二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　Jackie Rodriguez put on a lot of weight after her first child was born.Then, when her daughter was two, she dropped all the weight with practically no effort."I wasn't using any fat burners or shakes ...nothing，" she says.

　　The change had nothing to do with what Rodriguez ate.Rather, it began when she started a new job that shook up her daily routine (常规)．Working in the office of a DJ company near her apartment, she started her work at 5：30 p．m.Instead of sharing dinner with her husband at nine, she ate alone at five and went to work.

　　Night work often leads to weight gain, so Rodriguez's story might seem to be a quirk.But unlike many such workers Rodriguez clocked out by 11 p．m.and got a regular night's sleep.Perhaps even more important, she didn't eat at work or when she got home - just showered and went to bed.

　　Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier.That single, simple change seems to have caused Rodriguez's weight loss - and scientific research may explain why.

　　In labs around the world, researchers are developing a completely new understanding of how our bodies work.It seems that our bodies process food fastest when it's eaten during daylight hours."That late­night bowl of ice cream may all go toward your waist (腰)，" says UCLA neuroscientist Christopher Colwell.

　　Just look at Satchidananda Panda's mice.Panda, a biologist, is a leading expert on how the timing of food eating affects health.His team has found that mice that eat only during their active hours are healthier and thinner than mice that eat the same food over 24 hours.

　　Encouragingly, when unhealthy mice are allowed to eat only during their daytime, the condition of those having some diseases such as diabetes improves."It's likely we can help treat some diseases just by changing when people eat，" Panda says.

　　语篇解读：本文是说明文。吃饭时间对健康和体重有很大影响。

　　1．How did Jackie Rodriguez lose her weight?

　　A．By working late daily.

　　B．By changing her dinnertime.

　　C．By eating a certain kind of food.

　　D．By having dinner with her family.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。由第二段对Jackie Rodriguez工作和吃饭状况的描述和第四段中的"Her main change was moving dinnertime almost four hours earlier."可知，她体重减轻是因为她改变了吃饭时间。

　　2．The underlined word "quirk" in Paragraph 3 means something ________.

A．strange　　　　　　　 B．possible