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、for
B、in
C、with
D、on

答案D

解析 此题属于词汇搭配题。limit on sth.表示"关于…的限制",文中谈到有些人无法享受医保,其中包括那些达不到政府制订的收入控制线的家庭,此处用on表示关于收入方面的限制,故选项on正确。其他选项均不符合题意。全句可译为:这些人中包括1,100万失业人口中的一半以及那些家庭收入达不到那个想方设法省钱的政府制订的收入控制线的人。
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