阅读试题

The technology is great. Without it we wouldn't have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean's depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.

Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who've come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don't have throat cancer, and it's just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet "school" of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.

One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, "I know what's wrong; I've got throat cancer. I know there's nothing you doctors can do about it and I've just got to wait until the day comes."

As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn't right. "Did your local doctor do an X-ray?" I asked. "Oh, I haven't been to the doctor for years," she replied. "I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew that's what I had."

However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn't fit with it—but she'd just ignored this.

I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn't the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.

Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensurethat she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. "I'm so embarrassed," she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested. She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?

阅读试题

63. Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because ______.

A. she thought she knew it well
B. she had purchased medicine online
C. she graduated from a medical school
D. she had been treated by local doctors

64. It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.

A. to have contacted many friends
B. to have recovered in a short time
C. to have her assumption confirmed
D. to have her disease identified in time

65. Mrs. Almond said "I'm so embarrassed" (Para. 7) because ______.

A. she had distrusted her close friends
B. she had caused unnecessary trouble
C. she had to refuse the doctor's advice
D. she had to tell the truth to the doctor

66. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove ______.

A. it's a must to take a break at work
B. it's vital to believe in IT professionals
C. it's unwise to simply rely on technology
D. it's a danger to work long hours on computers

参考译文

科技是伟大的。没有科技，我们就不能把人送上月球，就不能探索海洋深处，就不能吃到微波香肠。电脑已经彻底改变了我们的生活，它们有教育和传递知识的能力。但有时这种能力也会创造出比它所解决的问题还要多的麻烦。

当即将面临手术的患者挥舞着一张从互联网上搜索打印出来的材料，坚信他们患有一些罕见的绝症，比如咽喉癌时，每个医生都不得不努力让他们的病人平静下来。然而事实通常是他们没有患咽喉癌，而仅仅是他们的喉咙肿了。一个毕业于医药网校的人也不能精确地保证自己身体检查的健康。

有一天，阿尔蒙德太太在工作时感到眩晕之后，来到我的医院。当我取了她的血液样本，试图找出原因时，她平静地说：“我知道是什么原因，我得了咽喉癌了。我知道你们医生对此也无能为力，我只是在等那一天的到来。”

作为常规检查，我给她拍了X光片。我看着它和一小时后的血液检测结果。我发现有些事不对劲。我问道:“当地医生给你做X光了吗？”她回答说“哦，我很多年没去看过医生了，这是我在网上看到的，且与我的症状相符，所以我知道我得了咽喉癌。”

然而，她的一些症状如严重的咳嗽和体重下降却与咽喉癌不符，但是她恰恰忽略了这一点。

我又看了看X光片，更多的检查结果证实这并不是癌症而是肺结核，大多数情况下这确实需要治疗，也有可能致命。但她很幸运，我们在我们能治愈的时候发现了它。

当我向她解释她可能要接受接下来6个月的治疗才能确保她完全康复时，阿尔蒙德太太的脸色变得苍白。这对她而言确实是一个教训。当我解释说，所有与她有亲密接触的人都必须接受检查时，她摇着头说：“我很尴尬。”她列出了大约20个人，然后我去我的办公室把它打印出来。出乎意料的是，我的电脑坏了，所以我不得不等IT部门的人来修好它。这就是科技带来的一个典型问题。也许我可以一边等待，一边吃微波香肠。

答案解析

63. A 考查细节理解。根据第三段内容可知，病人Mr9.Almond来就诊，作者给她做检查的时候她很淡定地说，她知道自己是什么病，也知道医生无为力，而她自己也只是在等待死亡到来的那一天。由此可知选A。

64. D 考查推理判断。根据第六段内容可知，作者说她很幸运，因为他们找到了她的病因。因此D是Mrs. Almond运气好的原因，而不是因为她"接触了很多朋友、短时间就痊愈了、她的猜测得到证实"。

65. B 考查推理判断。从故事的叙述可知，Mrs. Almond在网上自我诊断，以为自己患了癌症，而实际上不是，她的病可以治好，需要半年时间就能完全康复，而且她接触的那些朋友都要接接受检查，由此可得出她觉得尴尬的原因是B，她自己进行诊断，反而带来了不必要的麻烦。

66. C 考查推理判断。由最后一段内容可知，作者准备将病人接触过的朋友的名单用电脑打印出来，但电脑出问题了，故作者只能等别人来把电脑修好之后才能工作，看来单纯依靠科技并不靠谱。