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  3. Most people would be (1)_____ by the high quality of medicine (2)_____ to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a gr

Most people would be (1)_____ by the high quality of medicine (2)_____ to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a gr

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问题     Most people would be (1)_____ by the high quality of medicine (2)_____ to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of (3)_____ to the individual, a (4)_____ amount of advanced technical equipment, and (5)_____ effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must (6)_____ in the courts if they (7)_____ things badly.
    But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in (8)_____ health care is organized and (9)_____. (10)_____ 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 (11)_____ the less fortunate and the elderly.
    But even with this huge public part of the system, (12)_____ this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars—more than 10 percent of the U.S. Budget—large number of Americans are left (13)_____. These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits (14)_____ income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.
    The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control (15)_____ the health system. There is no (16)_____ 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 (17)_____ up. Two thirds of the population (18)_____ covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want (19)_____ 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 (20)_____ general.

选项 A、run into
B、encounter
C、face
D、defy
答案C
解析 此题属于语义辨析题。face表示"面对，遭遇"，例如：The difficulty that faces us today is one of supplying food to those in need．(今天我们所面临的困难是向那些需要的人提供食物)。根据原句意思：医生或医院如果在医疗过程中出了差错的话，就可能面临巨额罚金，因此这种financial risk是他们可能面对的，故选项face符合题意。选项run into表示"偶遇"；选项encounter(较正式)表示"遭遇，突然遇到"，选项defy表示"公然反抗，蔑视"，均无法与句中risk连用。
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