6.2 选词填空课后习题 Directions: In this section, ...
6.2 选词填空课后习题 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. (2*10*1=20 points) Passage One Signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room. But the 1 popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based doctors to become 2 on computers throughout the day, and desktops-which keep doctors from bedsides are 3 giving way to wireless devices. As clerical loads increased, "something had to 4 , and that was always face time with patients," says Dr. Bhakti Patel, a former chief resident in the University of Chicago's internal-medicine program. In fall 2010, she helped 5 a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve working conditions and patient care. The experiment was so 6 that all internal-medicine residents at the university now get iPads when they begin the program. Johns Hopkins' internal-medicine program adopted the same 7 in 2011. Medical schools at Yale and Stanford now have paperless, iPad-based curriculums. "You'll want an iPad just so you can wear this" is the slogan for one of the new lab coats 8 with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers. A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and 9 faster if they were cared for by iPad-equipped residents. Many patients also 10 a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place. A) dependent E) gained I) policy M) signal B) designed F) give J) prospect N) successful C) Fast G) growing K) rather 0) treatments D) Flying H) launch L) reliabl Passage two Physical activity does the body good, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands 'report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, 11 to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a 12 of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic 13 , investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school, 14 in the basic subjects of math, English and reading. The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to 15 on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time. With standardized test scores in the U.S. 16 in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be 17 exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood 18 to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are 19 to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve 20 and relieve stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well. A) Attendance E) dropping I) mood M) review B) consequently F) essential J) mutually N) survive C) current G) feasible K) particularly O) tend D) Depressing H) flow L) performance