15 Which of the following statements is NOT true about Tono?
(A)It does not need obstetricians and maternity wards any more.
(B)There are hospitals and clinics, but no maternity wards, in Tono.
(C)It is a 40-minute drive away from Kamaishi.
(D)It is located in northern Japan with a population around 32,000.

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統計： A(79), B(24), C(15), D(7), E(0) #1188243

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       Tono, a city of nearly 32,000 in rural鄉村的，農村 northern Japan, lost its last obstetrician產科醫生 five years ago.
It has been desperately非常；極其, 冒險 seeking for a replacement, but up to now there has been no success.
In the meantime, the city has adopted a high-tech measure that may portend預示，預兆 the future of child delivery in Japan: pregnant women are examined remotely by obstetricians產科醫生 using real-time data transmitted to the doctors’ cellphones.
When the doctors judge that a patient is about to go into labor, the woman heads for the nearest city with a maternity ward翻譯：產科病房-usually Kamaishi,which can be reached by a 40-minute drive on a winding卷繞, mountainous, one-lane路, 鄉間小路 road to the east. 
maternity翻譯：母親身分, 懷孕的；產婦的。
ward翻譯：醫院／監獄, 病房，病室, 牢房，囚室, 城市區域, （城鎮或村莊的）區，選區
       Yukie Kikuchi, the city’s sole唯一的，單一 practicing midwife助產士，接生員, said she was pleased and relieved寬慰的；放心 now that obstetricians產科醫生 could remotely examine pregnant women here. Pregnancy examinations are usually done at the patient’s home or at a local clinic.
During the examination, a machine hooked to the patient’s stomach records the baby’s heartbeatand sends the information over a cellular生物, 細胞的, 部分, 由小單位（部分）組成的 network to the cellphone of Dr. Toshihiro Ogasawara at Kamaishi Hospital. 
        Besides Tono, three other cities adopted the system last fall, said Mr. Kikuchi, the city’s health official.
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