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Most people would be ___1___ by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of ___2___ to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must ___3___ in the courts if they handle things badly.
But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in ___4___ health care is organized and financed. ___5___ to pubic 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 looking after the less fortunate and the elderly.
But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars—more than 10 percent of the U.S. budget—large number of Americans are left ___6___. These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits on income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.
The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control over the health system. There is no ___7___ 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 persons concerned can do is pay up.
Two thirds of the population ___8___ covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want, ___9___ that the insurance company will pay the bill.
The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problems facing the country. In 1981 the country’s health bill climbed 15.9 percent—about twice as fast as prices ___10___ general.

问题1选项
A.compressed
B.impressed
C.obsessed
D.repressed
问题2选项
A.extension
B.retention
C.attention
D.exertion
问题3选项
A.run into
B.come into
C.face
D.defy
问题4选项
A.which
B.that
C.what
D.when
问题5选项
A.Contrary
B.Opposed
C.Averse
D.Objected
问题6选项
A.over
B.out
C.off
D.away
问题7选项
A.boundary
B.restriction
C.confinement
D.limit
问题8选项
A.is being
B.are
C.have been
D.is
问题9选项
A.knowing
B.to know
C.they know
D.known
问题10选项
A.in
B.with
C.on
D.for
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