阅读理解精选100篇---信息技术类
考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit31
Valeta Young, 81, a retiree from Lodi, Calif., suffers from congestive heart failure and requires almost constant monitoring. But she doesn't have to drive anywhere to get it. Twice a day she steps onto a special electronic scale, answers a few yes or no questions via push buttons on a small attached monitor and presses a button that sends the information to a nurse's station in San Antonio, Texas. "It's almost a direct link to my doctor," says Young, who describes herself as computer illiterate but says she has no problems using the equipment.
Young is not the only patient who is dealing with her doctor from a distance. Remote monitoring is a rapidly growing field in medical technology, with more than 25 firms competing to measure remotely--and transmit by phone, Internet or through the airwaves--everything from patients' heart rates to how often they cough.
Prompted both by the rise in health-care costs and the increasing computerization of health-care equipment, doctors are using remote monitoring to track a widening variety of chronic diseases. In March, St. Francis University in Pittsburgh, Pa., partnered with a company called BodyMedia on a study in which rural diabetes patients use wireless glucose meters and armband sensors to monitor their disease. And last fall, Yahoo began offering subscribers the ability to chart their asthma conditions online, using a PDA-size respiratory monitor that measures lung functions in real time and e-mails the data directly to doctors.
Such home monitoring, says Dr. George Dailey, a physician at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, "could someday replace less productive ways that patients track changes in their heart rate, blood sugar, lipid levels, kidney functions and even vision."
Dr. Timothy Moore, executive vice president of Alere Medical, which produces the smart scales that Young and more than 10,000 other patients are using, says that almost any vital sign could, in theory, be monitored from home. But, he warns, that might not always make good medical sense. He advises against performing electrocardiograms remotely, for example, and although he acknowledges that remote monitoring of blood-sugar levels and diabetic ulcers on the skin may have real value, he points out that there are no truly independent studies that establish the value of home testing for diabetes or asthma.
Such studies are needed because the technology is still in its infancy and medical experts are divided about its value. But on one thing they all agree: you should never rely on any remote testing system without clearing it with your doctor.
注（1）：本文选自Time；8/9/2004, p101-101, 1/2p, 2c；
注（2）：本文习题命题模仿对象2004年真题text 1；
1. How does Young monitor her health conditions?
[A] By stepping on an electronic scale.
[B] By answering a few yes or no questions.
[C] By using remote monitoring service.
[D] By establishing a direct link to her doctor.
2. Which of the following is not used in remote monitoring?
[A] car
[B] telephone
[C] Internet
[D] the airwaves
3. The word “prompted” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) most probably means ________.
[A] made
[B] reminded
[C] aroused
[D] driven
4. Why is Dr. Timothy Moore against performing electrocardiograms remotely?
[A] Because it is a less productive way of monitoring.
[B] Because it doesn’t make good medical sense.
[C] Because it’s value has not been proved by scientific study
[D] Because it is not allowed by doctors
5. Which of the following is true according to the text?
[A] Computer illiterate is advised not to use remote monitoring.
[B] The development of remote monitoring market is rather sluggish.
[C] Remote monitoring is mainly used to track chronic diseases.
[D] Medical experts agree on the value of remote monitoring.
答案：CADBC
篇章剖析
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了远程监护目前的发展状况，它的优势，相反的意见等。第一段以一位病人通过远程监护就医的例子引入话题。第二段介绍了远程监护市场的情况。第三段介绍了远程监护在医疗保健领域的应用。第四段引用医生的话说明这种监护方式的好处。第五段介绍反对的声音，最后一段得出结论：在没有得到医生的许可下，决不能依赖任何远程测试系统。
词汇注释
congestive[kEn5dVestiv] adj. 【医】充血的， 充血性的
diabetes[7daiE5bi:ti:z, -ti:s] n. [医] 糖尿病, 多尿症
glucose[5^lu:kEus] n. 葡萄糖
asthma[5AsmE] n. [医]哮喘
PDA n. Personal Digital Assistant 个人数字助理（又称掌上电脑）
respiratory[ris5paiErEtEri] adj. 呼吸的
lipid[5lipid] n. 脂质
electrocardiogram[ilektrEJ5kB:dIEJ^rAm] n. .[医]心电图, 心动电流图(略作ECG)
ulcer[5QlsE] n. 溃疡
infancy[5infEnsi] n. 开始；初期
难句突破
1. And last fall, Yahoo began offering subscribers the ability to chart their asthma conditions online, using a PDA-size respiratory monitor that measures lung functions in real time and e-mails the data directly to doctors.
主体句式：Yahoo began offering subscribers the ability…
结构分析：这是一个复杂句，不定式短语to chart…作定语，修饰the ability，现在分词using及其后面的成分则在句中作方式状语，其中包含有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰measures。
句子译文：此外，雅虎在去年秋季也开始为用户提供了解他们哮喘情况的在线绘图服务，用户使用的是一个大小和掌上电脑差不多的呼吸监视器，它可以实时测量他们肺部功能并且直接将数据通过电子邮件发送给医生。
2. He advises against performing electrocardiograms remotely, for example, and although he acknowledges that remote monitoring of blood-sugar levels and diabetic ulcers on the skin may have real value, he points out that there are no truly independent studies that establish the value of home testing for diabetes or asthma.
主体句式：He advises…and he points out that…
结构分析：这个句子是一个复杂句，主体结构为并列句结构，在第二个并列分句里有一个although引导的让步状语从句，这个从句里还含有一个that引导的宾语从句，第二个并列分句里的宾语由宾语从句充当，这个从句里包含有一个that引导的定语从句。
句子译文：比如，他反对做远程心电图，虽然他承认远程监控血糖水平和糖尿病性皮肤溃疡也许会有实际价值，但他指出并没有真正独立的研究证实家庭测试糖尿病或者哮喘的价值。
题目分析
1. 答案为C，属事实细节题。文中第一段讲Young在家中每天上两回电子称，通过电子秤上的一台小型监视器上的按钮回答一些答案为“是”或“否”的问题，然后再按一个按钮把信息送到德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的一个护士台。第二段开头说，Young并不是远程就医的唯一病人，可见她是通过远程监护服务来监测自己的健康情况的。
2. 答案为A，属事实细节题。第一段提到Young的身体监护时说，“she doesn't have to drive anywhere to get it”。第二段提到各种测量数据是通过“phone, Internet or through the airwaves”传送的，可见汽车是不用于远程监护的。
3. 答案为D，属猜词题。根据上下文，“医疗保健成本的增加和医疗保健设备的不断计算机化”显然和医生们开始利用远程监护有着因果联系，所以“prompted”表示“促使”的意思，D项意义最为接近。arouse通常都表示“引起或者唤起某种情感”。
4. 答案为B，属事实细节题。文中第五段提到Dr. Timothy Moore时说，“他警告说，那种做法并不总是make good medical sense。”接下来就举他反对performing electrocardiograms remotely为例。可见做远程心电图的医学价值不大。
5. 答案为C，属事实细节题。文章第二段第二行提到医生们正在利用远程监护监测a widening variety of chronic diseases。可见远程监护主要是用于监测慢性疾病。这个答案也可以从文中提到的应用远程监测的充血性心力衰竭，糖尿病，哮喘等疾病推断出来。
参考译文
81岁高龄的瓦勒塔·扬是来自加利福尼亚劳地的退休老人，她身患充血性心力衰竭，需要长时间的监护。但她不必外出求医。每天她到一台电子秤上秤两回，通过电子秤上的一台小型监视器上的按钮回答一些答案为“是”或“否”的问题，然后再按一个按钮把信息送到德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的一个护士台。“这跟直接同我的医生联系差不多，”扬说道。她说自己是个电脑盲，但用这台设备并没有问题。
扬并不是远程就医的唯一病人。远程监护是目前医学技术快速发展的一个领域，有超过25家公司正在竞争远程测量业务---并且通过电话，互联网或者电视广播来发送---包括病人心律，咳嗽频率在内的各种测量信息。
由于医疗保健成本的增加和医疗保健设备的不断计算机化，医生们目前正在运用远程监护来监测各种慢性疾病，而且监测范围也在不断扩大。三月，宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的圣弗朗西斯大学和一家名为“波递米达”（BodyMedia）的公司联合进行了一项研究，让居住在农村的糖尿病患者使用无线血糖仪和绑在胳膊上的传感器来监测他们的病情。此外，雅虎在去年秋季也开始为用户提供了解他们哮喘情况的在线绘图服务，用户使用的是一个大小和掌上电脑差不多的呼吸监视器，它可以实时测量他们肺部功能并且直接将数据通过电子邮件发送给医生。
圣迭戈斯克里普斯诊所的医生乔治·戴利说，这种家庭监测“将会取代那些效果略差的方法，让病人记录自己的心律，血糖，血脂水平，肾功能甚至视力方面的变化。”
阿勒尔医疗公司是生产扬和其他一万多位病人所使用的那种小型秤的企业。该公司的执行副总裁蒂莫西·莫尔医生认为，从理论上讲，任何重大病兆都可以在家里监测到。但是，他警告说，那种做法并不总是可行。比如，他反对做远程心电图，虽然他承认远程监控血糖水平和糖尿病性皮肤溃疡也许会有实际价值，但他指出并没有真正独立的研究证实家庭测试糖尿病或者哮喘的价值。
由于该技术尚处于初期，医学专家对其价值意见分歧，因而有必要进行这类研究。但医学专家都一致同意：在没有得到医生的许可下，决不能依赖任何远程测试系统。
考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit32
Tennis hopeful Jamie Hunt, 16, felt he could not become a world-class junior player while attending a regular school. The international circuit has players on the road 50% of the time--and it's hard to focus on your backhand when you're worrying about being on time for homeroom. So last year Hunt, who hones his ground strokes at Elite TNT Tennis Academy in April Sound, Texas, enrolled for academics in the $9,750-a-year University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS), a virtual school that caters to athletes. "The online school gives me the flexibility I need," says Hunt. "The workload is the same, but I can do it anywhere. It's nicer to ask a question face-to-face with a teacher, but in some ways it prepares me better for college because I have to be more independent." A year ago, Hunt's world junior ranking was 886; now it's 108.
Virtual high schools, which allow students to take classes via PC, have emerged as an increasingly popular education alternative, particularly for on-the-go athletes. UMOHS has more than 400 students enrolled, 65% of whom are athletes. Accredited by the 100-year-old Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, UMOHS offers honors and advanced-placement classes. All course material is online, along with assignments and due dates. For help, says principal Howard Liebman, "a student may e-mail, instant message or call the teacher."
Dallas mom Lori Bannon turned to another online school, Laurel Springs in Ojai, Calif. Bannon, who has a medical degree from Harvard, didn't want to compromise the education of her daughter Lindsay, 13, an élite gymnast who spends eight hours a day in the gym. "Regular school was not an option," says Bannon, "but I wanted to make sure she could go back at grade level if she quit gymnastics." Laurel Springs' enrollment has increased 35% a year for the past four years, to 1,800 students. At least 25% are either athletes or child entertainers.
Educators are split on the merits of such schools. Paul Orehovec, an enrollment officer for the University of Miami, admits, "I was somewhat of a skeptic. But when I looked into their programs and accreditation, I was excited. UMOHS is the first online school to be granted membership in the National Honor Society." Kevin Roy, Elite's director of education, sees pitfalls and potential in virtual schools. "You will never have that wonderful teacher who inspires you for life," says Roy. "But the virtual school offers endless possibilities. I don't know where education's imagination will take this."
注（1）：本文选自Time；11/29/2004, p149-149, 1/2p, 1c；
注（2）：本文习题命题模仿对象2004年真题text 4第1、2题（1、2），text 1 第2 题（3），text 3第5 题（5）和2000年真题text 4第4题（4）；
1. What does Jamie Hunt get from the virtual school?
[A] the ability to perfect his tennis skills
[B] the time to do his school work
[C] the flexibility to finish the workload anywhere
[D] the independence he needs to be a good tennis player
2. We can learn from the text that virtual high schools ___________.
[A] make it possible for athletes to receive training without delaying their school work
[B] have gained ground as a major education form
[C] are cheaper than real schools
[D] prepare students better for colleges
3. Which of the following is not a practice in a virtual school?
[A] Visiting a homeroom on time.
[B] E-mailing teachers for questions.
[C] Getting course materials online.
[D] Taking classes via a PC.
4. Lori Bannon turned to online school because____________.
[A] virtual school has more athlete students
[B] virtual school offers better education
[C] her daughter is an elite gymnast
[D] regular school can not meet her daughter’s condition
5. To which of the following is the author likely to agree?
[A] The education provided by virtual schools is yet to be recognized by authorities.
[B] Educators are divided as to whether students should take virtual schools.
[C] Despite the defects, virtual schools show great potentials.
[D] Regular schools will be replaced by virtual schools sooner or later.
答案：CAADC
篇章剖析
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了网上虚拟学校的发展状况。第一段以网坛小将Jamie Hunt的例子引出虚拟学校这个话题。第二段介绍了虚拟学校的特点以及迈阿密大学网上中学。第三段介绍了另外一个到虚拟学校求学的例子。最后一段介绍了人们对虚拟学校的看法。
词汇注释
hopeful [5hEupful] n. 有希望成功的人；一个渴望成功或显示出成功的希望的人
circuit[5sE:kit] n. 联盟，运动队协会、俱乐部或比赛场地之间的联合组织
backhand[5bAk5hAnd] n. 〈网球〉反手击球，反手抽击
homeroom[`hEJmrU:m] n. 年级教室；一群同级学生每天汇报情况的学校教室
hone[hEun] v. 磨练，训练使完美
ground stroke n. 击触地球
virtual[5v\:tjJEl] adj. 虚拟的
cater to v. phr. 迎合
on-the-go adj. 忙碌的
accredit [E5kredit] v. 承认资格
advanced-placement n. 大学预科班
pitfall[5pitfC:l] n. 缺陷
难句突破
So last year Hunt, who hones his ground strokes at Elite TNT Tennis Academy in April Sound, Texas, enrolled for academics in the $9,750-a-year University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS), a virtual school that caters to athletes.
主体句式：Hunt enrolled in the school
结构分析：这是一个复杂句，主语Hunt带有一个who引导的非限定性定语从句，此外句中还有一个同位语，说明UMOHS的特点。
句子译文：所以去年亨特注册成为专为运动员开办的迈阿密大学网上中学（UMOHS）的学生，每年学费为9750美元，目前他正在位于德克萨斯州艾波桑德县（April Sound）的“TNT精英网球学院”苦练击触地球技术。
题目分析
1. 答案为C，属事实细节题。可以从第一段第六行Hunt自己的话“The online school gives me the flexibility I need…The workload is the same, but I can do it anywhere”里得知。
2. 答案为A，属推理判断题。根据第一段提到的虚拟学校的灵活性以及Hunt学习成绩的进步，以及第二段提到的它已经成为an increasingly popular education alternative, particularly for on-the-go athletes可以看出，这种学校可以让运动员既可以接受训练又不至于耽误功课。
3. 答案为A，属事实细节题。根据第一段第三行it's hard to focus on your backhand when you're worrying about being on time for homeroom可知学生按时到年级教室是传统学校的一种做法。第二段介绍虚拟学校的时候有这样的描述：“所有的课程材料和课堂作业以及完成日期等信息都登在网上。如果需要帮助的话，该校校长霍华德·利伯曼说：‘学生可以通过发电子邮件，发短信或者打电话和老师联系。’”
4. 答案为D，属事实细节题。根据上下文，Bannon的女儿每天要训练八小时，她又想让女儿的功课跟得上，就无法考虑上普通学校了。可见普通学校无法满足她女儿的条件。
5. 答案为C，属推理判断题。文章最后一段说一位教务处长既看到了虚拟学校的不足，也看到了它们的潜力。并引用他的话说：“虚拟学校却提供了无限可能性。”可见虚拟学校虽然有缺陷，但仍然有着巨大的潜力。
参考译文
16岁的网坛小将杰米·亨特认为他如果就读普通学校，他就不可能成为世界级的青年运动员。参加国际联盟的运动员50%的时间都在路上---如果你担心自己不能准时出现在年级教室的话，你就很难把注意力集中在反手击球上。所以去年亨特注册成为专为运动员开办的迈阿密大学网上中学（UMOHS）的学生，每年学费为9750美元，目前他正在位于德克萨斯州艾波桑德县（April Sound）的“TNT精英网球学院”苦练击触地球技术。“这个网上学校使我可以根据需要灵活安排学习时间，”亨特说道。“学习任务不变，但我可以在任何地方学习。当面问老师问题当然好，但网上学校可以让我在某些方面更好地为上大学做准备，因为我必须更加独立。”一年前，亨特在国际青少年运动员排名中位列886位，现在已经升至108位。
虚拟中学允许学生通过个人电脑上课，现在它正在成为越来越受欢迎的教育选择，对于那些忙碌的运动员来说尤其适合。迈阿密大学网上中学已经有400多名注册学生，其中65%都是运动员。该校得到了有着百年历史的南部院校协会的授权，可以授予学位，并且开办大学预科班。所有的课程材料和课堂作业以及完成日期等信息都登在网上。如果需要帮助的话，该校校长霍华德·利伯曼说：“学生可以通过发电子邮件，发短信或者打电话和老师联系。”
达拉斯的洛丽·班农是一位母亲，她找到了另外一家网上学校，位于加利福尼亚州奥吉的劳雷尔·斯普林斯学校。班农毕业于哈佛大学医学院，她的女儿林赛今年13岁，是一个出色的体操运动员，每天都要在体育馆训练八小时。她不想耽误女儿的教育。“普通学校不合适，”班农说，“但我想确保她退役后学习还能跟得上。” 劳雷尔·斯普林斯学校的注册人数在过去四年以每年35%的速度增长，已经达到了1800人。其中至少有25%的学生要么是运动员，要么是儿童演员。
教育专家对这种学校的价值有不同得看法。保罗·奥赫维克是迈阿密大学负责注册的关于，他承认，“我曾经心存疑虑。但是当我看了他们的教学计划和鉴定书之后，我感到十分振奋。迈阿密大学网上中学是第一个成为‘全国优等生联合会会员’的网上学校。”精英学校的教务长凯文·罗伊既看到了虚拟学校的不足，也看到了它们的潜力。“你不会碰到影响你一生的好老师，”罗伊说。“但虚拟学校却提供了无限可能性。我不知道教育的想象力会把这种可能性发挥到什么地步。”
