8．When a patient calls for help at Seton Medical Center，"Hi，Mr．Rogers，can I help you？"says a nurse； it's never a problem finding the nurse．It's because they all wear locator tags that are part of a wireless system that tracks their movements on the floor．"You can even tell when they are walking down the hallway．"says James Hattori．
This system made by Hill-Rom uses infrared（紅外線的）signals to detect when nurses enter a room to answer a call．The Hill-Rom devices look like a mini computer mouse．Some hospitals are putting them in nurses'kitchens．Staff can talk and listen through a wall unit to nurses or even to patients in other rooms．"We can put the time we were spending hunting staff down，trying to find and locate them to much better use，"says a staff member from Seton．Hill-Rom says it has systems installed in more than 850 U．S．hospitals．
Some nurses worry that the devices will be used to listen in on conversations and scrutinize their movements．"I'm not wearing mine．I will still meet my patient's needs but I will not wear this badge．"Annette Bearden is among dozens of nurses at Eden Medical Center who staged an active protest two months ago and hid their badges though they were later recovered．"You know it makes me not feel like a professional．It makes me feel like that someone has to watch me to make sure I am doing my job．"
"The biggest reason we installed this technology is because our old call system is about 25 years old，"says a hospital manager．For hospitals this is a case of technology allowing，perhaps forcing people to better make use of their time．Officials at Eden don't deny they monitor how long it takes nurses to respond to calls but say their main concern is patient care．"I think it is one tool that we can use in measuring overall performance but by itself it is not a valid disciplinary tool，"says an Eden spokesperson．
Eden is expanding its system with hopes the nurse will eventually accept the new technology，but back at Seton where it's been in place for about two years，there is no uneasiness．"Once the staff actually find out how advantageous it can be for them and the patients，well，actually it became very popular．"
In Castro Valley，California，the Eden Medical Center spent almost three hundred thousand dollars to install the Hill-Rom systems on two floors．Eden hopes to get more of the systems for other floors．
73．Why is it easy to find a nurse at Seton Medical Center？B
A．The nurses are on television．
B．The nurses wear locator badges．
C．Every patient has his/her own nurse．
D．Each room has a telephone．
74．How can the staff talk to their patients when they are not in the same room？C
A．With hand signals． B．Through microphones in the pocket．
C．Through a wall unit． D．With infrared signals on the doors．
75．According to the passage，the underlined word"scrutinize"（paragraph 3）probably meansA．
A．watch closely B．see inside
C．scan word by word D．make right
76．How did the nurses at Eden Medical Center react to the badges？D
A．The nurses really liked the badges．
B．They threw the locator badges away．
C．They refused to work．
D．They protested and concealed the badges．
77．According to the administrators of the hospital，Eden Medical Center，the application of the Hill-Rom devices mainly aims atD．
A．introducing modern technology
B．a(chǎn)dding a tool for discipline
C．replacing the old call system
D．improving the service for patients．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們說明了塞頓醫(yī)療中心的護士都會佩戴定位會徽章，因此你會很容易找到他們，而伊甸園醫(yī)療中心的護士抗拒并且選擇不佩戴這個徽章，他們認為這是對他們的監(jiān)督．
解答 73．B 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第一段，"Hi，Mr．Rogers，can I help you？"says a nurse； it's never a problem finding the nurse．It's because they all wear locator tags that are part of a wireless system that tracks their movements on the floor．"可知在塞頓醫(yī)療中心很容易找到一個護士，因為他們都佩戴定位徽章，故選B．
74．C 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段．Some hospitals are putting them in nurses'kitchens．Staff can talk and listen through a wall unit to nurses or even to patients in other rooms．可知當工作人員與病人不在同一房間時，他們可以通過墻壁單元交流，故選C．
75．A 詞義猜測題，根據(jù)第三段Some nurses worry that the devices will be used to listen in on conversations and scrutinize their movements．可知一些護士擔心設(shè)備將被用于聽對話以及仔細觀察他們的動作，故選A．
76．D 推理判斷題，根據(jù)第三段I'm not wearing mine．I will still meet my patient's needs but I will not wear this badge．"可知伊甸園醫(yī)療中心的護士抗拒并且選擇不佩戴這個徽章，故選D．
77．D 細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第四段．"I think it is one tool that we can use in measuring overall performance but by itself it is not a valid disciplinary tool，"says an Eden spokesperson．根據(jù)醫(yī)院的管理員的話可知伊甸園醫(yī)療中心應用這個徽章是為了完善病人服務，故選D．
點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
