考研英语阅读理解提速技巧仿真试题(四)
Passage 4
Less than a year ago， a new generation of diet pills seemed to offer the long-sought answer to our chronic weight problems. Hundreds of thousands of pound-conscious Americans had discovered that a drug combination known as “fen-phen” could shut off voracious appetites like magic， and the FDA had just approved a new drug， Redux， that did the same with fewer side effects. Redux would attract hundreds of thousands of new pill poppers within a few months.
But now the diet-drug revolution is facing a backlash. Some of the nation“s largest HMOs， including Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Prudential Healthcare have begun cutting back or eliminating reimbursement （退款补偿、报销） for both pills. Diet chains like Jenny Craig and Nutri/System are backing away from them too. Several states， meanwhile， have restricted the use of fen-phen. Last week the Florida legislature banned new prescriptions entirely and called on doctors to wean （使断绝） current patients from the drug within 30 days； it also put a 90-day limit on Redux prescriptions. Even New Jersey doctor Sheldon Levine， who touted Redux last year on TV and in his book The Redux Revolution， has stopped giving it to all but his most obese patients.
The reason for all the retrenchment （紧缩、删节）： potentially lethal side effect s. Over the summer， the FDA revealed that 82 patients had developed defects in t heir heart values while on fen-phen， and that seven patients had come down with the same condition on Redux.
As if that weren”t bad enough， physicians reported that a woman who had been taking fen-phen for less than a month died of primary pulmonary hypertension， a sometimes fatal lung condition already associated with Redux. And an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month confirmed earlier report s that both fen-phen and Redux can cause brain damage in lab animals.
These findings led the New England Journal to publish editorial admonishing doctors to prescribe the drugs only for patients with severe obesity. Meanwhile， FDA asked drug makers to put more explicit warnings on fen-phen and Redux labels. Since mid-July， prescriptions for fen-phen have dropped 56%， and those for Redux 36%， according to IMS America， a pharmaceutical market research firm. All that really does， however， is to bring the numbers down toswheresthey should have been all along. Manufacturers said from the start that their pills offered a short-term therapy for the obese， not for people looking to fitsintosa small e r bathing suit. FDA approved Redux with just such a caveat， and when limited to these patients， the drugs may still make sense-despite the risks-because mor bi d obesity carries its own dangers， including heart disease， diabetes and stroke. Too often， however， Redux and fen-phen were peddled to all comers， almost like candy. The current backlash， says Levine， is a “roller coaster that never should have happened.”
1、The new pills seemed to be a solution to ____.
A、the problem of obesity that has obsessed the Americans for a long time
B、the problem that is of great weight and significance
C、the vital problem caused by the pills
D、the threatening situation we are facing in the long run
2、The statement “diet-drug revolution is facing a backlash” is supported by the following facts except ____.
A、diet chains and some of the HMOs have removed their support for the pills
B、some states have limited or forbidden the prescriptions of the diet pills
C、in Florida， patients are told to turn away from the use of fen-phen within a month
D、Sheldon Levine， a New Jersey doctor， touted one of the pills on TV and in his book
3、The worst case that revealed the fatal dark side of the diet pills is ____.
A、82 patients on fen-phen and seven on Redux had developed heart defects
B、a woman patient on fen-phen had died of abnormally high blood pressure
C、a woman patient on fen-phen had died of a lung disease
D、both diet pills cause brain damage
4、New England Journal admonished doctors to ____.
A、give the pills only to the severely overweight persons
B、take the obese patients off the drugs completely
C、drop the prescriptions for the pills drastically
D、put clearer warnings on the drug labels
5、According to the drug manufacturers， the pills ____.
A、only offer temporary treatment for the morbid obesity
B、are meant for all the people who yearn for slimness
C、are too risky to be used
D、are the most important weight?loss discoveries
Keys to Passage 4
A D C A A
考研英语阅读理解提速技巧仿真试题(四)的延伸阅读——复习英语要讲究技巧
一，重视单词。
从第一天开始复习到考试的前一天，考试大纲词汇就应不离手，因为这是一切的基础。考试大纲是命题专家出题的依据、基础，所以考生一定要重视。背单词时，可以总结同义词、一词多义以及包含“高级”短语的句子，然后跟同桌的研友们对话，或者“厚颜无耻”地主动向他们“炫耀”，同时也坚持参加英语辩论活动，把自己最新积累的词句一一“亮”出，这样考生会感觉记得特别牢固。
二，日积月累。
作为一门语言，充满了繁琐与细节的，想一口吃成大胖子是不太现实的，必须耐心地积累“量变”以求“质变”。学习英语的时间安排也是有规律可循的，如果你一天安排3个小时学英语，那么与其一鼓作气学3个小时倒不如改成上下午各1.5小时。持续学习、及时复习才能收到较为理想的效果。可以参照着名的“艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线”来合理安排时间，最大限度地降低遗忘率，以获得较好的学习效果。
三，研读真题。
历年考研英语全真试题是了解考研水平的最快途径，也是熟悉命题规律的唯一途径。所以要在老师的指导下分阶段复习考研英语真题。找一个安静的环境，先用一周的时间做一套真题，做完后，对自己的错题先看一下怎么错的，错在哪里，能不能解决。剩下的时间要分析题型，也就是看这些题目是属于细节题、推理题，还是主旨大意题……当复习完十年的真题，建议考生放20天左右的时间，重新再做真题，分析自己的做题思路，考前一个月适当做些高质量的模拟题练练手。另外，希望考生真题至少看三遍。第一遍先做，做完之后归纳总结错题的原因。第二遍主要精读文章解决单词句子翻译。第三遍前两遍的内容都要看。
四，增加课外阅读。
课外阅读在考研英语复习中占有重要地位，对提高成绩有很大作用，建议大家订一份《英语世界》杂志，阅读上面的文章，也会有不少收获。如果有条件，看看自己学校图书馆是否有这本书，有的话坚持看，肯定会有收获的！
希望以上的介绍对2013的考研同学有所帮助，另外，大家在学习英语学习方法时，要从自身实际出发，选择真正适合自己的复习方法。 | 
