Victoria Barzilai opened her mouth wide so the doctor could look at her sore

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问题     Victoria Barzilai opened her mouth wide so the doctor could look at her sore throat. Not【C1】______a remarkable event, except that Victoria was at home and the doctor was hundreds of miles away. Feeling too sick to【C2】______herself to the school health center, the third-year university student had chosen a cyber-doctor visit, the 21st century【C3】______of a house call.
    A number of websites offer face-to-face consultations of the【C4】______visit to anyone with a credit card and access to a webcam-equipped computer. The services are intended for patients with【C5】______minor problems that don’t require hands-on diagnoses or treatments, not for people who need stitches, MRIs or casts on broken limbs.
    One presumed strong advantage of e-visits like these is【C6】______That counted with Victoria who points out that "My doctor is at least an hour away, and besides, I didn’t know when I could get in to see him." Victoria used MedCarelive.com, which offers California【C7】______no-wait consultations with healthcare professionals from 9 a.m. to midnight every day. Other sites, such as Teladoc and MeMD, offer consultations 24/7. Some e-visit sites ask for consultation fees. Others【C8】______different rates for different services.
    Although MedCareLive.com does not【C9】______with any insurance companies, co-founders Dr. David Tashman and Sigi Marmorstein set out to make their service a good deal—for people who have insurance and people who don’t. "We set our price point at $45 for a reason," Tashman says. "Most co-pays by insurance companies run from $30 to $50."
    "We want to help people stay away from the emergency room and【C10】______care," Marmorstein adds. "We want to save people money. "
    A)urgent B)credible C)contract D)exactly
    E)relatively F)version G)criticism H)charge
    I)dazzle J)convenience K)drag L)dedicate
    M)residents N)deliberately O)virtual [br] 【C4】

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答案 O

解析 空格前后的冠词和名词表明此处需要一个形容词。只要有一张信用卡、一部装有摄像头的电脑(a webcam-equipped computer)就可以看医生,由此可知此处的visit应指“网上”看医生,故选用virtual“虚拟的”。
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