【C19】A．howB．whyC．whatD．which

A．unconcerned

B．careless

C．indifferent

D．cold

A．shelter

B．hut

C．nest

D．hiding

A．reflect

B．dwell

C．consider

D．reflex

Online doctors offering advice based on standardized symptoms are the most obvious example. Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis, that is telemedicine, will be based on real physiological data from the actual patient. A group from the University of the Kentucky has shown that by using an off-the-shelf PDA(personal data assistance) such as a Palm Pilot plus a mobile phone, it is perfectly feasible to transmit a patient’s vital signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment in a first-aid kit, the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past.

Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural care. And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster response -- especially after earthquakes. Overall, the trend is towards providing glob al access to medical data and expertise.

But there is one problem. Bandwidth is the limiting factor for transmitting complex medical images around the world -- CT scans being one of the biggest bandwidth consumers. Communications satellites may be able to cope with the short-term needs during disasters, such as earthquakes, wars or famines. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation Internet and third-generation mobile phones for the future of distributed medical intelligence.

Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis, training and telemedicine. With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should greet an era when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, expert opinion and diagnosis are common.

The main idea of this passage is ______.

A．what the future of health care is like

B．how online doctors operate on patients

C．first-aid kit found wider uses

D．bandwidth is the limiting factor for transmitting images

Egyptian kings and nobles wanted to be certain that their mummies would be kept in safe places forever. They had great tombs built for themselves and their families. Many kings were buried in secret tombs carved out of solid rock in a place near Thebes called the Valley of tile Kings.

About eighty kings built towering pyramid-shaped stone tombs. These pyramids have become famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

One of the most amazing things about these pyramids is that they were constructed without using wheels or heavy equipment to move or raise the rocks. Egypt did not learn about the wheel until long after the pyramids were built. Workmen used levers to get large blocks of stone on and off sledges and hauled them into place over long ramps built around the pyramids.

The term "mummy" was used to describe ______.

A．kings of ancient Egypt

B．the place where Egyptian kings were buried

C．the preserved body of a dead person

D．one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world

Three other members of file group were absolved in the case while a fourth was fined, Spanish National Radio said.

The case stemmed from the detention of the five on March 14, 2003, for staging a protest aboard the boat captained by Daniel Rizzotti, an Argentine citizen, near the U. S. -Spanish Rota naval base in southern Spain.

Before being arrested, the activists managed to delay for a clay a U.S. naval vessel carrying war supplies to the Middle East.

Greenpeace has said file protests were part of a much bigger social protest "against an unfair." Most Spaniards opposed the war and millions took part in anti-war demonstrations before the start of file conflict in March 2003.

______ members of Greenpeace had been accused.

A．1

B．3

C．4

D．5

A．shortly before it landed

B．minutes after it took off

C．after it cleared the mountain

D．at the foot of the mountain

A．Be on time.

B．Take a small gift.

C．Smile and be friendly.

D．Kiss them.

A．The Americans owed a lot of money to the Mexicans.

B．The Americans loaned a large sum of money to the Mexicans.

C．The Americans shared their technology with the Mexicans.

D．The Mexicans had in may ways helped the Americans.

A．to

B．with

C．against

D．of