Question

    If you’ve ever taken a handwritten prescription(处方) from a doctor, it seems that you can never make sense of the letters. Bad handwriting almost seems like a requirement for graduating medical school.

However, it’s not like only people with bad handwriting are attracted to the medical field. Ruth Brocato, MD, primary care doctor with Mercy Medical Center says she went from winning a handwriting award in grade school to having totally unreadable handwriting now. So why?

For one thing, doctors have to write more than just about any other job. Long days plus tons of writing equals a very tired hand. Most doctors’ handwriting gets worse over the course of the day as those small hand muscles get overworked, says Asher Goldstein, MD, pain management doctor with Genesis Pain Centers. If doctors could spend an hour with every patient, they might be able to slow down and give their hands a rest. But the fact is, most physicians are rushing around to the next patient. With so many patients to see in a limited time, doctors are more concerned with getting the information down than perfecting their handwriting.

The jargon (术语) that doctors deal with also lends itself to bad handwriting. For instance, QD is shorthand for a Latin phrase meaning “one a day” and TID means “three times a day.” Your pharmacist would know exactly what your doctor meant, but you’d probably just write it off as chicken scratch.

Now, doctors are moving toward electronic medical records to cut down on errors. No studies have looked into whether the yearly death rate from wrong prescriptions has gone down, but doctors agree there’s less chance for errors.

Of course, typing everything isn’t perfect either. There’s still the possibility of entering, say, 30 instead of 300. While we’re all for electronic medical records, we’ll write by hand whenever we can. Now, learn about these secrets hospitals don’t want to tell you—but every patient should know.

1.How many reasons are mentioned in the passage to explain why doctors are likely to have bad handwriting?

A.One. B.Two.

C.Three. D.Four

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Only people with bad handwriting are attracted to the medical field.

B.Most doctors’ handwriting gets better over the course of the day.

C.QD is shorthand for a Latin phrase meaning “three times as day”.

D.There is less chance for errors by using electronic medical records.

3.What’s the author’s attitude towards handwritten prescriptions?

A.Supportive. B.Disapproving.

C.Indifferent. D.Concerned.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.No time left for doctors to write well.

B.Secrets that hospitals don’t want to tell you.

C.Reasons why most doctors have bad handwriting.

D.Errors reduced by using electronic medical records.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文为说明文。本文主要说明了大多数医生书写不好的原因。

1.

细节理解题。第三段“For one thing, doctors have to write more than just about any other job. Long days plus tons of writing equals a very tired hand. Most doctors’ handwriting gets worse over the course of the day as those small hand muscles get overworked” 首先，医生比其他任何工作都要写更多的东西。漫长的日子加上书写大量的文字，导致手非常疲劳。一天下来大多数医生的笔迹会变得更糟。第四段“The jargon (术语) that doctors deal with also lends itself to bad handwriting.” 医生所用的术语也会导致书写不好。由此可知，医生书写不好的原因有两个，故选B。

2.

细节理解题。根据第五段“Now, doctors are moving toward electronic medical records to cut down on errors…… doctors agree there’s less chance for errors.” 现在，医生们正转向电子病历以减少错误……医生们一致认为（写电子病历）出现错误的几率降低。由此可知，使用电子病历时出错的可能性较小。故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据最后一段“While we’re all for electronic medical records, we’ll write by hand whenever we can.” 虽然我们都赞同电子病历，但只要有可能，我们还会用手书写。由此可推断出作者对于手写处方的态度是支持。故选A。

4.

主旨大意题。文章前两段提出大多数医生的书写处方的笔迹很不好，所以有人认为糟糕的书写几乎成了医学院毕业的必备条件。然而并非书写不好的人才会到医学领域。接着文章从两个方面阐述了医生病历书写不好的原因。由此可知，本文主要叙述了大多医生书写不好的原因。分析选项，可知项C项“大多数医生书写不好的原因”最适合作文章的题目，故选C。