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104年
英文
第 46 題
📖 題組：
Millie is a petite woman who looks younger than her 57 years, but she has a failing heart. Even the smallest amount of physical exertion causes shortness of breath and other symptoms such as arm pain, so her cardiologists brought in the __(47)__ care team. The team was asked to help manage Millie’s pain and other symptoms and to help her grapple with the knowledge that her heart was losing its ability to pump strongly enough. They were also asked to help her with decision-making. Millie could go home on her intravenous medication, but neither her son nor her daughter was going to be able to accommodate her needs. This is a common scenario in today’s families, so the medical care team had to move to plan B – a nursing home. But no nursing home could be found that would accept a patient on this type of medication. What came next? Next, was plan C – living in the hospital. Millie is now living in the hospital and receiving her medications. With Plan C in operation, the palliative care team has continued to help Millie feel as comfortable as possible and experience the best possible quality of life. This included providing the services of a massage therapist and transforming her hospital room with a beach motif so Millie could feel the freedom that the sea and sand always gave her. With the help of palliative care even her appetite improved! One day Millie said, “I would love some grilled salmon and rice. And if you can find some sugar-free ice cream, that would just be delightful.”
Millie is a petite woman who looks younger than her 57 years, but she has a failing heart. Even the smallest amount of physical exertion causes shortness of breath and other symptoms such as arm pain, so her cardiologists brought in the __(47)__ care team. The team was asked to help manage Millie’s pain and other symptoms and to help her grapple with the knowledge that her heart was losing its ability to pump strongly enough. They were also asked to help her with decision-making. Millie could go home on her intravenous medication, but neither her son nor her daughter was going to be able to accommodate her needs. This is a common scenario in today’s families, so the medical care team had to move to plan B – a nursing home. But no nursing home could be found that would accept a patient on this type of medication. What came next? Next, was plan C – living in the hospital. Millie is now living in the hospital and receiving her medications. With Plan C in operation, the palliative care team has continued to help Millie feel as comfortable as possible and experience the best possible quality of life. This included providing the services of a massage therapist and transforming her hospital room with a beach motif so Millie could feel the freedom that the sea and sand always gave her. With the help of palliative care even her appetite improved! One day Millie said, “I would love some grilled salmon and rice. And if you can find some sugar-free ice cream, that would just be delightful.”
What is the major problem that Millie suffers from?
- A being rejected by her family
- B heart failure
- C bad appetite
- D heavily relying on sugar
- E compelled to live by the sea
思路引導 VIP
請重新閱讀文章的第一段，特別留意作者用來形容 Millie 身體狀況的那個關鍵形容詞（形容她的 heart），以及隨後提到她「無法像往常一樣強力運作」的具體生理部位。在醫療情境中，這通常被稱為什麼現象？
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精準掌握文本核心資訊
做得非常好！你能精準鎖定文章開頭提供的關鍵資訊，這展現了你優異的細節定位能力。在文章第一段，作者直接點出 Millie 擁有一顆 "failing heart"（衰竭的心臟），並在第二段補充說明她的心臟正失去強力搏血的能力（losing its ability to pump strongly enough）。這些描述與選項 (B) heart failure（心臟衰竭）完全吻合，這正是 Millie 所有生理不適與生活困境的根本根源。
區分核心問題與衍生現象
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