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【题目】When you go to the doctor, you receive a diagnosis（诊断）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】

随着医疗技术的不断应用，科技给医疗带来了很大改变。文章列举了科技给医疗带来的方便和帮助及实际运用中存在的问题。

【1】主旨大意题。根据第一段with the continued use of technology in healthcare, the process of diagnosing and treating patients has been changing.可知随着医疗技术的不断应用，诊断和治疗病人的过程也在不断变化。下文是医疗中的具体运用，全文都在介绍科技给医疗带来的改变。故选A.

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段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.可知科技可以在医生不在场时帮助病人，患者可以依靠应用程序、追踪器和程序来提醒自己进行检查、跟踪症状或求助。故选D.

【3】猜测词义题。根据下句内容可知现实情况是，人工智能不被用于医疗保健，因为成本高和保险结构。是私人医疗系统将所有的成本转嫁到消费者身上。由此可知上句指的是：与一些使用人工智能进入医疗系统的国家如加拿大相比，美国已经搞砸了。“bungled”指搞砸，弄糟，与failed同义，故选C.

【4】细节理解题。根据第四段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.可知医疗上使用技术，医生不必依赖自己的知识和技能，但可以求助于机器人和电脑，或者使用更好的设备帮助他们进行手术。故选D.

词义猜测题要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境上下文来判断其意义。因此熟练掌握一些猜词技巧是做好这类题的关键。

下面结合近几年高考试题，对词义猜测的技巧加以解读。

1.根据定义或上下文解释进行猜测

有时短文中出现一个需要猜测其意义的词或短语，下面接着出现其定义或解释，这就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。例如：It will be very hard but also very brittle—that is, it will break easily.从后面that is(也就是说)的解释中我们可以了解到brittle 是“脆”的意思。

2.根据同位关系进行猜测

阅读中出现的难词有时后面紧跟一个同位语，对前面的词进行解释，这时可利用同位关系对前面或后面的词义或句意进行猜测。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的同位语。因此，The “Chunnel”就是英法之间的海底隧道。

3.根据构词法(前缀、后缀、复合、派生等)进行猜测

在英语中，有很多词可以在前面加前缀，在后面加后缀，从而构成一个词，乍看起来，这个词可能是新词，但掌握了一定的构词知识，就不难猜出它的词义。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是由前缀inter-(相互的)和active(活动的，活跃的)而构成的，同时根据上下文的意思可以判断，该词的含义应是“互动的”。

4.根据转折或对比关系进行猜测

根据上下句的连接词，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。另外，分号也可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。例如：A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun.从前后两句的意思可以看出，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意义。所以不难判断hassle的意思是“困难，麻烦”。