【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 t means ______.A. now people probably would not ask if there is a doctor in the houseB. patients used to cry and ask if there was a doctor in the houseC. in the past people often cried and asked if there was a doctor in the houseD. patients are now still asking if there is a doctor in the house53. All the following statements are true EXCEPT that ______.A. it is now feasible to transmit a patient39。s vital signs over telephoneB. flood is not among the disasters mentioned in the passageC. the trend in applying telemedicine is toward providing global access to medical dataD. telemedicine is being used by many medical teams as a tool for disaster response54. The word problem in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that ______.A. there are not enough mobile phones for distributing medical intelligenceB. CT scans are one of the biggest bandwidth consumersC. bandwidth is not adequate to transmit plex medical images around the worldD. munications satellites can only cope with the shortterm needs during disasters55. A proper title for the passage may be ______.A. Improvement in Communications B. The Online Doctor Is InC. Application of Telemedicine D. How to Make Remote DiagnosisPictures in the British papers this week of Prince William, Prince Charles39。s 18yearold son, cleaning toilets overseas, have led to a surge of altruism (利他主義). Raleigh International, the charity that organized his trip, has seen inquiries about voluntary work abroad rise by 30%. But the image of idealistic youth that William presents no longer reflects the reality of the volunteer force. It39。s getting older and older.Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has about 2000 volunteers in the field around the world. After a dip in interest in the mid1990s, applications to work abroad are at record levels. Last year 7, 645 people submitted applications, and 920 successfully negotiated the VSO selection process and were sent abroad. When the organization was founded in l959, the average volunteer was in his early 20s. Now, the average age is 35, and set to rise further.Partly, that is because there are more older people who want to do VSO. More people take early retirement。 more, says the chief executive of VSO, still feel that they have more to give and are in good health. And the demands of the African and Asian countries where most of the volunteers go are changing, too. Their educational standards have risen over the past couple of decades, so they want people with more qualifications, skills and experience.BESO (British Executive Service Overseas) recruits executives and businessmen with at least 15 years’ experience for shortterm contract work overseas. It organizes 500 placements (工作安置) a year, and at the moment supply is surpassing demand. A BESO spokesman said that the organization is limited by funding rather than a lack of volunteers.Enthusiastic but unqualified students do not impress as much as they once did alongside accountants, managers and doctors. The typical volunteer, these days, has been in fulltime employment for at least five years and is highly qualified. And the profession which provides the biggest portion of volunteers is education—headmasters and school inspectors as well as classroom teachers.56. According to the passage, the volunteers ______. A. are getting older and older B. are being fewer C. are inexperienced and unqualified D. are mostly students57. All the statements are true about Prince William EXCEPT that ______. A. his trip has triggered a surge of altruismB. his trip was organized by a government institutionC. he presents the image of idealistic youthD. he is not a representative volunteer in age58. From the second paragraph we can know that ______. A. the number of applications to work abroad declined in the mid1990s B. the average volunteer now is not much older than forty years ago C. of those who have submitted applications a majority have been chosen and sent abroad D. there were more applications to work aboard in the early 1990s than in the late 1990s59. There are more older people who want to do VSO because ______. I. more people take early retirement II. more older people feel they are in good health III. the foreign countries where the volunteers go want people with more qualifications, skills and experience A. II only B. I only C. I, II and III D. I and II60. According to the last paragraph, the typical volunteer now may be ______. A. an enthusiastic but unqualified young student B. a highly qualified headmaster or teacher C. an executive or businessman with at least 15 years’ experience D. a wellexperienced accountant, manager, or doctorPassage 4 With only about 1 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas Aamp。M University researcher has been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”.Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas Aamp。M’s College of Veterinary Medicine and a pioneer in embryo（胚胎）transfer work and related procedures, said he salutes the Chinese effort and “I wish them all the best success possible. It’s a worthwhile project, certainly not an easy one, and it’s very much like what we’re attempting here at Texas Aamp。M — to save animals from extinction”.Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos, semens（精子）and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should bee extinct, Kraemer says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.It is estimated that as many as 2 000 species of mammals, birds and reptiles will bee extinct over the next 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of being extinct in the next 25 years.This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.The entire procedure could take from three to five years to plete.“The nuclear transfer of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes.“They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy. It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Missyplicity Project at Texas Aamp。M, the firstever attempt at cloning a dog.“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly applaud their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”61. The aim of “Noah’s Ark” Project is to ______. A. salute the Chinese efforts in saving pand