阅读理解（第3l～45题，每题3分，共15分）
请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
Do Patients Trust Doctors Too Much
Earlier this year, the American College of Surgeons, the national scientific and educational organization of surgeons conducted a nationwide survey that found that the average patient devotes an hour or less to researching his or her surgery or surgeon. While prospective patients worry about the costs or complications of an operation, they don't necessarily look for information that would address their concerns.
In fact, more than a third of patients who had an operation in the last five years never reviewed the credentials of the surgeon who operated. Patients are more likely to spend time researching a job change (on average, about 10 hours) or a new car (8 hours) than the operation they are about to submit to or the surgeon who wields (支配) the knife. And many patients are satisfied with the answers they receive from their surgeons or primary care doctors, whoever those individuals happen to be.
I felt curious about the survey, so I called Dr. Thomas Russell, executive director of the American College of Surgeons. "There is a tendency for patients not to get particularly involved and not to feel compelled to look into their surgery or surgeons."He told me.
There are consequences to that kind of blind trust. "Today, medicine and surgery are really team sports." Dr. Russell continued,"and the patient, as the ultimate decision maker , is the most important member of the team. Mistakes can happen, and patients have to be educated and must understand what is going on. "
In other words, a healthy doctor-patient relationship does not simply entail good bedside manners and responsible office management on the part of the doctor. It also requires that patients come to the relationship educated about their doctors, their illnesses and their treatment.
"If we are truly going to reform the health care system in the US," Dr.Russell said,"everybody has to participate actively and must educate themselves. That means doctors, nurses, other health care professionals, lawyers pharmaceutical (制药的) companies, and insurance companies. But most of all, it means the patient."
Trust is important. But as Sir Francis Bacon, who was among the first to understand the importance of gathering data in science, once observed , knowledge is power.
31. According to the author, patients should spend more time _________.
A. researching the American College of Surgeons
B. researching their surgery or surgeons
C. researching new cars
D. researching job changes
32. Nowadays patients seem to have _________.
A. too much trust in their doctors
B. too much information about their doctors
C. too little faith in their doctors
D. a healthy relationship with their doctors
33. Medicine and surgery are now really team sports in which _________.
A. patients and doctors play equally important roles
B. the patient does not have an active role to play
C. doctors have the final say in almost everything
D. the patient has the most important role to play
34. It is wrong to think that a healthy doctor-patient relationship _________.
A. is dependent just on the doctor
B. is a goal that can be achieved
C. entails any effort on the part of the patient
D. is what the patient truly desires
35. The author does NOT believe in_________.
A. lots of scientific data
B. Francis Bacon
C. blind trust
D. too much knowledge
参考答案及解析
31．B[解析]本题是细节题。从第一段和第二段的表述中我们知道，有三分之一的患者不愿花时间对手术和做手术的医生进行调查，这比他们在换一份新工作或一辆新车上花的时间还要少。
32．A [解析]本题是理解题。从第四段我们知道，患者对医生有一种盲目的信任。
33．D [解析]本题是细节题。从第四段我们知道，在治疗的团队里，患者是最重要的成员。
34．A [解析]本题是理解题。文章通篇在讨论的是患者对医生及手术缺乏了解，及健康的医患关系应当包含患者的参与。因此A项提到的健康的医患关系只依赖医生是错误的，因此选A。
35．C[解析]本题是细节理解题。最后一段，作者提到培根是为了验证知识很重要的观点，因此他肯定是相信培根及培根的观点的，唯独不相信的是盲目的信任，因此选C。
