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Most people would be 21 by the high quality of medicine 22 to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of

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问题     Most people would be 21 by the high quality of medicine 22 to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of 23 to the individual, a 24 a-mount of advanced technical equipment, and 25 effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must 26 in the courts if they 27 things badly.
    But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in 28 health care is organized and 29. 30 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 31 the less fortunate and the elderly.
    But even with this huge public part of the system, 32 this year will eat up 84. 5 billion dollars—more than 10 percent of the U. S. Budget—large number of Americans are left 33 These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits 34 income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.
    The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control 35 the health system. There is no 36 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 37 up. Two thirds of the population 38 covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want 39 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 40 general.
选项 A、Contrary
B、Opposed to
C、Averse
D、Objected
答案A
解析 此题属于语篇衔接与固定搭配题。contrary to表示“与…相反”，例如：Contrary toour expectations，he was eliminated in the first round．我们万万想不到，他第一轮就被淘汰了。根据上下文意思，本句提及医疗保障体系并不仅是一个自由竞争体系，下文讲到公众医疗保障体系已经与私人保障体系结合在一起了，根据逻辑推理，选项[A]Contrary符合题意。选项[B]Opposed to不能再与句中的to连用}选项[C]Averse表示“反对的，嫌恶的，不愿意的”；选项[D]Objected与to连用，意为“反对，不赞同”。
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