专业英语八级解析阅读题(总分：40.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}TextA{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Countlessmedicalstudieshaveconcludedthatplayingtoomanyvideogamescanbeharmfultoone'shealth.Now,however,itturnsoutthatoneofthemorepopularvideo-gameconsolesonthemarket,theXbox360,couldbeusedtosavelives.AcomputerscientistattheUniversityofWarwickinEnglandhasdevisedawaytouseanXbox360todetectheartdefectsandhelppreventheartattacks.Thenewtoolhasthepotentialtorevolutionizethemedicalindustrybecauseitisbothfasterandcheaperthanthecomputersystemsthatarecurrentlyusedbyscientiststoperformcomplexheartresearch.Thesystem,detailedinastudyintheAugusteditionoftheJournalofComputationalBiologyandChemistry,isbasedonavideo-gamedemocreatedbySimonScarletwoyearsagowhenhewasasoftwareengineeratMicrosoft'sRarestudio,thedivisionoftheU.S.-basedcompanythatdesignsgamesfortheXbox360.Scarlemodifiedachipintheconsolesothatinsteadofproducinggraphicsforthegame,itnowdeliversdatatrackinghowelectricalsignalsintheheartmovearounddamagedcardiaccells.Thiscreatesamodeloftheheartthatallowsdoctorstoidentifyheartdefectsorconditionssuchasarrhythmia,adisturbanceinthenormalrhythmoftheheartthatcausesittopumplesseffectively."Thisisacleveruseofaprocessingchip...tospeedupcalculationsofheartrhythm.Whatusedtotakehourscanbecalculatedinseconds,withouthavingtoemployanextremelyexpensive,high-performancecomputer,"DenisNoble,directorofComputationalPhysiologyatOxfordUniversity,tellsTIME.Tocreateaheartmodelnow,researchersmustusesupercomputersoranetworkofPCstocrunchmillionsofmathematicalequationsrelatingtotheproteins,cellsandtissuesoftheheart,atime-consumingandcostlyprocess.Scarle'sXboxsystemcandeliverthesameresultsataratefivetimesfasterand10timesmorecheap,accordingtothestudy."Thesegameconsolesaren'tjustglorifiedtoys.[They]arepiecesofverypowerfulcomputinghardware,"Scarlesays."Icanseethis...beingmostusefulforstudentsandearly-careerscientiststojustquicklyandcheaplygrabthatextrabitofcomputingpowertheyotherwisewouldn'tbeabletoget."Scarleattributeshisbreakthroughcreationtohisunusualbackgroundofworkingasasoftwareengineerinthegamingindustryandperformingelectrocardio-dynamicsresearchattheUniversityofSheffieldinEngland.Theideafortheheart-modelingtoolcamefroma"littleshootergame"hedevelopedatMicrosoftinwhichaplayertriestogundownenemiesinanarenameanttoresembleaheart."Ididagame-ifiedversionofmyoldcardiaccode.Icouldactuallypresentsome'proper'science[basedon]thecoolthingsusgamedevelopersdo,"Scarlesays.TheXbox360isn'ttheonlyvideo-gameconsolethatisbeingusedforscientificresearch.AttheUniversityofMassachusettscampusinDartmouth,scientistsareusingSonyPlayStationstosimulateblack-holecollisionstotrytosolvethemysteryofwhathappenswhenasupermassiveblackholeswallowsastar.Soperhapsparentsshouldn'tbetooworriediftheirchildrenarespendinganinordinateamountoftimeplayingvideogames.Whoknows,today'sGrandTheftAutoorHaloaddictmayendupdiscoveringanewmoonaroundSaturnorfindingacureforcancer.（分数：10.00）(1).WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueabouttheXbox360?（分数：2.00）A.Itisapopularvideo-game.B.Itwasoriginallydevelopedtodetectheartdefects.√C.Itisagoodexamplethatvideogamescanbenefithumanbeings.D.Itispreferredbythemedicalindustryintermsofitsspeedandcost.解析：[解析]此题是事实题。由第一、三段可知，Xbox360是一种电子游戏的控制板，通过芯片改装之后被用于心脏检查。(2).Whatcanbeinferredfromthep...
