Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Signs barring cell—phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room.But the 26 popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital.based doctors to become 27 on computers throughout the day,and desktops—which keep doctors from bedsides—are 28 giving way to wireless devices.
As clerical loads increased, “something had to 29 .and that was always face time with patients.”says Dr.Bhakti Patel.a former chief resident in the university of Chicago's intenal-medicine program.In fall 2010, she helped 30 a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve working conditions and patient care.The experiment was so 31 that all internal.medicine residents at the university now get iPads when they begin the program.Johns Hopkins' internal.medicine program adopted the same 32 in 2011.Medical schools at Yale and Stanford now have paperless.iPad-based curriculums.“You'11 want an iPad just so you can wear this”is the slogan for one of the new lab coats 33 with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers.
A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and 34 faster if they were cared for by iPad.equipped residents.Many patients also 35 a better understanding of the illnesses mat landed them in the hospital in the first place.
A.dependent
B. designed
C. fast
D. flying
E.gained
F.give
G.growing
H.launch
I.policy
J.prospect
K.rather
L.reliable
M.signal
N.successful
O.treatments
答案解析：
26.G 根据原文“the...popularity of electronic medical records”(电子病历的……普及)，这里需要一个形容词来修饰“popularity”，“growing”表示“日益增长的”，符合语境，说明电子病历越来越普及，所以选G。
27.A 根据原文“hospital - based doctors to become...on computers”(医院的医生变得……电脑)，结合语境可知是医生变得依赖电脑，“become dependent on”是固定搭配，表示“依赖”，所以选A。
28.D 根据原文“desktops...are...giving way to wireless devices”(台式电脑……被无线设备取代)，这里需要一个副词来修饰“giving way to”，“fast“快速地,迅速地”，“fast giving way to”形象地表达了台式电脑很快被无线设备取代，所以选D。
29.F 根据原文“something had to...and that was always face time with patients”(有些事情不得不……，那就是和病人面对面交流的时间)，结合语境可知这里是说有些事情不得不做出让步，“give”有“让步，牺牲”的意思，所以选F。
30.H 根据原文“she helped...a pilot project”(她帮助……一个试点项目)，“launch”有“发起，开展”的意思，“launch a project”表示“开展一个项目”，符合语境，所以选H。
31.N 根据原文“The experiment was so...that all internal - medicine residents...”(这个实验如此……以至于所有内科住院医生……)，结合后文提到所有内科住院医生都得到了iPad，可知实验很成功，“successful”表示“成功的”，所以选N。
32.I 根据原文“Johns Hopkins' internal - medicine program adopted the same...”(约翰霍普金斯大学的内科项目采用了相同的……)，这里需要一个名词，“policy”表示“政策，做法”，说明采用了相同的做法，所以选I。
33.B 根据原文“new lab coats...with large pockets”(新的实验服……有大口袋)，这里需要一个过去分词作后置定语，“designed”表示“设计”，即设计有大口袋的实验服，所以选B。
34.O 根据原文“patients got tests and...faster”(病人更快地得到检查和……)，这里需要一个名词和“tests”并列，“treatments”表示“治疗”，符合语境，所以选O。
35.E 根据原文“Many patients also...a better understanding”(许多病人也……更好的理解)，“gained”表示“获得”，“gained a better understanding”表示“获得更好的理解”，符合语境，所以选E。
