Question

Passage 10(2013江苏苏州常熟，C) 

    Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?

    Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very pop- ular.But,scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands.Be careful!Too much texting can cause swelling (肿胀) in our thumbs and wrists. Our thumbs are not made for pushing small buttons,over and over. Scientists call this problem RSI.

    We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson,who treats many pa?tients with RSI. She said we needed to see how much time we were spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10— 15 minutes at once,we could have problems in the future.

    We also talked with Dr Harjeet Deepa who treats RSI patients. He told us that the youngest patient he had treated was a five-year- old girl.She wasnH doing well at school,so her parents took her for treatrnent.lt was found that she had such bad RSI in her hands,she couldn’t hold a pencil.

    As mobile phones develop,they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and pla?ying video games can also cause the same problem.So,more and more people couldn’t find themselves with RSI.

    Many university students and teenagers have RSI,as they do not know the risks (冒险) of spending so much time using computers,video games and mobile phones.If we don't do something about this,too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

1. What causes the problem RSI?

  A. People make too many phone calls.

  B. Texting is becoming very popular.

  C. People type too many text messages.

  D. Our thumbs were made for pushing buttons.

2. The little girl who Dr Harjeet Deepa treated couldn’t hold a pencil because   .

  A .she didn't go to school 

  B. she was only five years old 

  C. she had no thumbs at all 

  D. she suffered a lot from RSI You can probably read this passage in a .

   A. comic strip   B. story book

   C. science book   D. detective story

4. From the passage we know   .

  A. it is better to use a larger phone with bigger buttons 

  B. it is worse to spend less time typing the text messages 

  C. using the computer keyboard will never cause the problem RSI 

  D. university students who have RSI know it's dangerous to do too much texting

Answer 1

1. C 2. D 3. C 4. A

Passage 10

[语篇解读]这是一篇科普短文。作者向我们介绍了由于长时间使 用手机发送短信而导致的手指和手腕肿胀的RSI疾病。本文还介绍 了这种疾病的病因、病例和应对措施。

1. C推理判断题。根据文章第二段对RSI疾病的描述和关键句Too much texting can cause swelling (月中月长) in our thumbs and wrists 可知，RSI疾病是由发送太多信息引起的。故选C项。

2. D细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句It was found that she had such bad RSI in her hands,she couldn’t hold a pencil.可知，那个小女孩 得了严重的RSI疾病，手都不能握笔了。故选D项。

3. C推理判断题。这是一篇科普短文，所以最有可能选自科学书籍。

4. A 推理判断题。第五段中第二句Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons.暗示 :用大按钮的大 手机有助于减少RSI疾病。