2015年同等学力英语模拟训练(4)

　　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 Internet 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

　　参考答案：

　　1 . D 。

　　2 . A 。

　　3 . D 。

　　4 . C 。

　　5 . B 。