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1西工大附中第六次适应性训练--英语第二部分阅读理解（共两节，20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AIfyoufollowedthe2016OlympicGames,youmayhavenoticedthatseveralathletes,includingUSswimmerMichaelPhelps,hadcircularbruisesontheirbodies.Thesebruisesweretheresultof“cupping(拔火罐)therapy”,atraditionalChinesemedicalpracticethathasbeenaroundformorethan2,000years.Manyathletessaythattheyhavebenefitedfromthetherapy.Phelpsusedthetherapyinthefallof2014andhasuseditabouttwiceaweeksince,reportedABCNews.AnotherUSswimmer,DanaVollmer,alsobelievesthat“itreallyhelpswithbloodflow”.However,somehavesaidthatthesupposedhealtheffectsresultfrompeople’sfeelingthatthetreatmentworks,ratherthananyphysicaleffectofthetreatment.Tofigureoutcuppingtherapyhasanyphysicaleffect,lastyearresearchersfromGermanycarriedoutatestinwhichafalsetreatmentwasprovided.Inthestudy,thesametypeofcupswasusedintherealtreatmentandthefalsetreatment.Butinthefalsetreatment,thecupshadaholeatthetopsothattheycouldn’tcreatethepropersuction(吸力).Thetestedpatients,whosufferedfromadisorderthatcausedalotofpain,weretoldthattheywouldreceiveeitheratraditionalcuppingor“softcupping”.Buttheywerenotinformedthattheso-called“softcupping”wasafalsetreatment.Itturnedoutthatmostpatientscorrectlyguessedwhichkindofcuppingtheyhadreceived.Inbothgroups,patientsalsoexperiencedaboutthesamereductionsinpain.“Theresultssuggesttheeffectsofcuppingtherapymightcomefromfactorsthatarenotnecessarilypartofthetreatmentitself,”theresearcherstoldtheLiveSciencewebsite.Thequestionofwhethercuppingtherapyworksstillneedstobeanswered.“Butbecausethetreatmentisrelativelysafeanditcouldbehelpfulforsomepeople,thetherapycanbeusedaspartofacomprehensivetreatmentprograminvolvingotherexercises,nutritionalchoicesandlifestylechanging,”DrBrentBauer,directoroftheUSComplementaryandIntegrativeMedicineProgramatMayoClinic,toldLiveScience.21.WhyisMichaelPhelpsmentionedinthepassage?A.Togiveathletesanewwaytoswimfaster.B.Toprovideathleteswithanewwayoftreatment.C.Tointroducethetopiconcuppingtherapy.D.Toshowswimmerssufferfromdisorders.（细节理解）根据文章第一段“…includingUSswimmerMichaelPhelps,hadcircularbruisesontheirbodies.Thesebruisesweretheresultof‘cupping(拔火罐)therapy’,…”和下文内容可知，提到MichaelPhelps是为了引出介绍拔火罐的话题。故选C。22.ThepurposeofthetestbyresearchersfromGermanywasto____.A.promotethehealtheffectsofcuppingtherapyB.seewhethercuppingtherapyhasaphysicaleffectC.comparetraditionalcuppingwiththesoftcuppingD.comparecuppingtherapy’seffectsondifferentgroupsofpeople（细节理解）根据文章第四段“Tofigureoutcuppingtherapyhasanyphysicaleffect,lastyearresearchersfromGermanycarriedoutatestinwhichafalsetreatmentwasprovided.”可知，来自德国的研究员进行的测试，是为了证实拔火罐疗法是否有效。故选B。23.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?A.Differentpeopleneeddifferenttypesofcuppingtherapy.B.Therealtreatmentandfalsetreatmentalmosthavethesameeffects.C.Theresultsshowthatcuppingtherapyisnotpartofthetreatment.D.Cuppingtherapyisonlyeffectivewhenusedwithlifestylechanging.（细节理解）根据倒数第二段“Inbothgroups,patientsalsoexperiencedaboutthesamereductionsinpain.”可知，被试病人都感觉到同样的疼痛减少，所以无论真假拔火罐都能有同样的效果。故选B。24.AccordingtoDrBrentBauer,cuppingtherapy____.A.isafastandeasytreatmentforpeopletocarryoutB.isanewlyinventedwaytocuresomediseasesC.needsalongperiodoftimetotakeeffectD.canbeusedtogetherwithothertreatments（逻辑推理）根据文章最后一段DrBrentBauer说的话“…thetherapycanbeusedaspartofacomprehensivetreatmentprograminvolvingotherexercises,nutritionalchoicesandlifestylechanging…”可知，拔火罐可以被用作包含其他锻炼、营养选择和生活方式改变的综合治疗的一部分。故选D。2BItseemsthattechnologycouldbechangingtheplaceswherewelive.AprojectconductedbyJohannSiau,aseniorlecturerattheUniversityofHertfordshire’sSchoolofEngineeringandTechnology,hasbuiltontheuniversity’sInterHomeprojectaimedtocreateahomethatsupervisespeoplelivingathomewhoareweakorelderly.“We’vedevelopedawristbandtypeofdevice(装置),”saidJohannSiau,“whichallowsustomonitorthedevice.Itallowsustocollectdataofapersontoseeifthepersonhasfallenorisawayfromwheretheyaresupposedtobe.ItconnectsanelderlypersonwithanassistedlivingtypeofdevicewiththeInterHome.”Theassistedlivingprojectispartoftheuniversity’swiderInterHomeproject,whichisthedevelopmentofasmarthouse.Thehousestorestheusagepatternsofthepersonlivingthereandcanadapttomakingituseaslittleenergyaspossible.Connectingthetwotogetherandbuildingtheserviceelement(元素)allowustointroducetheassistedlivingideatocarefortheelderly.It’sveryimportantthatthesetechnologiesaretheretohelpandsupportratherthantoreplaceanyoftheexistingservices.TheInterHomeisnotjustaprototype(雏形)oravehicleforresearch.It’sastudytooltohelpstudentsfromdifferentsciencebackgroundslearnaboutanddeveloptechnology.TheInterHomecombinesthelatestbroadbandtechnology,mobiledataandcommunication.Researchersandstudentsmakesurethatallthetechnologyworkstogether.Studentsgetexperiencebydevelopingnewhardwareandsoftwarethemselves.Itrequiresavarietyofskillsfromstudents—electronicengineers,computerstudents,designstudentsandsoon.“ThepresentplanweareworkingonisasmarthomeprojectinWatfordwithsomecommercialcompanies,”saidJohannSiau.“Wearelookingathowasmarterhomecanprovideextravalueservices.”25.Theunderlinedword“supervises”inParagraph1probablymean“____”.