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【題目】Telemedicine is the name for when doctors give advice to patients by telephone or the Internet, or when health care providers in rural areas connect with specialists in big cities.

Telemedicine has existed for a long time, but the rise of smart phones, tablets and webcam-equipped computers is raising telemedicine to new levels. Some health care systems in the United States now offer Virtual Urgent Care, patients see a doctor by video chat without having to leave home.

Diana Rae is a nurse educator in the western state of Washington. She recently showed how Virtual Urgent Care works. She used an iPad tablet and skype — the video chat service.

Doctor Green has the patient describe her symptoms, then the doctor performs a physical exam by demonstrating what he wants her to do. Doctor Green decides that the problem is a silence infection. For medicine, he prescribes an antibiotic. He says about 3 out of 4 patients have health problems that can be treated like this —through Virtual Urgent Care, that means a video chat could replace a visit to the doctor's office.

The Franciscan Health System is based in Tacoma, Washington. Franciscan charges $35 for this kind of virtual house call, that is much less than the cost of going to an emergency room, a doctor's office or an urgent care clinic.

After trying the video conference, Diana Rae says, “I would've paid twice that for the convenience of getting taken care of without having to sit in a waiting room, wait, and get exposed to everyone else's germs.”

Franciscan has a deal with a company called Carena to add virtual urgent care by Skype or phone. Carena is one of several companies doing this kind of work around the country. But a company official says state rules have not kept progress with developments in telemedicine. The workers who provide virtual urgent care must be separately licensed in each state where the company does business. For now, that means Carena doctors can treat patients in Washington state and California for example, but not in neighboring Oregon or Idaho.

【1】The second paragraph is mainly used to show ________.

A. why telemedicine becomes popular B. the advantages of telemedicine

C. what telemedicine is D. many factors contribute to telemedicine

【2】Doctor Green decides that the problem is a silence infection ________.

A. through his observation of the patient B. through a careful examination

C. by prescribing an antibiotic D. by knowing what he wants her to do

【3】The major health problems, in Doctor Green’s opinion, _________.

A. are tough to deal with B. can be treated through a video chat

C. should result from work pressure D. nearly cost little to recover

【4】By mentioning what Diana Rae says, the author wants to show _________.

A. he finds it convenient to see a doctor by using a video chat

B. he sings high praise for this kind of treatment form

C. he must be tired of waiting too long in the hospital

D. it should be very unhealthy while staying in hospital

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 D

【3】 B

【4】 B

【解析】

本文是一篇健康類閱讀。文章主要介紹了一種新型的就診形式——遠程醫(yī)療，在美國深受病人的歡迎。病人通過視頻聊天就可以看醫(yī)生。人們對這種診療方法評價很高。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到：telemedicine存在了很長時間，但是智能手機、手寫電腦和配備網(wǎng)絡(luò)攝像機的電腦把它提高到一個新的水平。病人通過視頻聊天就可以看醫(yī)生，所以是很多因素影響遠程醫(yī)療，故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段Doctor Green has the patient describe her symptoms, then the doctor performs a physical exam by demonstrating what he wants her to do. Doctor Green decides that the problem is a silence infection.可知，格林醫(yī)生的病人描述了她的癥狀，然后醫(yī)生通過演示他要她做什么，進行身體檢查。之后格林醫(yī)生認為是一種無癥狀感染。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段He says about 3 out of 4 patients have health problems that can be treated like this-through Virtual Urgent Care, that means a video chat could replace a visit to the doctor's office.可知，大多數(shù)健康問題都可以通過視頻聊天來解決。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)其話語中談到I would've paid twice that for the convenience of getting taken care of without having to sit in a waiting room，wait，and get exposed to everyone else's germs.可知，他對這種診療方法評價很高，因為他不必坐在候診室里等待，也不必暴露在別人的病菌下。故選B。

細節(jié)題的破解一般采用尋讀法，即先看試題，再讀文章。對有關(guān)信息進行快速定位，再將相關(guān)信息進行整合、甄別、分析、對比，有根有據(jù)地排除干擾項，選出正確答案。此法加強了閱讀的針對性，提高了做題的準確率，節(jié)省了寶貴的時間。尋讀法還特別適用于對圖形表格類題材的理解。做此類型的題目還要特別注意句子的邏輯關(guān)系。英語中有許多功能詞，如：表因果關(guān)系的because, since, as等；表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的but, however, on the contrary, on the other hand等等。比如第3小題，B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的句子He says about 3 out of 4 patients have health problems that can be treated like this —through Virtual Urgent Care, that means a video chat could replace a visit to the doctor's office.可知，a video chat could replace a visit to the doctor's office. 是關(guān)鍵詞，與B項對應(yīng)，大多數(shù)健康問題都可以通過視頻聊天來解決。故選B。