假的醫(yī)療信息，這名女子沒有服用那個處方藥。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Sometimes patients benefit from an intervention simply because they believe they will— that39。s the placebo effect.”有時患者從干預(yù)中獲益僅僅是因?yàn)樗麄兿嘈潘麄儠@就是安慰劑效應(yīng)，可知，安慰劑效應(yīng)的作用是因?yàn)榛颊呦嘈鸥深A(yù)的好處。故選C。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I am not a freespeech lawyer, but when human health is at risk,perhaps search engines, social media platforms and websites should be held responsible for promoting or hosting fake information.”我不是一個言論自由的律師，但當(dāng)人類健康受到威脅時，或許搜索引擎、社交媒體平臺和網(wǎng)站應(yīng)該為推廣或提供虛假信息負(fù)責(zé)，可知，他不贊成隨口造謠、傳謠的，同時他說話很謹(jǐn)慎。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“As is true with fake news in general, medical lies tend to spread further than truths on the Internet—and they have very real bad consequences.”就像假新聞一樣，醫(yī)學(xué)上的謊言在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上傳播得比真相還遠(yuǎn)，而且后果非常嚴(yán)重；以及文章中的例子可知，全文的主要目的是通過舉例來論證了網(wǎng)絡(luò)謠言，尤其是關(guān)于藥物的網(wǎng)絡(luò)謠言有巨大的殺傷力，來教我們?nèi)绾伪鎰e網(wǎng)上的假醫(yī)療新聞。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Whether you are a national or an international student, we wele you to Middletown University. 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