【正文】 I eventually went to the doctor. After examining me, he said, You actually have bad posture (姿勢). Go off and learn the Alexander technique. Three months later I could walk straighter and sit better. The technique helps to break the bad habits accumulated over years. Try folding your arms the opposite way to normal. This is an example of a habit the body has formed which can be hard to break. Many of us carry our heads too far back. The head weighs four to six kilos, so any inappropriate posture can cause problems for the body. The technique teaches you to let go of the muscles holding the head back, allowing it to go back to its natural place on the top of our spines. So if you39。She felt no better after the treatment.B.She was sceptical about the doctor39。She was unwilling to seek treatment for her backache.（2）What is the principle of the Alexander technique? A.t be pletely relieved.B.t be bined with other exercises.C.t be attempted alone.D.t be done with much effort.（3）What can we learn about Frederick Alexander? A.He was eager to make a name for himself.C.He had to leave home to develop his technique.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.Alexander improved the technique to treat body pain.C.People with back pain are victims of inappropriate postures.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹亞歷山大技巧的對于矯正身體的作用以及其發(fā)明者。根據第一段中的“I was brought up to think that the preferred way of dealing with aches is to do nothing and hope they39。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查推理判斷。亞歷山大，一個出身于186年的澳大利亞演員，在年輕的時候聲音出了問題。 （4）考查主旨大意。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，要求考生根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 In my memory, winters always used to be really unpleasant. You had to bundle up just to keep warm when you went outside. You were often cold, wet, slip on the ice, and you39。s a miracle you didn39。 Fortunately, things don39。t be like skating on thin ice.s model features voice control, while the Nest 39。 your habits and automatically heats the home for you. Finally, there is the clothing for the head, beanie s and Earmuff, that feature speakers included in the fabric using Bluetooth technology so we can listen to our favourite music or, in some cases, have a phone callusing the inbuilt microphone. All while keeping the head warm and avoiding a cold.t freeze up. With the right solutions, there39。t be really, really cool.（1）What do the underlined words bundle up mean in ? A.Take a hot bath.C.Put on more clothes.（2）How does electronic thermal clothing work? A.It needs to be warned up before being used.C.It keeps warm for over 12 hours after being charged fox an hour.（3）From the passage, we can lean the following statements EXCEPT that ________. A.s model can be controlled by saying something to itB.technology can do nothing to make winter less roughD.s the best title of this passage? A.B.Ways of keeping warmD.現(xiàn)如今，每到嚴冬時節(jié)，雖然溫度驟降、天氣惡劣，但隨著各類智能保暖產品的問世，冬天也能變得舒適宜人。比如，用智能電子設備調節(jié)屋內和衣物的溫度；使用無線科技制造會自動發(fā)熱的服飾。根據第一段中的In my memory, winters always used to be really unpleasant. You had to bundle up just to keep warm when you went outside. 可知，在我的記憶中，冬天總是很不令人愉快。所以通過 keep warm可知，外出時要想暖和一些，就要多穿衣服。故選D。根據第四段中的 At the touch of a button, or through an app on our phones, the clothing generates heat from elements placed inside. 可知，只要按下按鈕，或者通過手機上 應用程序，安裝在衣服內部的電子元件就會產生熱量。故選A。根據第二段中的Fortunately, things don39。先進的技術、引擎環(huán)和設計為我們提供了解決老問題的新方法。故選C。通讀全文可知，在科技并不發(fā)達的過去，人們可能會為如何在嚴寒天氣里更好地保暖而倍感困擾。人們憑借科學技術發(fā)明了各式各樣的防寒方法。所以短文的最佳標題為讓現(xiàn)代科技溫暖你的冬日。故選B。4．閱讀理解 Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive. He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion. s main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fightorflight response. Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health problems. Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone39。s opinion? has the same effects as laughter. can be used to take the place of medicine. is better than any healthy lifestyle to health. can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.（2）What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones? can lower our blood pressure. will surely lead to heart diseases. can benefit us when we are in danger. will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.（3）Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health? can make us relax. increases sugar levels. has little bad side effects. can happen for no reason.（4）What can be the best title for the text? Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart Diseases Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress Hormones Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，哥倫比亞的心臟病專家Chockalingam博士建議多保持微笑，他認為微笑可能是幫助心臟的一種方式。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。釋放出的化學物質更積極。故選D。根據第三段中的“If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you.”如果你真的有危險，這些荷爾蒙會幫助你。故選C。根據最后一段中的“If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it