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
参考答案：
26.G．growing
27.A．dependent
28.C． fast
29.F．give
30.H．launch
31.N．successful
32.I．policy
33.B．designed
34.O．treatments
35.E．gained