2014届高考英语二轮复习30天系列练习高考倒计时第5天.docVIP

倒数第5天(6月1日) (2013·湖北卷)The technology is great.Without it we wouldnt have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the oceans depths or eat microwave sausages.Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge.But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves. Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients whove come into their surgery waving an Internet print－out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer.The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they dont have throat cancer, and its just that their throats are swollen.Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self－health－checks. One day Mrs.Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work.While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know whats wrong; Ive got throat cancer.I know theres nothing you doctors can do about it and Ive just got to wait until the day comes.” As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X－ray.I looked at it and the blood results an hour later.Something wasnt right.“Did your local doctor do an X－ray？” I asked.“Oh, I havent been to the doctor for years，” she replied.“I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew thats what I had.” However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didnt fit with it—but shed just ignored this. I looked at the X－ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasnt the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly.She was lucky we caught it when we did. Mrs.Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered.It was certainly a lesson for her.“Im_so_embarrassed，” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested.She listed