广西崇左县高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解练习(5)

- 1 - 2016广西崇左县高考英语阅读理解（二轮）练习（5）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】

If you like texting and are trying to lose weight, a new study found that using texting

to track diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight.

Previous research has shown that keeping food and exercise diaries improves the

likelihood of success when you are Using to lose weight. Using a computer or a pen

and paper to record information, however, can be a burden and cause some people to

give up.

Duke University researchers said using text messages to track eating and exercise

habits can save time, and increase the chances that people will stick with their

weight-loss rules.

The study included 26 0bese women with an average age of 38. The women used daily

texting as part of their weight-loss program. The text messages focused on tracking

personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day.

Messages also provided brief feedback (回复) and tips.

Every morning, the women received a text from an automated system that said,

“Please text yesterday’s personal information of steps you walked and how many

sugary drinks you had.” Based on the women's responses to the text message, the system

sent another text with personalized feedback and tips.

After six months, the women who used daily texting lost an average of nearly 3

pounds, while another group of women who used traditional methods to keep food and

exercise diaries gained an average of 2.5 pounds, according to the study, which was

published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

“Text messaging has become popular and may be an effective method to simplify

tracking of diet and exercise behavior,” Dori Steinberg, who was responsible for

this research, said.

Steinberg said, "Text messaging offers several advantages compared to other

self-monitoring methods. Unlike web-based diet and exercise diaries, data in a text - 2 - message can be entered quickly on nearly all cellphone platforms. This provides more

portability and more accessibility for receiving feedback. Besides, because of the

limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.”

36. According to the study, traditional methods _________.

A. are easier for people to lose weight

B. provide brief feedback and tips

C. may cause people to give up losing weight

D. are easy to track diet and exercise behavior

37. The text messages used by the women in the research focused on ________.

A. providing tips

B. providing feedback

C. 9aving time and money

D. tracking personalized goals

38. Which is NOT true about text messaging according to Steinberg?

A. It saves time.

B. It saves money.

C. It can be entered quickly.

D. It is easy to receive feedback.

39. What’s the best title for the text?

A. Texting helps keep healthy

B. Texting saves time and money

C. Texting can help you lose weight

D. Texting provides brief feedback and tips

40. What’s Dori Steinberg’s attitude towards text messaging?

A. Unknown.

B. Negative.

C. Positive.

D. Unconcerned.

【参考答案】36-40 CDBCC

短信提醒有助于减肥。用户可以发送短信及跟踪各种食物或运动的热量，同时提供每日饮食 - 3 - 记录、运动消耗记录以及体重记录，让用户清楚地知道自己每天的饮食摄入和运动消耗比例来让自己减肥。

36. C。细节理解题。根据第二段的a burden and cause some people to give up可知答案。

37. D。细节理解题。根据第四段的The text messages focused on tracking personalized

goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day可知答案。

38. B。推理判断题。根据最后一段Steinberg所说的话可知，文中未提及money。

39. C。主旨大意题。文章第一段就是主题句using texting to track diet and exercise habits

may help you lose weight可知答案。

40. C。推理判断题。根据最后一段的This provides more portability and more accessibility

for receiving feedback. Besides, because of the limited number of words used in text

messages, it saves time.可知Dori Steinberg的态度是肯定的。

阅读理解（一）

NASA’s Mars detector (探测器), Opportunity, succeeded in finding signs that water

once existed on the planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in January. Scientists now

believe that the planet could once have supported life.

This discovery was chosen by Science, one of the world’s leading magazines, as the

most important scientific achievement of 2004 last Friday.

“This little, wheeled, one-armed box went around another planet and has done

something no human has ever managed,” according to Science. “It has discovered

another place in the universe where life could once have existed.”

“Although we still can’t say that life could have existed in this environment, it

is now certain that there was water on Mars,” said Steve Squyres, one of the scientists

working on the Mars mission. The evidence comes from pictures and chemical readings