2017版高考英语一轮总复习习题 选修7 Module 5-6 含解析.pdfVIP

第一部分 选修七 Module 5-6 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2016·聊城一中阶段测试) 导学号 Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers. Their study foun that theobromine, foun in cocoa, was nearly a thir more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present. The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment. “While coughing is not necessarily harmful, it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem，” said Professor Peter Barnes. Ten healthy volunteers were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who receive which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin( 辣椒素), which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicines are stopping coughs. The team foun that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin nee to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levers of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo. The researchers sai that theobromine worke by keeping down a verve activity(神经活动), which caused coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness. 语篇解读： 这是一篇科普性读物。选材于医学的某一方面的研究 —— 对巧克力中 theobromine(可可碱)独特的治疗咳嗽的功效的对比研究，证明theobromine(可可碱)是未来有效 的治疗咳嗽的良药。 1．According to Professor Barnes, theobromine _