1．文章标题分析，抓住文章核心词:The Weight Experiment来源：考试大
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Nicola Walters has been taking part in experiments in Scotland to discover why humans gain and lost weight（实验的定义）. Being locked in a small room called a ‘calorimeter’（热量测量室）is one way to find out.
2．对段落小标题被选项进行分析，抓住核心词同时注意被选项之间在语意和用词上的关系。
A What does the calorimeter(热量测量室) look like inside?来源：考试大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
C What is a calorimeter?来源：考试大
D What is the first impression?
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
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kill time v.消磨时间来源：考试大
comp: kill ones hopes使希望破灭来源：考试大
kill the pain止痛来源：考试大
A What does the calorimeter(热量测量室) 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?
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C What is a calorimeter?来源：考试大
分析:段落中的核心词（calorimeters）暗示答案范围（A和C）；比较这两个被选项，不难发现该段不仅仅是在描述热量测量室的内部结构，而是在介绍“什么是“热量测量室””。
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Read: v. 具有含义, 指示或显示一个刻度或数字,来源：考试大
e.g. As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.根据法律条文载明，被告有罪
e.g. what does your watch read?你的手表显示什么时间？
in the name of adv.以...的名义, 凭
comp: for the sake of 为了来源：考试大
on behalf of adv.代表... 来源：考试大
A What does the calorimeter(热量测量室) look like inside?来源：考试大
B What program was designed for the experiment?
D What is the first impression?来源：考试大
E How do the volunteers kill the time?
F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
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F Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
分析:段落中的核心词，及其分布特点--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.(该句正好回答了F提出的问题)
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Fit: adj.合适的, 健康的, vt.安装, 使合身, 使适应, 使合格
be fit for适于, 适合; 胜任来源：考试大
feel fit精神很好来源：考试大
keep fit保持健康
think [see] fit to do sth.认为(做某事)是适当。来源：考试大
fit in (with)适合; 适应; 符合; 协调来源：考试大
help (sb. )out v.帮助(某人)解决难题来源：考试大
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(热量测量室) 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?
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B What program was designed for the experiment?
分析:可以把剩下的被选项中的核心词与段落中特殊位置的句子的大意和段落中的核心词进行对比判断答案。来源：考试大
The experiment on Nicola involved her spending （与B中的What program相呼应）one day on a fixed diet at home and the next in the room. This sequence was repeated （与B中的What program相呼应）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（与B中的What program相呼应）, 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.
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on a diet 节食, 吃限定食物来源：考试大
e.g. People who are on a diet mustnt have chocolate.正在节食的人不能吃巧克力。
at intervals 每隔一段时间，每隔一段距离来源：考试大
e.g. at intervals of ten feet 以10英尺的间隔
