2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习讲解大全阅读理解词义推断猜测词义题要求学生根据以往所学知识，对上下文的理解及自身的生活经验等猜测生词意义或仅从字面无法确认其意义的短语的准确含义，是阅读理解题中的难点。精品例题1.MentalhealthcareinChinahasdramaticallyimprovedoverthelast10years,accordingtoexperts.IncreasingnumbersofurbanChinesearetodayseekingcounsellingonawiderangeofissuesrelatedtomentalhealth.“Wereceivemorethan120visitorsadayrightnow—20percentupoverthatof1998,”saidZhangHaiyin,chiefdoctorwiththeShanghaiMentalHealthCentre.Tenyearsago,thecentrereceived70to80visitorsaweek.Toaccommodatethegrowingnumberofpatients,theclinichashadtoextenditsservicefromfivedaystosevendaysaweek.Mostofthecounsellingfocusesonproblemstodowitheducation,employment,familylife,relationshipsaswellasmentaldistress,troubleandinsomnia.White-collarworkersarethemajorrecipientsofcounselling,accountingfor30percentoftotalpatients,saidZhang.“ThegrowingvisitsindicateChinesepeoplepaymoreattentiontotheirqualityoflife.Theyhaveabetterunderstandingthatmentalhealthisasimprotantasphysicalwell-being.”ChenZhigang,anemployeeofaforeign-fundedconsultingfirminBeijing,feltdepressedandwasencouragedbyfriendstoseekmentalhealthcounselling.Thedoctorfoundhewassufferingasaresultofworkplacepressureandcompetition.Afterseveralmonthsoftreatment,hewasbacktofullhealth.“Mentalhealthcounsellinghelpedreducemypressure,”saidChen.Butmanypeoplearestillreluctanttousecounsellingservices.ZhuChengyi,arailwayworkerfromShanghai,isunwillingtoseekhelp.“Iwillnotgoforit.Itistooembarrassingforme,”saidZhu.“HowcanItellmycolleaguesandfamilythatIamseekingmentalhealthcounselling?TheywouldthinkIwascrazy.”ZhangsaidalackofinformationaboutmentalhealthcarepreventedthegrownofservicesinChina.Hesaidastandardizedtrainingsystemwasrequiredtomakesureallmentalhealthdoctorswereproperlytrained.“InWesterncountries,mentalhealthcounsellinghasawiderangeofmethodsforconsultationandtreatment.Weneedtoimproveourtrainingtoupgradeourservices.”Question:1.Theunderlinedword“extend”inParagraph4means________.A.payattentiontoB.feellikedoingC.enlargeandlengthenD.reduce2.ProfessorReasonrecentlypersuaded35peopletokeepadiaryofalltheirabsent-mindedactionsfortwoweeks.Whenhecametoanalysetheirembarrassingerrors,hewassurprisedtofindthatnearlyallofthemfellintoafewgroups.Oneofthewomen,forinstance,onleavingherhouseforworkonemorningthrew用心爱心专心1herpetdogcerear-ringsandtriedtofixadogbiscuitonhercar.“Theexplanationforthisisthatthebrainislikeacomputer,”explainstheprofessor.“Peopleprogrammethemselvestodocertainactivitiesregularly.Itwasthewoman’scustomeverymorningtothrowherdogtwobiscuitsandthenputonherear-rings.Butsomehowtheactiongotreversed颠倒intheprogramme.”Aboutoneintwentyoftheincidentsthevolunteersreportedwerethese“Programmeassemblyfailure.”Twentypercentofallerrorswere“testfailures”—primarilyduetonotverifyingtheprogressofwhatabodywasdoing.Amanabouttogethiscaroutofthegaragepassedthroughthebackyardwherehisgardenjacketandbootswerekept,putthemon—muchtohissurprise.Awomanvictimreported:“Igotintothebathwithmysockson.”Thecommonestproblemwasinformation“storagefailures”.Peopleforgotthenamesofpeoplewhosefacestheyknew,wentintoaroomandforgotwhytheywerethere,mislaidsomething,orsmokedacigarettewithoutrealizingit.Theresearchsofarsuggeststhatwhilethe“centralprocessor”ofthebrainisliberatedfromse...
