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Many patients who don't want to tell their doctor how much they really drink are often more honest
with a computer. The computer 1. ________(use) for this purpose is programmed to be friendly. For
example, if a patient called Ann says that 2. ________her parents are dead, the computer will say: "I'm
sorry to hear that, Ann. " Apart from expressing sympathy, the computer 3. ________ also question and
remind. If a patient says he 4. ________ drinks alcohol, the computer can ask him, "Never? Not even at
parties or at Christmas?" Does this direct contact 5. ________the patient and the computer mean that we do not need doctors any more?
It depends. Computers are useful 6. ________ they do not look shocked if you say you drink two
bottles of whisky 7. ________day. And they do not stop to talk on the phone as doctors often do.
But 8. ________ a doctor said, "We smile and we give a patient a handkerchief or put arm around her
shoulder if she 9. ________(cry)．That is 10. ________ people will always want us. "
