What impact can mobile phones have on their users’ health? Many individuals are concerned about the supposed ill effects caused

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问题     What impact can mobile phones have on their users’ health? Many individuals are concerned about the supposed ill effects caused by radiation from handsets and base stations,【C1】______the lack of credible evidence of any harm. But evidence for the beneficial effects of mobile phones on health is rather more【C2】______. Indeed, a systematic review【C3】______by Rifat Atun and his colleagues at Imperial College, London, gathers【C4】______of the use of text-messaging in the【C5】______of health care. These uses【C6】______three categories; efficiency gains; public-health gains; and direct benefits to patients by【C7】______text-messaging into treatment regimes.
    Using texting to【C8】______efficiency is not profound science, but big savings can be achieved. Several【C9】______carried out in England have found that the use of text-messaging reminders【C10】______the number of missed appointments with family doctors by 26-39% , and the number of missed hospital appointments by 33-50%. If such schemes were【C11】______nationally, this would translate【C12】______annual savings of £ 256-364 million.
    Text messages can also be a good way to deliver public-health information, particularly to groups【C13】______are hard to reach by other means. Text messages have been used in India to【C14】______people about the World Health Organization’s strategy to control tuberculosis(肺结核). In Iraq, text messages were used to support a【C15】______to immunize nearly 5 million children【C16】______polio(小儿麻痹症).
    【C17】______, there are the uses of text-messaging as part of a treatment regime. These involve sending reminders to patients to【C18】______their medicine, or to encourage compliance with exercise regimes or efforts to stop smoking. However, Dr. Rifat notes that the evidence for the effectiveness of such schemes is generally【C19】______More quantitative research is【C20】______—which is why his team also published three papers this week looking at the use of mobile phones in health care in more detail.
【C11】

选项 A、called on
B、switched to
C、carried out
D、went through

答案C

解析 词组辨析。在这个条件状语从句中需要补充完整的是such schemes的动作,C项carry out意为“执行,实现”,符合题意。A项called upon意为“号召,呼吁”,号召的对象通常是人,而不是such schemes。B项switched co“转向”和D项went through“经历,仔细检查”均不符合题意。
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