Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and[D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Most people would be 62 by the high quality of medicine 63 to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of 64 to the
individual, a 65 amount of advanced technical equipment, and 66 effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must 67 in the courts if they 68 things badly.
But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in 69 health care is organized and 70 .71 to public belief it is not just a free competition system. The private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not 72 the less fortunate and the elderly.
But even with this huge public part of the system, 73 this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars—more than 10 per cent of the U.S. budget--large numbers of Americans are left 74 These include about half the 11million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits 75 income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.
The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control 76 the health system. There is no 77 to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services, other than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is 78 up. Two-thirds 0f the population 79 covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want 80 that the insurance company will pay the bill. The rising cost of medicine in the U.S. is among the most worrying problems facing the country. In 1981the country’s health bill climbed 15.9 per cent—about twice as fast as prices 81 general.
62.
[A] compressed
[B] impressed
[C] obsessed
[D] repressed
63.
[A] available
[B] attainable
[C] achievable
[D] amenable
64.
[A] extension
[B] retention
[C] attention
[D] exertion
65
[A] countless
[B] titanic
[C] broad
[D] vast
66.
[A] intensive
[B] absorbed
[C] intense
[D] concentrated
67.
[A] run into
[B] come into
[C] face
[D] defy
68.
[A] treat
[B] deal
[C] maneuver
[D] handle
69.
[A] which
[B] that
[C] what
[D] when
70.
[A] to finance
[B] financed
[C] the finance
[D] to be financed
71.
[A] Contrary
[B] Opposed
[C] Averse
[D] Objected
72.
[A] looking for
[B] looking into
[C] looking after
[D] looking over
73.
[A] which
[B] what
[C] that
[D] it
74.
[A] over
[B] out
[C] off
[D] away
75.
[A] for
[B] in
[C] with
[D] on
76.
[A] over
[B] un
[C] under
[D] behind
77.
[A] boundary
[B] restriction
[C] confinement
[D] limit
78.
[A] to pay
[B] paying
[C] to be paid
[D] to have paid
79.
[A] is being
[B] are
[C] have been
[D] is
80.
[A] knowing
[B] to know
[C] they know
[D] known
81.
[A] in
[B] with
[C] on
[D] for
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