- 閱讀理解A
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題目：The author uses the example of cancer patients to show that_____. - A 、medical resources are often wasted
- B 、doctors are helpless against fatal diseases
- C 、some treatments are too aggressive
- D 、medical costs are becoming unaffordable
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
推理題。作者舉出“癌癥病人”的例子是為了證明上文即第二段第三句所提出的論點：“由于有第三方支付我們的醫(yī)療費用，我們便要求用盡一切可能的醫(yī)療手段，即使它們毫無作用”。顯然作者這里要說明的是如果治療沒有作用仍然堅持進行，那么它其實是一種浪費，所以A選項正確。
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