题目
What does the author try to emphasize in Paragraph 1?Passage Two How are you feeling today? I’ve got a few aches and pains, but nothing serious. However, when things become more critical, I would normally book myself an appointment with my doctor— although by the time I get to see him, the problem will have probably gone away. That's because in the UK at least, we usually have to wait a few days before the doctor can fit us in. Luckily today, technology has come to our rescue. There are thousands of apps available on our smartphones that can offer first aid advice and allow us to self-diagnose our sickness — ranging from a simple cold or flu to some exotic disease. And together with the internet, we have an ocean of medical information at our fingertips. But is too much knowledge a good thing? By reading up on an illness. we discover its side-effects and what could happen in a worst-case situation. More worrying is that we give ourselves the wrong diagnosis, and then worry ourselves sick that were going to die. This health anxiety. fueled by the internet, is called “cyberchondria”. It gives sufferers a deep fear of diseases and, according to experts, it's on the rise. Professor Peter Tyrer from Imperial College London said, “We find that approximately four out of five of our patients with health anxiety spend literally hours on the internet. One of the first things we do in treatment is to tell them to stop browsing the internet.” A study a few years ago also found many doctors felt intimidated by the increasing numbers of web-wise patients arriving in surgeries. One doctor admitted to not being very happy about patients using the internet, saying, “They all seemed to come to me with things I’d never heard of and very often with things which seem rather bizarre or inappropriate.” Of course there is no doubt, the world wide web has most of the information we need to diagnose our symptoms, but Doctor Tyrer points out “it doesn’t have any judgment associated with it.” This is why having a consultation with a doctor face-to-face still has its benefits. It would seem then that a virtual online doctor can prescribe a dose of useful advice, but technology hasn’t replaced the human medical expert just yet.A、The low efficiency of the healthcare systemB、The tips for making appointments with doctorsC、The treatment for common health problemsD、The critical challenges for general hospitals
What does the author try to emphasize in Paragraph 1?Passage Two
How are you feeling today? I’ve got a few aches and pains, but nothing serious. However, when things become more critical, I would normally book myself an appointment with my doctor— although by the time I get to see him, the problem will have probably gone away. That's because in the UK at least, we usually have to wait a few days before the doctor can fit us in.
Luckily today, technology has come to our rescue. There are thousands of apps available on our smartphones that can offer first aid advice and allow us to self-diagnose our sickness — ranging from a simple cold or flu to some exotic disease. And together with the internet, we have an ocean of medical information at our fingertips.
But is too much knowledge a good thing? By reading up on an illness. we discover its side-effects and what could happen in a worst-case situation. More worrying is that we give ourselves the wrong diagnosis, and then worry ourselves sick that were going to die. This health anxiety. fueled by the internet, is called “cyberchondria”. It gives sufferers a deep fear of diseases and, according to experts, it's on the rise. Professor Peter Tyrer from Imperial College London said, “We find that approximately four out of five of our patients with health anxiety spend literally hours on the internet. One of the first things we do in treatment is to tell them to stop browsing the internet.”
A study a few years ago also found many doctors felt intimidated by the increasing numbers of web-wise patients arriving in surgeries. One doctor admitted to not being very happy about patients using the internet, saying, “They all seemed to come to me with things I’d never heard of and very often with things which seem rather bizarre or inappropriate.”
Of course there is no doubt, the world wide web has most of the information we need to diagnose our symptoms, but Doctor Tyrer points out “it doesn’t have any judgment associated with it.” This is why having a consultation with a doctor face-to-face still has its benefits.
It would seem then that a virtual online doctor can prescribe a dose of useful advice, but technology hasn’t replaced the human medical expert just yet.
- A、The low efficiency of the healthcare system
- B、The tips for making appointments with doctors
- C、The treatment for common health problems
- D、The critical challenges for general hospitals
题目解答
答案
A
解析
步骤 1:理解段落内容
段落描述了作者在英国的医疗体验,包括预约医生的等待时间长,以及技术如何通过智能手机应用程序和互联网提供医疗信息来帮助解决这一问题。
步骤 2:分析段落重点
段落的重点在于描述了医疗系统效率低下的问题,即预约医生需要等待几天,而技术通过提供即时的医疗信息来解决这一问题。
步骤 3:确定作者强调的内容
作者通过描述医疗系统效率低下和互联网技术的解决方案,强调了医疗系统效率低下的问题。
段落描述了作者在英国的医疗体验,包括预约医生的等待时间长,以及技术如何通过智能手机应用程序和互联网提供医疗信息来帮助解决这一问题。
步骤 2:分析段落重点
段落的重点在于描述了医疗系统效率低下的问题,即预约医生需要等待几天,而技术通过提供即时的医疗信息来解决这一问题。
步骤 3:确定作者强调的内容
作者通过描述医疗系统效率低下和互联网技术的解决方案,强调了医疗系统效率低下的问题。