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The NHS remains one of the reasons why people are proud to be British. It provides outstanding care to more than a million of us
The NHS remains one of the reasons why people are proud to be British. It provides outstanding care to more than a million of us
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2022-04-20
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The NHS remains one of the reasons why people are proud to be British. It provides outstanding care to more than a million of us every day, despite huge pressure caused by tight finances and an ageing population. At the last election, the British people were clear—a strong NHS needs a strong economy. So those who back Brexit need to explain what that would mean for the NHS.
I am not someone who believes we could not survive economically outside the EU. Nor do I believe that—as the world’s fifth largest economy—we would not eventually negotiate new trade deals. But we know that would involve years of economic uncertainty and that no country outside the EU has ever secured full, unfettered access to the single market.
Even the most
bullish
Brexiteers concede that the short-term impact on the British economy would be a period of uncertainty and volatility. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility has said that "there appears to be a greater consensus that a vote to leave would result in a period of potentially disruptive uncertainty while the precise details of the UK’s new relationship with the EU were negotiated". And therein lies the risk to the NHS of leaving.
Those wishing to leave might say this uncertainty is a price worth paying, but my concern is more practical. The NHS consumes the second biggest budget in Whitehall. Next year, thanks to this government’s success in turning around the economy, it will have the sixth biggest increase in its history.
Investing in the NHS will always be a priority for this government, but the simple fact is this: an economic shock would put pressure on our finances. According to the OECD, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy all cut health spending per head following the economic crisis.
Of course, our economy is stronger and more resilient, but only in the last two weeks a series of studies from the likes of the London School of Economics, Oxford Economics and the CBI have shown that the impact of an exit could cost the UK more than 5% of the size of our economy.
This would inevitably mean less money for public services like the NHS. Those who want to leave need to explain how they could protect the NHS from this economic shock.
It is not just a question of the risk to the pounds in our pocket, but to the pounds in the NHS budget as well. We should not take that risk.
According to Paragraph 1, what is the author’s attitude toward Brexit?
选项
A、Contemptuous.
B、Appreciative.
C、Critical.
D、Indifferent.
答案
C
解析
本题是观点题。根据题干定位至首段。题干中的Brexit应理解为“英国退出欧盟,脱欧”。该段指出,NHS(国民医疗保健体系)在面对压力和人口老龄化时,为人们提供卓越的服务,人们清楚地认识到一强大的国民医疗保健体系需要强大的经济,那些支持脱欧的人们需要认识到这一点。这些语句的言外之意是“脱欧会损害英国经济,因而损害国民医疗保健体系”。因此,作者对于英国脱欧的态度是“不赞成的”或“批评的”。故答案选C。A项 “鄙视的”,表述过于极端,故排除;B项“欣赏的”与文章所表述的意思相反,故排除;作者在首段中明确的表达了自己的评价和态度,故排除D项“冷淡的”。
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