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　　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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　　很多人对美国医疗的高质量印象深刻，但它仍面临一些问题，如收费过高等。文章就美国的医疗系

统进行了论述。
　　62．B词义辨析题。本句的意思是：很多人对医药的高质量。__________impress意为对……印象

深刻，符合句意；compress意为挤压，压缩，obsess意为使困扰，repress意为镇压，均排除。
　　63．A词义辨析题。available意为可获得的；attainable和achievable同义，指可得到的，是需要努

力才能得到的意思，排除；amenable意为有责任的，应服从的，排除；所以A正确。
　　64．C词义辨析题。本句的意思是：对个人的很多。__________attention意为关注，正确；

extension意为延长，retention意为保持，exertion意为努力，均排除。
　　65．D惯用搭配题。本句的意思是：__________ 高级的技术设备。vast意为大量的，常用来形

容数量、程度等，正确；countless意为无数的，常用于可数名词，排除；titanic意为巨大的，常形容

体积，排除；broad意为宽的，排除。
　　66．C词义辨析题。intense意为强烈的，常指由内在而来的力量，所以intense effort意为巨大的努

力；intensive意为强烈的，常用于指行为的强度和程度是由外部强加的，排除；absorbed意为全神贯

注的，concentrated意为集中的，均排除。
　　67．C词义辨析题。本句的意思是：医生和医院将__________财政风险。run into意为偶遇，

come into意为得到，face意为面临，de母意为违抗，所以C正确。
　　68．D词义辨析题。treat意为对待，deal意为处理，常与介词with搭配，maneuver意为操作，

handle意为处理，等同于to deal with，故选D。
　　69．A逻辑衔接题。which引导的定语从句修饰the way。The way作先行词时，引导词有三种用法：in

which，that或省略引导词，故选A。
　　70．B逻辑衔接题。finance在这里作动词，与organize是并列关系，所以应用其过去分词形式，故选

B。
　　71．A词义辨析题。Contrary to意为和……相反；0pposeto，averse to，object to都意为反对。根据

句意，医疗系统是和大众观点相反的，而不是反对大众观点，故A正确。
　　72．C惯用搭配题。look for意为寻找，look into意为调查，look after意为照顾，look over意为

检查，
　　该句谈论的是私人看护，所以C正确。
　　73．A逻辑衔接题。which引导一个非限定性定语从句，修饰名词this huge public part of the system。非

限定性定语从句不能用that引导，所以A正确。
　　74．B惯用搭配题。leave over意为剩下，leave out意为遗漏，排除，leave off意为停止，结合句

意很多美国人被排除在外可知，B正确。
　　75．D介词用法题。Limit on…意为对……的限定，所以D正确。
　　76．A惯用搭配题。control over意为控制，且control不与on，under和behind搭配，所以A正确。
　　77．D词义辨析题。boundary意为界线，边界，restriction意为限制，confinement意为(被)限制，

局限，limit指时空、程度、量等方面的限定，局限，其内涵是如果超出了这种限度就会受罚或产生

令人不快的后果。原句意为不同于人们的支付能力，医生和医院的服务收费没有__________，所以D

正确。
　　78．A动词时态题。该句的主干是all the person can do is…，所填部分为表语，且时态为一般现在时

，故选A。pay up意为全部付清。
　　79．B逻辑衔接题。本句的主语是复数概念，所以谓语动词应用复数形式，另外，因为本句说的是

一般事实，所以应用一般现在时，故选B。
　　80．A逻辑衔接题。此处应使用know的现在分词knowin9作原因状语，其主语是doctors，与know是施

动关系，故不选known，所以A正确。
　　81．A惯用搭配题。in general是固定搭配，意为一般而言，所以A正确。