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.
51. 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
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
Passage 3
Pictures in the British papers this week of Prince William, Prince Charles's 18-year-old son, cleaning toilets overseas, have led to a surge of altruism (利他主义). Raleigh International, the charity that organized his trip, has seen inquiries about voluntary work abroad rise by 30%. But the image of idealistic youth that William presents no longer reflects the reality of the volunteer force. It's getting older and older.
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has about 2000 volunteers in the field around the world. After a dip in interest in the mid-1990s, applications to work abroad are at record levels. Last year 7, 645 people submitted applications, and 920 successfully negotiated the VSO selection process and were sent abroad. When the organization was founded in l959, the average volunteer was in his early 20s. Now, the average age is 35, and set to rise further.
Partly, that is because there are more older people who want to do VSO. More people take early retirement; more, says the chief executive of VSO, "still feel that they have more to give and are in good health". And the demands of the African and Asian countries where most of the volunteers go are changing, too. Their educational standards have risen over the past couple of decades, so they want people with more qualifications, skills and experience. |
