单选题
单选题 What aspect of RSI does the instructor mainly discuss?
  • A. Similarities to other illnesses
  • B. Causes and effects
  • C. Reasons for its rapid growth
  • D. Available treatments
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 4-5 W: RSI--repetitive strain injury--is probably the fastest-growing job-related illness. We hear about RSI so much today because of high-speed keyboard technology. Repetitive strain injury--also called repetitive motion syndrome--is a real problem for people who sit at the computer all day. RSI is brought on by doing the same movements with the arms and hands over and over again, all day long. This type of injury ... RSI ... it's ... uh ... it's been a problem for a long time for violinists, typists, mechanics, construction workers--anyone whose job involves repeated wrist movements. M: My mother used to work in the lab at St. Peter's, and she got something like that. She worked there for around fifteen years--and it got to the point where she couldn't handle the instruments anymore. You could hear her fingers crack and pop when she moved them. W: Hmm. Your mother may have had RSI--a serious case, from the sound of it. RSI affects different people differently. Some people get an inflammation of the sheathing around the tendons in the hand called tendonitis. The inflammation makes your fingers painful and hard to straighten. It's possible your mother's problem was tendonitis. A more serious condition that a lot of workers develop is carpal tunnel syndrome. That's when the nerves that go through the wrist to the hand are pinched by swollen tissue. The swelling causes a numbness or tingling sensation in the hand, and pain shoots up from the wrist---either up the arm or down into the hand. The pain can be so bad at night it wakes you up. 4. What aspect of RSI does the instructor mainly discuss? The instructor mainly discusses causes and effects of RSl. She says: RS[ is brought on by...; RSI affects different people differently.
单选题 How does the instructor develop the topic of RSI?
  • A. She compares treatments for RSI.
  • B. She explains how to avoid RSI.
  • C. She discusses recent research on RSI.
  • D. She describes symptoms of RSI.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] How does the instructor develop the topic of RSI? The instructor describes symptoms of RSI. She says: ...an inflammation of the sheathing around the tendons in the hand..; ...makes your fingers painful and hard to straighten; The swelling causes a numbness or tingling sensation in the hand, and pain shoots up from the wrist