1 . Being able to find high quality health care at an affordable price is an issue in many countries.

In the United States, Walmart, a large chain store, is trying to help. It is offering something new to its employees: cutting the cost of a doctor’s appointment to only $4.

The catch is that the patient and doctor must meet electronically -- over the Internet. This online service is called “telemedicine.”

Walmart is the latest major business in the United States to push its workers toward a high-tech way to be examined and treated by doctors. Thanks to telemedicine, people can talk with medical experts from the privacy of their own homes, often using a secure video connection.

Online visits make it easier for patients to see an expert or quickly find help for problems considered non-emergencies. Plus, it can cut down on the time away from work. But many people continue to go to the doctor’s office.

Some areas of healthcare seem like a good choice for telemedicine. Patients who have had medical treatments and cannot move around easily can use telemedicine for their follow-up visits. Also, people seeking help for mental health issues can benefit from the privacy that telemedicine gives.

But generally, Americans have been slow to try virtual（虚拟的） health care. The Associated Press (AP) reports that 80 percent of middle-sized and large U.S. companies offered telemedicine services to their workers in 2018. That is up from only 18 percent in 2014. However, the AP found that only 8 percent of employees used telemedicine at least once in 2017.

Compared with seeing a real doctor personally, some people may think the quality of telemedicine is not as good. Parents, for example, may feel they are not giving their child the best care if they use a virtual doctor appointment. Another reason some adults may not use telemedicine services is trust. Tom Hill, age 66, lives in the state of Indiana. Hill told the AP he has no plans to ever use telemedicine. He does not buy anything online, let alone do something as personal as seeing a doctor. He says, for him, it is important to look his doctor in the eye and shake hands.

1. What can we infer from paragraph 1 and 2?

A．Few can afford high quality health care.

B．Telemedicine is sure to be well-received.

C．Why Walmart is such a great success.

D．Quality health care is normally costly.

2. Who is most likely to try telemedicine?

A．A busy employee.	B．A worried mother.
C．A retired worker.	D．A private physician.

3. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．High Quality Health Care at a Low Price

B．People Unsure about Virtual Doctor Visits

C．Telemedicine, a New Trend of Appointment

D．Visits to Doctors in Walmart in America

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is gaining global popularity. According to a government white paper. TCM    1     (introduce) in 183 countries and regions around the world so far.

Westerners’ understanding of TCM, however, maybe limited to acupuncture (针灸), cupping (拔罐) and massage. As    2     matter of fact, Chinese herbs play a more important role than physical    3     (treat) in getting rid of diseases and keeping the body    4     good condition in the TCM treatment system.

Herbs are made into pills, powder and soup,     5     are used for different kinds of illnesses.

The herbs,     6     (they) quality and quantity, and the processing of the ingredients jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription.TCM,     7     (compare) with Western medicine, lacks standardization because the chemical composition and functions of its medicines are unclear and their effects are    8     (stable).     9     (fortunate), standardization has improved in recent decades, with an increasing number of factories     10     (produce) patented TCM drugs.

3 . At what time will the man’s daughter see a doctor?

A．11:15

B．1:45

C．1:50

4 . China is one of the first countries to breed a medical culture. In comparison with Western methods, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) adopts a vastly different approach. For thousands of years, Chinese people have accumulated rich experience in fighting all sorts of diseases, therefore forming a unique medical theory under the guidance of ancient Chinese philosophies (哲学).

The core behind TCM is that the human body's life is the consequence (结果) of the balance between Yin and Yang. Yang functions to safeguard us against outer harm, and Yin is the inner base to store and provide energy. When the balance between the two aspects is disturbed, people fall ill.

One of the traditional techniques of TCM, acupuncture (针刺疗法) means insertion of needles into superficial (表面的) structures of the body—usually at acupoints (穴位)—to restore the Yin Yang balance. It is often accompanied by moxibustion (艾灸疗法), which involves burning mugwort on or near the skin at an acupoint.

The first known text that clearly talks about something like acupuncture and moxibustion as it is practiced today is The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon. It is the earliest and most important written work of TCM and is considered the fundamental and most representative medical text in China.

Acupuncture and moxibustion have aroused the interest of international medical science circles. And TCM is gradually gaining worldwide recognition. The WHO issued a document in 2002 that appealed to more than 180 countries to adopt TCM as an alternative in their medical policies. In 2010, acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine were added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO. Presently, TCM has been back in the news for its effectiveness in improving the cure rate of the COVID-19 since its outbreak in January 2020.

1. What is the key feature of TCM?

A．It adopts different medical approaches.	B．It's based on ancient Chinese philosophies.
C．It helps to restore body's self-balance.	D．It's gained experience through rich practice.

2. What can we learn about The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon from the text?

A．It distinguishes acupuncture from moxibustion.

B．It's a foundation of world medical research.

C．it stresses the importance of using acupoints.

D．It greatly contributes to the development of TCM.

3. Why does the writer write this text?

A．To review the development of TCM.	B．To introduce TCM to the world.
C．To tell TCM and Western medicine apart.	D．To argue for TCM in fighting COVID-19.

4. What might be talked about in the paragraph following the text?

A．How TCM helps in the current situation.	B．Why TCM is gaining popularity.
C．Why TCM gets recognition from WHO.	D．How other countries adopt TCM.

5 . 假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter对中医文化很感兴趣, 发来邮件向你咨询。请回复邮件。
要点：1. 简要介绍中医文化；
2. 推荐央视《中华医药》 (Traditional Chinese Medicine) 栏目。
注意: 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 结束语已为你写好，不计入词中。
参考词汇：中医/中医文化：TCM = Traditional Chinese Medicine
央视网址：www. cctv.com.
Dear Peter,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How long will sunburn be usually recovered?

A．At least ten days.

B．Within seven days.

C．About half a month.

2. How can you treat your slight sunburn?

A．By having a warm bath.

B．By drinking some boiled water.

C．By taking some foods with Vitamin E.

3. What might sunburn lead to?

A．Whitening the skin.

B．Skin cancer.

C．Getting young quickly.

4. When might you get sunburnt more easily?

A．At 3 pm, August

B．At 4 pm, July.

C．At 10 am, June.

7 . Artificial intelligence （Al） could soon help screen for Alzheimer's （阿尔茨海默症）disease by analyzing writing. A team from IBM and Pfizer says it has trained Al models to spot early signs of the illness by looking at language patterns in word usage.

Other researchers have already trained various models to look for signs of cognitive impairments （认知损伤）by using different types of data, such as brain scans and clinical test results. But the latest work stands out because it used historical information from the Framingham Heart Study, which has been tracking the health of more than 14,000 people from three generations since 1948. If the new models' ability to pick up trends in such data holds up in forward-looking studies of bigger and more diverse populations, researchers say they could predict the development of Alzheimer's disease a number of years before symptoms become severe enough for typical diagnostic methods to pick up. And such a screening tool would not require invasive （入侵性的）tests or scans.

Researchers praise the study as a solid contribution to the field that might draw more attention and resources to Al detection of Alzheimer's disease. It's one of the very few works that analyze the big-scale, real-life data that was collected over a very long period of time.

The new models might have been more accurate if it could have contained handwriting. This ability could provide additional clues. Using Al speech analysis to diagnose Alzheimer's disease is a growing area of research, and other systems have focused on detecting changes in audio samples. These contain clues such as speech pauses, which are not found in writing.

Whether written or spoken, language samples offer a relatively noninvasive source of information for monitoring peoples, cognitive health, compared with brain scans and other laboratory tests. Collecting such language data could be done cheaply and remotely—though doing so would still require strict informed permission and private information safeguards for the individuals creating the samples. This is especially true because some people may not want to even know how likely they are to develop Alzheimer's disease.

1. How can Al help in spotting signs of Alzheimer's disease?

A．By scanning the person's brain.

B．By studying the person's various data.

C．By analyzing the person's word usage.

D．By testing the person's writing articles.

2. What's special about the Al models from IBM?

A．They are based on historical data.

B．They detect early signs precisely.

C．They are applied to a wider population.

D．They make follow-up studies unnecessary.

3. What might be a concern about the Al models for tested people?

A．Sample analysis.	B．Data analysis.
C．Screening results.	D．Privacy protection.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Al——a way to fight Alzheimer’s	B．AI——a tool to detect Alzheimer's
C．Al — a trend in treating diseases	D．Al — a method for collecting data

8 . Last month, I slept through a flight from London to Beijing. Upon waking up, I was shocked to discover that I could no longer _______ my right arm and fingers. My arm just simply did not follow my brain’s _______ , as if it no longer _______ my body.

The doctor at the Sino Japanese Friendship Hospital _______ me to have suffered neural (神经的) injury. Aside from _______ that I see a physiotherapist (理疗师), he only told me, “Rest for two months first and come back for_______ check-up. ”

In that moment of _______ , a long-time family friend, who is an acupuncturist in Sichuan, _______to help. I started my acupuncture _______ the next day. I was sceptical at first, but my ________ was soon beaten by the results. After a few days, I could move my ________ Two weeks later, I could have meals using chopsticks. After a month, my arm and fingers were almost back to their ________ functions.

In that clinic, I heard many other patients’ ________ . One 11-year-old boy, who was born with ________ autism (自闭症), was treated at the age of three, and now he communicates quite ________ One lady, who suddenly became deaf two months ago, has just ________ her hearing.

I’m surprised at how these ________ needles can cure so many illnesses, many of which even big hospitals with expensive medical devices ________ with. Is it magic? No! But it is the right ________ of the Chinese tradition that brings ________ and happiness to friends here and farther.

1.

A．move

B．touch

C．understand

D．shape

2.

A．structures

B．instructions

C．schedules

D．principles

3.

A．got hold of

B．appealed to

C．belonged to

D．put up with

4.

A．judged

B．advised

C．forbade

D．requested

5.

A．warning

B．persuading

C．ordering

D．recommending

6.

A．happier

B．further

C．simpler

D．mature

7.

A．hopelessness

B．eagerness

C．hesitation

D．preparation

8.

A．refused

B．failed

C．pretended

D．offered

9.

A．punishment

B．research

C．treatment

D．learning

10.

A．shock

B．worry

C．loyalty

D．belief

11.

A．legs

B．fingers

C．knees

D．wrists

12.

A．normal

B．superior

C．unique

D．wonderful

13.

A．adventures

B．backgrounds

C．stories

D．efforts

14.

A．widespread

B．steady

C．reasonable

D．severe

15.

A．silently

B．carefully

C．smoothly

D．exactly

16.

A．influenced

B．admitted

C．damaged

D．recovered

17.

A．tiny

B．wide

C．rough

D．soft

18.

A．communicate

B．compete

C．start

D．struggle

19.

A．direction

B．occasion

C．wisdom

D．comment

20.

A．knowledge

B．health

C．experience

D．interest

9 . One of the important, but seldom-discussed, problems in healthcare reform is how to take care of our aging population as people continue to live longer. According to a new study from the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society, by 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7. 9 years longer than the government expects. That would mean women would live 89 to 93 years and men 83 to nearly 86 years. The researchers base their conclusion on "rapid advances in biomedical（生物医药）technology that delay the start and progression of major deadly diseases or that slow the aging process・”

While this is good news, especially for the young, the life expectancy, which is in excess of（超过）the government's estimates, would raise costs sharply for Medicare and Social Security. If the study's predictions are accurate, the total cost for those two programs through 2050 could be between $ 3. 2 trillion and $ & 3 trillion higher than the US Census Bureau（人口普查局）and the Social Security Administration currently expect.

And that's only the beginning. With anticipated scientific breakthroughs in coming decades, people could eventually live to 150 years of age, says Dr. Steven Joyal, an official of the Life Extension Foundation (LEF) a nonprofit organization that promotes research on how we can live longer and healthier. The MacArthur paper, in fact, says that some experts believe the average life expectancy could hit 100 by 2060.

What's more, Joyal says, the conquest（战胜）of disease and the slowing of the aging process will lead to a sharp decline in disability, allowing people of advanced age to function as well as they did when they were much younger. "In other words, a 90-year-old person could have the same mental and physical capacity as somebody 40 or 50 years old."

1. What does the new study show?

A．Americans will live much longer by 2050 than they do now.

B．Great progress has been made in the US in public security.

C．Few people pay attention to the health care reform in the US.

D．Fewer Americans suffer from deadly disease now than before.

2. What probably helps American” live much longer?

A．Social security.

B．Biomedical technology.

C．Healthcare reform.

D．New research in health cam.

3. What problem may a longer life expectancy in the US lead to?

A．The aging process will speed up.

B．It adds to the chance of being disabled.

C．The old will have some mental problems.

D．It will increase public costs for the government.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Life for Senior Citizens in the US

B．The Longer Life Expectancy in the Future

C．The Disadvantage of Longer Life Expectancy

D．What Can Be Done to Support So Many Aged People

10 . Each year, half a million people die from brain aneurysms（动脉瘤）—when a blood vessel（血管）bursts in the brain. An aneurysm is a bulge（膨胀）in a blood vessel that can burst. If that happens in the brain, it can be deadly. For survivors, physical disabilities are often severe. They may include memory problems, loss of balance, trouble speaking and even blindness. But new technologies are increasing survival rates and reducing disabilities.

Beaumont Bacon is a survivor who makes light of her experience because she is a comedian（喜剧演员）. She uses humor to make others laugh. Now she’s working on a new show. Michael Alexander is her doctor. He operated on Beaumont Bacon after her attack. “She had bleeding in the frontal area of her brain, so right above the eyes. The part that was in the brain was about maybe the size of an egg. So, that’s a fairly large bleed.”

Ms. Bacon had a better chance at survival than most people because of Dr. Alexander. He directs the Neurovascular Center in Los Angeles. The center offers new technologies that include placing a catheter（导管）into an aneurysm, then threading wires to promote blood clots（血栓）. This technique reduces the chances of another burst blood vessel. “You don’t have to open up the skull（头盖骨）or open up the brain to do surgery. It’s all done from inside the blood vessels. So it reduces the amount of blood loss, and the recovery is much faster.”

For Beaumont Bacon’s recovery, the hospital worked to prevent problems commonly found in patients with a burst aneurysm. The problems include brain swelling that can shut down blood vessels. She spent a month in a coma（昏迷）—unable to communicate with doctors, friends and loved ones. But with a year of treatment, she recovered. Now, she is making people laugh.

1. What do you know about aneurysms?

A．No technologies can treat them nowadays.

B．They may cause severe disabilities.

C．Few people die from them every year.

D．They are deadly wherever they happen.

2. The new technology has the following benefits EXCEPT that ________.

A．it is much faster for the patient to recover

B．it brings no problems after the operation

C．it reduces the amount of blood loss

D．it doesn’t need to open up the brain to operate

3. It can be known from the passage that Beaumont Bacon ________.

A．was always in an unconscious state after the operation

B．recovered soon after the treatment

C．returned to work after the treatment

D．was the first to try the new technology

4. The author shows the effect of the technology by ________.

A．providing an example	B．making comparisons
C．offering data	D．giving explanations