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【題目】When you go to the doctor, you receive a diagnosis（診斷）and a treatment. However, with the continued use of technology in healthcare, the process of diagnosing and treating patients has been changing.

Artificial Intelligence（AI）can help doctors analyze a patient’s symptoms and offer the best treatment. With new advancements in medical technology, it makes receiving medical care faster and more accurate. Technology companies provide the data analyzing tools that are necessary to analyze the efficiency of the healthcare system, which makes the care better and more efficient and improves the quality of care. Technology is also being used to help patients achieve their health goals as well as help patients when doctors are not present. Patients can rely on apps, trackers, and programs to remind them to have themselves checked, track their symptoms or call for help.

In the United States, the creation of AI technology has done better than that of other countries. However, compared to some countries like Canada in using AI into the healthcare system, the United States has bungled. The reality is that AI is not used in medical care because of the high costs and the structure of insurance. It is the private healthcare system that puts all the costs on consumers of healthcare.

Undoubtedly, using more technology into healthcare can be better for the system. It can improve efficiency, limit errors, and cut down waiting time. But the high cost of creating this technology can make it difficult to provide service in every hospital and healthcare clinic in the United States. It also changes the practice of medicine, making it less personal and more about the technology. Now, doctors wouldn’t have to rely on their own knowledge and skill but could turn to robots and computers for help or use better equipment to help them perform a procedure.

As the medical field continues to change, so will the technology that is used in the medical field, making receiving medical care a highly computerized process that could improve the health of the population.

【1】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Technology is changing healthcare.

B. Technology makes diagnosis more accurate.

C. Technology makes the work of doctors more relaxing.

D. Technology brings convenience to patients and doctors.

【2】What’s the result of using AI in the healthcare system?

A. It brings great profits to the hospital.

B. It can perform an operation on patients alone.

C. It can change the traditional way of hospital management.

D. It can allow patients to check themselves without the help of doctors.

【3】The underlined word “bungled” can be replaced by “ “.

A. agreed B. changed C. failed D. succeeded

【4】What can using technology in healthcare bring to doctors?

A. It is difficult for them to operate it.

B. It makes their jobs much more important.

C. It will make them lose their jobs very soon.

D. It makes them rely less on their knowledge and skill.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

隨著醫(yī)療技術(shù)的不斷應(yīng)用，科技給醫(yī)療帶來了很大改變。文章列舉了科技給醫(yī)療帶來的方便和幫助及實際運用中存在的問題。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段with the continued use of technology in healthcare, the process of diagnosing and treating patients has been changing.可知隨著醫(yī)療技術(shù)的不斷應(yīng)用，診斷和治療病人的過程也在不斷變化。下文是醫(yī)療中的具體運用，全文都在介紹科技給醫(yī)療帶來的改變。故選A.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Technology is also being used to help patients achieve their health goals as well as help patients when doctors are not present. Patients can rely on apps, trackers, and programs to remind them to have themselves checked, track their symptoms or call for help.可知科技可以在醫(yī)生不在場時幫助病人，患者可以依靠應(yīng)用程序、追蹤器和程序來提醒自己進行檢查、跟蹤癥狀或求助。故選D.

【3】猜測詞義題。根據(jù)下句內(nèi)容可知現(xiàn)實情況是，人工智能不被用于醫(yī)療保健，因為成本高和保險結(jié)構(gòu)。是私人醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)將所有的成本轉(zhuǎn)嫁到消費者身上。由此可知上句指的是：與一些使用人工智能進入醫(yī)療系統(tǒng)的國家如加拿大相比，美國已經(jīng)搞砸了。“bungled”指搞砸，弄糟，與failed同義，故選C.

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段Now, doctors wouldn’t have to rely on their own knowledge and skill but could turn to robots and computers for help or use better equipment to help them perform a procedure.可知醫(yī)療上使用技術(shù)，醫(yī)生不必依賴自己的知識和技能，但可以求助于機器人和電腦，或者使用更好的設(shè)備幫助他們進行手術(shù)。故選D.

詞義猜測題要根據(jù)詞、詞組、句子所在的語境上下文來判斷其意義。因此熟練掌握一些猜詞技巧是做好這類題的關(guān)鍵。

下面結(jié)合近幾年高考試題，對詞義猜測的技巧加以解讀。

1.根據(jù)定義或上下文解釋進行猜測

有時短文中出現(xiàn)一個需要猜測其意義的詞或短語，下面接著出現(xiàn)其定義或解釋，這就是判斷該詞或短語意義的主要依據(jù)。例如：It will be very hard but also very brittle—that is, it will break easily.從后面that is(也就是說)的解釋中我們可以了解到brittle 是“脆”的意思。

2.根據(jù)同位關(guān)系進行猜測

閱讀中出現(xiàn)的難詞有時后面緊跟一個同位語，對前面的詞進行解釋，這時可利用同位關(guān)系對前面或后面的詞義或句意進行猜測。例如：The “Chunnel”, a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.此句中a tunnel connecting England and France是Chunnel的同位語。因此，The “Chunnel”就是英法之間的海底隧道。

3.根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法(前綴、后綴、復(fù)合、派生等)進行猜測

在英語中，有很多詞可以在前面加前綴，在后面加后綴，從而構(gòu)成一個詞，乍看起來，這個詞可能是新詞，但掌握了一定的構(gòu)詞知識，就不難猜出它的詞義。例如：“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,” Anaclerio said, “and they’re very interactive and creative in that they built a sense of drama based on a subject.”文中interactive是由前綴inter-(相互的)和active(活動的，活躍的)而構(gòu)成的，同時根據(jù)上下文的意思可以判斷，該詞的含義應(yīng)是“互動的”。

4.根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折或?qū)Ρ汝P(guān)系進行猜測

根據(jù)上下句的連接詞，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意義上的差別，從而依據(jù)某一句的含義，來確定另一句的含義。另外，分號也可以表示轉(zhuǎn)折、對比或不相干的意義。例如：A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun.從前后兩句的意思可以看出，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意義。所以不難判斷hassle的意思是“困難，麻煩”。