Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Internet has been found a new usage.Increasingly, more and more Americans are having a(an) 【1】to become their own doctors, by going online to order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店). Some people【2】 doctors because of the high cost medical care, especially if they【3】 health insurance. Or they may【4】 to see a doctor because they find it embarrassing todiscuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of 【5】in the past. But to become their own doctors can be【6】.

Every day, more than six million American search the Internet for medical answers.Most ofthem have no【7】 about what they find. In 2002, a survey by the Pew Internet& American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. Actually, most of such web sites are only interested in doing【8】 business. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as "high quality".Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing oneresearch team to 【9】 that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.

The problem is that most people don't know the safe way to surf the web. "They use a searchengine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that's risky, because almostanybody can put up a site that looks 【10】 , so it's hard to know National Cancer Institute.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】J

【3】E

【4】K

【5】F

【6】B

【7】G

【8】D

【9】A

【10】H

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲了越来越多的美国人有成为自己医生趋势的原因以及潜在的危险。

【1】句意：越来越多的美国人有成为自己医生的趋势。文中表示“趋势”，故选C。

【2】句意：有些人避开医生是因为高昂的医疗费用，特别是如果他们缺乏健康保险。文中表示“避开”，故选J。

【3】句意：有些人避开医生是因为高昂的医疗费用，特别是如果他们缺乏健康保险。文中表示“缺乏”，故选E。

【4】句意：或者他们可能会犹豫是否去看医生，因为他们觉得谈论自己的体重、饮酒或电视迷的习惯很尴尬。文中表示“犹豫”，故选K。

【5】句意：病人也可能害怕他们可能了解到的关于他们健康的信息，或者因为过去的经验而不信任医生。文中表示“经验”，故选F。

【6】句意：但成为自己的医生可能是有害的。文中表示“有害的”，故选B。

【7】句意：他们中的大多数人对自己的发现毫不怀疑。文中表示“毫不怀疑”，故选G。

【8】句意：实际上，大多数这样的网站只对盈利业务感兴趣。文中表示“盈利业务”，故选D。

【9】句意：最近的研究发现各种各样的疾病都有错误的事实，导致一个研究小组警告说，互联网上存在大量不完整、不准确甚至危险的信息。文中表示“警告”，故选A。

【10】句意：但这是有风险的，因为几乎任何人都可以建立一个看起来权威的网站，所以很难了解国家癌症研究所。文中表示“权威的”，故选H。