Complete the passage questions are like inference questions. You will most likely have to put in the correct conclusion or else (as here) a correct piece of evidence that would logically support the conclusion. As with other inference questions, the best approach is to follow the gist of the passage, make a deduction and scan for a match.
Here, the author is arguing that the scan will obviate the need for surgeons to perform unnecessary appendectomies. Really? Let's examine what we have learned about the scan: the misdiagnosis rate is 2%. But are the misdiagnoses false positives or false negatives? A false positive is where the scan says you have appendictis when you don't while a false negative is when the scan fails to pick up that a patient has appendictis when in fact they do. False positives are not risky here b/c if a person who doesn't have appendictis gets his/her appendix removed, its no big deal. On the other hand, false negatives are very risky b/c if a person who has appendicitis doesn't get his/her appendix removed, then they may die. So, in order for the author's conclusion to be correct, the kind of misdiagnoses the scan makes must be false positives and not false negatives. That would be the piece of evidence that would support the conclusion (we know we want to put in some evidence here b/c the passage ends with "since'). That is our deduction, and now we scan for a match....choice B.
这一题关键在于B选项的理解。 “attributing appendicitis to someone who does not, in fact, have it。”把someone(who does not,in fact, have it)当做appendicitis。 另外一种理解,someone who does not和have it之间压根没有连接(attribute),我们用中文的理解方式才会以为把有病(have it)当无病(does not)。