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Want a glimpse of the future of health care?Take a look at the way the various networks of people
involved in patient care are being connected to one another，and how this new connectivity is
being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient-no matter where he or she may be.
Online doctors offering advice based on standardized symptoms are the most obvious example.
Increasingly，however，remote diagnosis(telemedicine)will be based on real physiological data
from the actual patient. A group from the University of Kentucky has shown that by using an
off-the-shelf(现成的)PDA(personal data assistance)such as a Palm Pilot plus a mobile phone，it is
perfectly feasible to transmit a patient’s vital signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment
in a first-aid kit(急救包)，the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a
thing of the past.
Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural care. And at
least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster response—especially after
earthquakes. Overall，the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and expertise.
But there is one problem. Bandwidth is the limiting factor for transmitting complex medical
images around the world—CT scans being one of the biggest bandwidth consumers.
Communications satellites may be able to cope with the short-term needs during disasters such as
earthquakes，wars or famines. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation I
nternet and third-generation mobile phones for the future of distributed medical intelligence.
Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis，training and
telemedicine. With the falling price of broadband communications，the new technologies should
usher in(迎来)an era when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information，expert opinion
and diagnosis are common.
1. The basis of remote diagnosis will be .
A. standardized symptoms of a patient
B. personal data assistance
C. transmitted complex medical images
D. real physiological data from a patient
2. The sentence“the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past”means .
A. now people probably would not ask if there is a doctor in the house
B. patients used to cry and ask if there was a doctor in the house
C. in the past people often cried and asked if there was a doctor in the house
D. patients are now still asking if there is a doctor in the house
3. All the following statements are true EXCEPT that .
A. it is now feasible to transmit a patient’s vital signs over telephone
B. flood is not among the disasters mentioned in the passage
C. the trend in applying telemedicine is toward providing global access to medical data
D. telemedicine is being used by many medical teams as a tool for disaster response
4. The word“problem”in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that .
A. there are not enough mobile phones for distributing medical intelligence
B. CT scans are one of the biggest bandwidth consumers
C. bandwidth is not adequate to transmit complex medical images around the world
D. communications satellites can only cope with the short-term needs during disasters
5. A proper title for the passage may be .
A. Improvement in Communications B. The Online Doctor Is In
C. Application of Telemedicine D. How to Make Remote Diagnosis
答案解析：
你想大致了解卫生保健的未来吗?看一看与病人护理有关的各种人际网络互相连在一起的方式，再看一看这种新的连接如何被用来给病人运送药物，不管他或她身在何处。
在线医生根据标准的症状给病人提建议是最明显的例子。当然，越来越多的远程诊断(电子医疗)将以实际病人的真实生理数据为依据。肯塔基大学的一个小组通过利用现成的PDA(个人数据辅助)证实：利用一个掌上操纵器加上一部移动电话，完全可以通过电话传送病人的重要病症。急救包中有了这种仪器后，大声呼叫屋子里是否有医生将成为历史。
其他的医疗科技小组正在致力于把电子医疗运用到远程护理中。至少有一个小组希望把电子医疗作为一种工具来应对灾难，尤其是地震后。总的说来，趋势正朝着在全球范围内提供医疗数据和专门知识的方向发展。
但是，还有一个问题，带宽是在全球范围内传送复杂医疗图像的一个限制因素，而CT扫描是最大的带宽使用者。通信卫星也许能够满足短期需求比如地震、战争或饥荒等灾难期间。但是，为了传送医疗技术的未来，医学正在期待利用第二代互联网和第三代移动电话。
医生已经开会探讨了关于以计算机为基础工具进行医疗诊断、培训以及电子医疗的问题。随着带宽通信价格的下降，新技术将会迎来一个崭新的时代，电子医疗以及共享医疗信息、专家意见和诊断将变得很普遍。
1. 【正确答案】D
【考点类型】细节推断题
【解析过程】远程诊断的基础将是 。
A. 病人符合标准的症状 B. 个人数据辅助
C. 传递的复杂医学映像 D. 从病人那里获取的生理学数据
线索：文章的第2段提到“Increasingly，however，remote diagnosis(telemedicine) will be based on real physiological data from the actual patient.”这道题只是这句话的一个变形，把原文中的based变成名词basis，其实问的就是远程诊断的基础是什么?表明选项D是正确答案。
【考点提示】这道题主要是考查大家对句子和词语的理解程度。只要知道basis是base的名词，这样问题也就迎刃而解了。
2. 【正确答案】A
【考点类型】释义题
【解析过程】句子“the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past”意指 。
A. 现在人们不会去问房间里是否有医生
B. 病人过去往往会哭并问房间里是否有医生
C. 过去人们经常哭喊并问房间里是否有医生
D. 病人现在依然在问房间里是否有医生
线索：文章的第2段提到要解释的这句话，这里如果学生理解“could well be a thing of the past”，问题也就迎刃而解了。这个短语的含义是：可能会成为历史，也暗指这类的事情不会再发生。表明选项A是正确答案。
【考点提示】这道题主要考查大家对词义的理解能力，这个句子的主语比较长，主语是cry，但是其后有个长长的动词短语来修饰cry，谓语动词是could well be a thing of the past。关键是理解past的含义，这样同学们就可以找出正确答案。
3. 【正确答案】D
【考点类型】细节判断题
【解析过程】下面的句子除了 ，都是正确的。
A. 现在通过电话发送病人的关键图片很方便
B. 文中提到洪水不属于灾难之列
C. 运用远距离医学的大趋向是提供全球医学数据
D. 许多医疗队把远程医学当做灾难发生后的处理工具使用
线索：文章的第3段提到“And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster response-especially after earthquakes.”这句话是说将来至少有一个医疗队想把远距离医学当做灾难发生后应对的工具，特别是发生地震后。这说明现在并没有医疗队使用远距离医学，这表明选项D是正确答案。
【考点提示】该题是问哪个表述是不正确的，所以做题时一定要注意这个前提，而且在对表述作判断时一定要注意时态与原文句子的细微差别。
4. 【正确答案】C
【考点类型】逻辑推理题
【解析过程】第四段中的单词“问题”指的是什么事实?
A. 没有足够的移动电话来分配医学信息。
B. CT扫描仪是最大的宽带使用者之一。
C. 用宽带在全球发送复杂的医学映像不合适。
D. 通信卫星只能处理灾难中的短期需求。
线索：文章的第4段第2句话提到“Bandwidth is the limiting factor for transmitting complex medical images around the world.”从这句话我们可以分析出，带宽是在全球范围内发送复杂医学映像的限制因素，既然是限制因素，又如何可以被使用?!这表明选项C是正确答案。同时，选项A文中并未提及，选项B所提及的本身就不是问题，选项D描述的与文中所述不符。故应选C。
【考点提示】这道题的难度稍微大点，在处理时首先可以采用细节分析法。在文章第4段的第2句话中其实就提到了“问题”，只要知道limiting factor的含义，这个问题也就可以解决了。只是选项D可能会成为一个迷惑大家的选项，关键是only这个词不对，在做题的时候一定要注意。
5. 【正确答案】B
【考点类型】主旨归纳题
【解析过程】本文的合适题目可能是 。
A. 通信的改进 B. 在线医生流行
C. 远程医疗的应用 D. 如何做远程诊断
线索：文章的第2段提到“Online doctors offering based on standardized symptoms are the most obvious example.”在线医生根据标准的症状给病人提建议是最典型的例子。最后一段提到，“Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis，training and telemedicine.”医生已经开会进行了一些探讨，利用那些以电脑为基础的设备来进行医疗诊断、培训以及远距离医治。我们还可以从文中看出，A 、C、 D三个选项都是在说明如何改进和提高在线医生治疗所面临的障碍。不能单独作为本文的主题。表明选项B是正确答案。
