Want a glance of the future of health care? Take a look at the way the various networks of people about 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 normal symptoms(癥狀) are the most obvious example. Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis(遠(yuǎn)程診斷) will be based on real physiological data(生理數(shù)據(jù)) from the actual patient. A group from the University of Kentucky has shown that by using personal data assistance plus a mobile phone, it is perfectly practical to send a patient’s important signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment, 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(countryside) care. And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster need—especially after earthquakes. On the whole, the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and experts’ opinions.
But there is one problem. Bandwidth(寬帶) is the limiting factor for sending complex(復(fù)雜的) medical pictures around the world — CT photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users. Communication satellites may be able to deal with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes or wars. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation Internet and third-generation mobile phones for the future of remote medical service.
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 start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts’ opinions and diagnosis are common.
小題1: The writer chiefly talks about _______.
A.the use of telemedicineB.the on-lined doctors
C.medical care and treatmentD.communication improvement
小題2:The basis of remote diagnosis will be _______.
A.personal data assistance
B.some words of a patient
C.real physiological information
D.medical pictures from the Internet
小題3:Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A.Patients don’t need doctors in hospitals any more.
B.It is impossible to send a patient’s signs over the telephone.
C.Many teams use telemedicine dealing with disasters now.
D.Broadband communications will become cheaper in the future.
小題4:The “problem” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that _______.
A.bandwidth isn’t big enough to send complex medical pictures
B.the second-generation of Internet has not become popular yet
C.communication satellites can only deal with short-term needs
D.there is not enough equipment for spreading the medical care

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

本文主要講述人們將來可以通過網(wǎng)上看病,醫(yī)生可以根據(jù)病人的生理數(shù)據(jù)做出遠(yuǎn)程診斷。隨著第二代因特網(wǎng)和第三代移動(dòng)手機(jī)為將來的遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療服務(wù),尤其是寬帶網(wǎng)交流價(jià)格的下降,遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療和醫(yī)藥信息、專家意見和診斷共享將成為家常便飯。
小題1:主旨題。第2段和第3段的內(nèi)容,可知最佳答案為A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。從第2段第2句話中的…remote diagnosis(遠(yuǎn)程診斷) will be based on real physiological data(生理數(shù)據(jù)) from the actual patient 可以做出正確判斷。
小題3:判斷題。網(wǎng)上可以看病并不就是說病人去醫(yī)院不需要醫(yī)生,排除A項(xiàng);通過電話發(fā)送病人的信息是可行的,排除B項(xiàng);現(xiàn)在至少有一個(gè)醫(yī)療隊(duì)想用遠(yuǎn)程醫(yī)療來治療疾病,C項(xiàng)也不對;根據(jù)文章最后一句話With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts’ opinions and diagnosis are common 可以肯定答案是D。
小題4:推斷題。根據(jù)第4段第2句話 Bandwidth(寬帶) is the limiting factor for sending complex(復(fù)雜) medical pictures around the world — CT photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users可知答案為A。
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