答案及解析:來源：考試大
1．文章標題分析，抓住文章核心詞:The Weight Experiment來源：考試大
解題:來源：考試大
Nicola Walters has been taking part in experiments in Scotland to discover why humans gain and lost weight（實驗的定義）. Being locked in a small room called a ‘calorimeter’（熱量測量室）is one way to find out.
2．對段落小標題被選項進行分析，抓住核心詞同時注意被選項之間在語意和用詞上的關(guān)系。
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
C What is a calorimeter?來源：考試大
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
補充:來源：考試大
kill time v.消磨時間來源：考試大
comp: kill ones hopes使希望破滅來源：考試大
kill the pain止痛來源：考試大
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?
B What program was designed for the experiment?
C What is a calorimeter?
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
1 Paragraph 1____________來源：考試大
C What is a calorimeter?來源：考試大
分析:段落中的核心詞（calorimeters）暗示答案范圍（A和C）；比較這兩個被選項，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)該段不僅僅是在描述熱量測量室的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)，而是在介紹“什么是“熱量測量室””。
補充:來源：考試大
Read: v. 具有含義, 指示或顯示一個刻度或數(shù)字,來源：考試大
e.g. As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.根據(jù)法律條文載明，被告有罪
e.g. what does your watch read?你的手表顯示什么時間？
in the name of adv.以...的名義, 憑
comp: for the sake of 為了來源：考試大
on behalf of adv.代表... 來源：考試大
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
D What is the first impression?來源：考試大
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
2 Paragraph 2____________來源：考試大
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
分析:段落中的核心詞，及其分布特點--遍及全段，揭示答案F。
2 Nicola Walters is one of twenty volunteers who, over the past eight months, have spent varying periods inside the calorimeter. Tall and slim, Nicola does not have a weight problem, but thought the strict diet might help with her training and fitness program. A self-employed community dance worker, she was able to fit the experiment in around her work. She saw an advert for volunteers at her local gym and as she is interested in the whole area of diet and exercise, she thought she would help out.(該句正好回答了F提出的問題)
補充:
Fit: adj.合適的, 健康的, vt.安裝, 使合身, 使適應(yīng), 使合格
be fit for適于, 適合; 勝任來源：考試大
feel fit精神很好來源：考試大
keep fit保持健康
think [see] fit to do sth.認為(做某事)是適當。來源：考試大
fit in (with)適合; 適應(yīng); 符合; 協(xié)調(diào)來源：考試大
help (sb. )out v.幫助(某人)解決難題來源：考試大
Tall and slim, Nicola does not have a weight problem.. = As a tall and slim girl, Nicola does not have a weight problem..
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?
B What program was designed for the experiment?
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
3 Paragraph 3____________來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
分析:可以把剩下的被選項中的核心詞與段落中特殊位置的句子的大意和段落中的核心詞進行對比判斷答案。來源：考試大
The experiment on Nicola involved her spending （與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）one day on a fixed diet at home and the next in the room. This sequence was repeated （與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）four times over six weeks. She arrived at the calorimeter at 8:30 am on each of the four mornings and from then on everything she ate or drank was carefully measured. Her every move was noted too（與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）, her daily exercise routine timed to the last second. At regular intervals, after eating, she filled in forms about how hungry she felt and samples were taken for analysis.
補充:來源：考試大
on a diet 節(jié)食, 吃限定食物來源：考試大
e.g. People who are on a diet mustnt have chocolate.正在節(jié)食的人不能吃巧克力。
at intervals 每隔一段時間，每隔一段距離來源：考試大
e.g. at intervals of ten feet 以10英尺的間隔
1．文章標題分析，抓住文章核心詞:The Weight Experiment來源：考試大
解題:來源：考試大
Nicola Walters has been taking part in experiments in Scotland to discover why humans gain and lost weight（實驗的定義）. Being locked in a small room called a ‘calorimeter’（熱量測量室）is one way to find out.
2．對段落小標題被選項進行分析，抓住核心詞同時注意被選項之間在語意和用詞上的關(guān)系。
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
C What is a calorimeter?來源：考試大
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
補充:來源：考試大
kill time v.消磨時間來源：考試大
comp: kill ones hopes使希望破滅來源：考試大
kill the pain止痛來源：考試大
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?
B What program was designed for the experiment?
C What is a calorimeter?
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
1 Paragraph 1____________來源：考試大
C What is a calorimeter?來源：考試大
分析:段落中的核心詞（calorimeters）暗示答案范圍（A和C）；比較這兩個被選項，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)該段不僅僅是在描述熱量測量室的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)，而是在介紹“什么是“熱量測量室””。
補充:來源：考試大
Read: v. 具有含義, 指示或顯示一個刻度或數(shù)字,來源：考試大
e.g. As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.根據(jù)法律條文載明，被告有罪
e.g. what does your watch read?你的手表顯示什么時間？
in the name of adv.以...的名義, 憑
comp: for the sake of 為了來源：考試大
on behalf of adv.代表... 來源：考試大
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
D What is the first impression?來源：考試大
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
2 Paragraph 2____________來源：考試大
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
分析:段落中的核心詞，及其分布特點--遍及全段，揭示答案F。
2 Nicola Walters is one of twenty volunteers who, over the past eight months, have spent varying periods inside the calorimeter. Tall and slim, Nicola does not have a weight problem, but thought the strict diet might help with her training and fitness program. A self-employed community dance worker, she was able to fit the experiment in around her work. She saw an advert for volunteers at her local gym and as she is interested in the whole area of diet and exercise, she thought she would help out.(該句正好回答了F提出的問題)
補充:
Fit: adj.合適的, 健康的, vt.安裝, 使合身, 使適應(yīng), 使合格
be fit for適于, 適合; 勝任來源：考試大
feel fit精神很好來源：考試大
keep fit保持健康
think [see] fit to do sth.認為(做某事)是適當。來源：考試大
fit in (with)適合; 適應(yīng); 符合; 協(xié)調(diào)來源：考試大
help (sb. )out v.幫助(某人)解決難題來源：考試大
Tall and slim, Nicola does not have a weight problem.. = As a tall and slim girl, Nicola does not have a weight problem..
A What does the calorimeter(熱量測量室) look like inside?
B What program was designed for the experiment?
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
3 Paragraph 3____________來源：考試大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
分析:可以把剩下的被選項中的核心詞與段落中特殊位置的句子的大意和段落中的核心詞進行對比判斷答案。來源：考試大
The experiment on Nicola involved her spending （與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）one day on a fixed diet at home and the next in the room. This sequence was repeated （與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）four times over six weeks. She arrived at the calorimeter at 8:30 am on each of the four mornings and from then on everything she ate or drank was carefully measured. Her every move was noted too（與B中的What program相呼應(yīng)）, her daily exercise routine timed to the last second. At regular intervals, after eating, she filled in forms about how hungry she felt and samples were taken for analysis.
補充:來源：考試大
on a diet 節(jié)食, 吃限定食物來源：考試大
e.g. People who are on a diet mustnt have chocolate.正在節(jié)食的人不能吃巧克力。
at intervals 每隔一段時間，每隔一段距離來源：考試大
e.g. at intervals of ten feet 以10英尺的間隔