综合阅读 04 · 选词填空 + 仔细阅读

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When hospitals first offered video appointments, they expected them to be used mainly by young patients. In practice, the largest group turned out to be people over sixty, many of whom found it far easier to speak to a doctor from their own kitchen than to travel across town. The benefits are obvious for simple problems. A doctor can look at a rash, ___1___ a prescription and give advice in ten minutes, without either side leaving home. For patients in rural areas, the saving in travel time can be several hours. The limits are equally clear. A video call cannot listen to a patient's chest or feel an injured knee, and doctors say that a large part of diagnosis depends on exactly that. Some problems are therefore ___2___ to the phone. There is also the question of ___3___: a ten-minute call is easy to arrange, but patients with complex conditions need continuity, and few doctors can offer it online. Most hospitals now treat video appointments as one option among several rather than a replacement. Used that way, they ___4___ pressure on clinics and save patients a journey, without pretending that a screen is the same as a consulting room.

Blank 1 · a doctor can ____ a prescription

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The valley above Lugano was once known only to farmers and a few determined birdwatchers. Since a nature documentary featured its orchids and eagles, visitor numbers have grown every spring, and the village café now opens eight months a year instead of two, and the village shop, which sells maps and rain hats, doubles as the booking clerk for guided walks. Local guides, trained and badged by the park authority, lead about eight small groups a week during the season. The money has done visible good. Young people who would have left for the city now earn a living explaining the wetlands they grew up beside, and about half of the park's maintenance budget comes directly from guide fees and permits. The eagles' nesting cliff, fenced with permit money, fledged two chicks last year — the first since records began. Yet the same popularity presses on the thing it praises. Rare orchids beside the main path were trampled flat within two seasons of the trail opening. Boardwalks built to keep feet off the bog soil are themselves walked to the edges, and the car park that paid for rangers now fills before nine on May mornings. The park's ecologist keeps a map of quiet zones that grows every year. The valley's answer so far is management, not prohibition: timed tickets, closed paths in nesting season, and guides who refuse to promise sightings. Love, in tourism as elsewhere, can smother what it loves. Imits, fees and trained guides are what keep love from becoming damage, the head ranger says — and the valley intends to keep proving it.

Which statement best sums up the passage about Lugano?

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When hospitals first offered video appointments, they expected them to be used mainly by young patients. In practice, the largest group turned out to be people over sixty, many of whom found it far easier to speak to a doctor from their own kitchen than to travel across town. The benefits are obvious for simple problems. A doctor can look at a rash, ___1___ a prescription and give advice in ten minutes, without either side leaving home. For patients in rural areas, the saving in travel time can be several hours. The limits are equally clear. A video call cannot listen to a patient's chest or feel an injured knee, and doctors say that a large part of diagnosis depends on exactly that. Some problems are therefore ___2___ to the phone. There is also the question of ___3___: a ten-minute call is easy to arrange, but patients with complex conditions need continuity, and few doctors can offer it online. Most hospitals now treat video appointments as one option among several rather than a replacement. Used that way, they ___4___ pressure on clinics and save patients a journey, without pretending that a screen is the same as a consulting room.

Blank 2 · some problems are ____ to the phone

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The valley above Lugano was once known only to farmers and a few determined birdwatchers. Since a nature documentary featured its orchids and eagles, visitor numbers have grown every spring, and the village café now opens eight months a year instead of two, and the village shop, which sells maps and rain hats, doubles as the booking clerk for guided walks. Local guides, trained and badged by the park authority, lead about eight small groups a week during the season. The money has done visible good. Young people who would have left for the city now earn a living explaining the wetlands they grew up beside, and about half of the park's maintenance budget comes directly from guide fees and permits. The eagles' nesting cliff, fenced with permit money, fledged two chicks last year — the first since records began. Yet the same popularity presses on the thing it praises. Rare orchids beside the main path were trampled flat within two seasons of the trail opening. Boardwalks built to keep feet off the bog soil are themselves walked to the edges, and the car park that paid for rangers now fills before nine on May mornings. The park's ecologist keeps a map of quiet zones that grows every year. The valley's answer so far is management, not prohibition: timed tickets, closed paths in nesting season, and guides who refuse to promise sightings. Love, in tourism as elsewhere, can smother what it loves. Imits, fees and trained guides are what keep love from becoming damage, the head ranger says — and the valley intends to keep proving it.

What does the passage about Lugano say about the scale of guided tours?

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When hospitals first offered video appointments, they expected them to be used mainly by young patients. In practice, the largest group turned out to be people over sixty, many of whom found it far easier to speak to a doctor from their own kitchen than to travel across town. The benefits are obvious for simple problems. A doctor can look at a rash, ___1___ a prescription and give advice in ten minutes, without either side leaving home. For patients in rural areas, the saving in travel time can be several hours. The limits are equally clear. A video call cannot listen to a patient's chest or feel an injured knee, and doctors say that a large part of diagnosis depends on exactly that. Some problems are therefore ___2___ to the phone. There is also the question of ___3___: a ten-minute call is easy to arrange, but patients with complex conditions need continuity, and few doctors can offer it online. Most hospitals now treat video appointments as one option among several rather than a replacement. Used that way, they ___4___ pressure on clinics and save patients a journey, without pretending that a screen is the same as a consulting room.

Blank 3 · there is the question of ____: patients need continuity

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The valley above Lugano was once known only to farmers and a few determined birdwatchers. Since a nature documentary featured its orchids and eagles, visitor numbers have grown every spring, and the village café now opens eight months a year instead of two, and the village shop, which sells maps and rain hats, doubles as the booking clerk for guided walks. Local guides, trained and badged by the park authority, lead about eight small groups a week during the season. The money has done visible good. Young people who would have left for the city now earn a living explaining the wetlands they grew up beside, and about half of the park's maintenance budget comes directly from guide fees and permits. The eagles' nesting cliff, fenced with permit money, fledged two chicks last year — the first since records began. Yet the same popularity presses on the thing it praises. Rare orchids beside the main path were trampled flat within two seasons of the trail opening. Boardwalks built to keep feet off the bog soil are themselves walked to the edges, and the car park that paid for rangers now fills before nine on May mornings. The park's ecologist keeps a map of quiet zones that grows every year. The valley's answer so far is management, not prohibition: timed tickets, closed paths in nesting season, and guides who refuse to promise sightings. Love, in tourism as elsewhere, can smother what it loves. Imits, fees and trained guides are what keep love from becoming damage, the head ranger says — and the valley intends to keep proving it.

In the passage about Lugano, why do some critics question the ecotourism boom?

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When hospitals first offered video appointments, they expected them to be used mainly by young patients. In practice, the largest group turned out to be people over sixty, many of whom found it far easier to speak to a doctor from their own kitchen than to travel across town. The benefits are obvious for simple problems. A doctor can look at a rash, ___1___ a prescription and give advice in ten minutes, without either side leaving home. For patients in rural areas, the saving in travel time can be several hours. The limits are equally clear. A video call cannot listen to a patient's chest or feel an injured knee, and doctors say that a large part of diagnosis depends on exactly that. Some problems are therefore ___2___ to the phone. There is also the question of ___3___: a ten-minute call is easy to arrange, but patients with complex conditions need continuity, and few doctors can offer it online. Most hospitals now treat video appointments as one option among several rather than a replacement. Used that way, they ___4___ pressure on clinics and save patients a journey, without pretending that a screen is the same as a consulting room.

Blank 4 · they ____ pressure on clinics

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The valley above Lugano was once known only to farmers and a few determined birdwatchers. Since a nature documentary featured its orchids and eagles, visitor numbers have grown every spring, and the village café now opens eight months a year instead of two, and the village shop, which sells maps and rain hats, doubles as the booking clerk for guided walks. Local guides, trained and badged by the park authority, lead about eight small groups a week during the season. The money has done visible good. Young people who would have left for the city now earn a living explaining the wetlands they grew up beside, and about half of the park's maintenance budget comes directly from guide fees and permits. The eagles' nesting cliff, fenced with permit money, fledged two chicks last year — the first since records began. Yet the same popularity presses on the thing it praises. Rare orchids beside the main path were trampled flat within two seasons of the trail opening. Boardwalks built to keep feet off the bog soil are themselves walked to the edges, and the car park that paid for rangers now fills before nine on May mornings. The park's ecologist keeps a map of quiet zones that grows every year. The valley's answer so far is management, not prohibition: timed tickets, closed paths in nesting season, and guides who refuse to promise sightings. Love, in tourism as elsewhere, can smother what it loves. Imits, fees and trained guides are what keep love from becoming damage, the head ranger says — and the valley intends to keep proving it.

In the Lugano passage, what is the author's attitude toward the ecotourism boom?

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In the passage about Lugano, what does the author mean by "love, in tourism as elsewhere, can smother what it loves"?