What impact can mobile phones have on their users" health? Many people worry about the supposed ill effects caused by radiation from handsets and base stations, (1)_____ the lack of credible evidence of any harm. But evidence for the beneficial effects of mobile phones on health is rather more (2)_____ Indeed, a systematic review (3)_____ out by Rifat Atun and his colleagues at Imperial College, rounds up 150 (4)_____ of the use of text-messaging in the (5)_____ of health care. These uses (6)_____ three categories: efficiency gains; public-health gains; and direct benefits to patients by (7)_____ text-messaging into treatment regimes. Using texting to (8)_____ efficiency is not profound science, but big savings can be achieved. Several (9)_____ carried out in England have found that the use of text-messaging reminders (10)_____ the number of missed appointments with family doctors by 26-39%, and the number of missed hospital appointments by 33-50%. If such schemes were (11)_____ nationally, this would translate (12)_____ annual savings of £256-364 million. Text messages can also be a good way to deliver public-health information, particularly to groups (13)_____ are hard to reach by other means. Text messages have been used in India to (14)_____ people about the World Health Organization"s strategy to control lung disease. In Iraq, text messages were used to support a (15)_____ to immunize nearly 5 million children (16)_____ paralysis. (17)_____, there are the uses of text-messaging as part of a treatment regime. These involve sending reminders to patients to (18)_____ their medicine, or to encourage accordance with exercise regimes. However, Dr. Rifat notes that the evidence for the effectiveness of such schemes is generally (19)_____, and more quantitative research is (20)_____.
【答案解析】解析:such schemes在这个条件状语从句中需要补充完整的是such schemes的动作,rolled out的意思是to make a new product available for people to buy or use=launch"推出,推开,发行,启动",如:The company expects to roll out the new software in September.公司打算在九月推出新软件。符合题意。called upon的意思是"号召,呼吁",号召的对象通常是人,而不是such schemes,故不入选。switched to"转向"和went through"经历,仔细检查"均不符合题意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:translate此题考查动词与介词的搭配,translate into意为"翻译成、转化为",如:I wonder how your religious belief will translate into political action.我想知道你如何把宗教信仰转化为政治行动。故into符合题意,入选。for、on、from均不与translate搭配,排除。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:groupsgroups在这里的意思是"人群",需要填一个关系代词或关系副词以引导定语从句修饰groups,修饰人的关系代词是who。which常用于修饰某物,所以排除。what相当于the thing that/the things that,whose是修饰物的所有格,均不符合题意,排除。
【答案解析】解析:However表转折,说明有关这些手机短信作用效果的例证还不完全可信,anecdotal"多趣闻轶事的,轶事一样的",如:His findings are based on anecdotal evidence rather than serious research.他的发现只是基于粗浅的证据,而不是严肃的研究。anecdotal evidence在心理学上称为"轶事证据",即粗浅的证据,经常以故事形式出现:比如"我记得那时…","我听说…",这种证据通常不准确、不可靠,故anecdotal符合题意。unscientific"不科学的"虽然放进句子中也通顺,但需要进一步的定量研究,去证明这些作用是否科学,而不是过早地下定论,故排除。如选real"真实的"或legal"合法的",说明有关这些作用效果的例证是真实的或是合法的,而这样的例证是不需要进一步定量研究的,故二者不符合题意,排除。