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Section B: Information Matching

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.

The Doctor Will Skype You Now

[A] Fazila is a young woman dealing with eczema... She lives on one of the remote river islands in northern Bangladesh. These low-lying, temporary sand islands face repeated displacement from flooding and erosion...

[B] The most dangerous thing is land erosion. The second is lack of access to medical supplies and doctors. While child mortality and maternal death have gone down in the rest of the country, this is not the case for the islands...

[C] On the islands, "rog pushai rakha" means "stockpiling their diseases"... Now, Teledaktar (TD) is trying to make health care more accessible. Every week, TD’s medical operators travel by boat... set up a makeshift medical center...

[D] Launched in October 2018, TD is funded by a nonprofit organization founded by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs... Inside the center, the screen reveals Dr. Tina Mustahid live-streamed from Dhaka...

[E] "I diagnose them through conversation," says Dr. Mustahid... For example, children refuse to eat because mothers feed them packaged chips which are cheap and convenient...

[F] Bangladesh faces a critical deficit of health services... 70% of the population live in rural areas, yet less than 20% of health workers practice there... Early marriage and young motherhood contribute to the early onset of health problems.

[G] TD doctors can write prescriptions and diagnose common ailments—including digestive issues, joint pain, skin diseases, fever and the common cold...

[H] Fazila finally opened up about her skin condition. Usually, island women describe their illness to their husbands, who then go to the pharmacy and return with random medicines...

[I] Other nonprofits like "Friendship" operate floating boat hospitals...

[J] TD still has challenges. Many residents complain prescribed medicines are sometimes unaffordable, even with discounts offered...

[K] TD’s consultations are popular. The reason might be the gesture of treating inhabitants with respect and patience...

36. Some children on the remote islands won’t eat their meals because they are fed cheap junk food. (E)
37. Unlike other parts of Bangladesh, the number of women who die from giving birth remains high on the river islands. (B)
38. One big problem many islanders have is that they can’t afford the prescribed medicines, even with discounts offered. (J)
39. TD is a virtual medical service financially supported by one of the nation’s nonprofit organizations. (D)
40. TD doctors are welcome to the islanders because they treat the sick with respect and patience. (K)
41. Women islanders tend to have health problems early partly because they get married and give birth early. (F)
42. TD doctors make weekly visits to the remote islands to provide services at a temporary medical center. (C)
43. TD doctors provide the islanders with online diagnoses and treatments for common diseases. (G)
44. The residents of the river islands have to keep moving their homes because of floods and land erosions. (A)
45. Women islanders usually rely on their husbands to get some medicines for them without diagnoses and prescriptions. (H)

答案解析 (Answers & Explanations)

36. E:对应E段中关于小孩不吃饭(refuse to eat their meals)是因为喂食了便宜方便的膨化薯片(packaged chips)的内容。
37. B:对应B段提到全国产妇死亡(maternal death)下降,但岛屿并非如此(not the case for the islands)。
38. J:对应J段提到居民抱怨药品太贵买不起(unaffordable),即便有折扣(discounts)。
39. D:对应D段提到TD由非营利组织资助(funded by a nonprofit organization)。
40. K:对应K段提到TD受欢迎是因为医生耐心(patient)且给予尊重(respect)。
41. F:对应F段末尾提到早婚早育(Early marriage and young motherhood)导致健康问题提前。
42. C:对应C段提到医疗人员每周(Every week)乘船前往岛屿设置临时中心(makeshift medical center)。
43. G:对应G段提到医生可以诊断常见疾病(diagnose common ailments)并开处方。
44. A:对应A段提到这些沙岛因洪水和侵蚀导致居民反复搬迁(repeated displacement)。
45. H:对应H段提到妇女通常把病情告诉丈夫,由丈夫去药店买随机的药。

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