Students in the university's School of 11 work with the "patient" to gain experience in effective communication and decision-making.
答案:(C) Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy(藥學院)呼應全文主題 train the pharmacists of the future(訓練未來的藥師),表示這些學生是藥學院的學生;Education/Business/Humanities 均不符合此處語境。
四個選項都是學院的名稱,文法上都放得進 School of 後面,你會憑印象挑一個最常見的。
答對率四成二。這是同義勾環:空格要的字,前一句已經用另一個詞性講出來了——to help train the pharmacists of the future(協助訓練未來的藥師)。pharmacists 是「藥師」,換成學院的名稱就是 Pharmacy(藥學),同一個字根、不同詞性。填進去讀成 the university's School of Pharmacy(這所大學的藥學院)。這一格靠自己這一句判不出來,四個學院填進去都合文法,線索一定在前一句。順帶把同字根的變化一起記:pharmacy(藥學、藥局)、pharmacist(藥師)、pharmaceutical(製藥的)。
Education(教育)、Business(商學)、Humanities(人文學科)三個都是真實存在的學院名稱,形態吻合,容易被順手選走;但整篇講的是訓練藥師、模擬病人、藥物過敏反應,沒有一句與教育、商學或人文有關。
School of Pharmacy(藥學院)、pharmacist(藥師)、a virtual patient(虛擬病人)、gain experience in(累積……的經驗)、decision-making(決策)、the humanities(人文學科)。
Keele University in the United Kingdom has developed a "virtual patient," created by a computer, to help train the pharmacists of the future. Students in the university's School of 11 work with the "patient" to gain experience in effective communication and decision-making.
Students talk with the "patient" directly or by typing questions into a computer. The "patient" responds verbally or with gestures to indicate 12 such as pain, stress or anxiety. As a result, students are forced to communicate clearly 13 that the "patient" understands them completely.
The Virtual Patient can also be used to explore various medical situations. For example, the "patient" can be programmed to be allergic to certain medicine and can 14 serious reactions if student learners are not aware of the situation. This kind of practice allows students to learn from mistakes in a safe environment that would not be 15 with textbooks alone. The unique system can both be used in a classroom setting or for distance learning.