- 閱讀理解A
題干：Everyone，itseems，hasahealthproblem.AfterpouringbillionsintotheNationalHealthService,Britishpeoplemoanaboutdirtyhospitals,longwaitsandwastedmoney.InGermanythenewchancellor,AngelaMerkel,isunderfireforsuggestingchangingthefinancingofitshealthsystem.Canada’snewConservativePrimeMinister，StephenHarper，madeabigfussduringtheelectionaboutreducingthecountry’slengthymedicalqueues.Acrosstherichworld，affluence，ageingandadvancingtechnologyaredrivinguphealthspendingfasterthanincome.ButnowherehasabiggerhealthproblemthanAmerica.Soaringmedicalbillsaresqueezingwages,swellingtheranksoftheuninsuredandpushinghugefirmsandperhapseventhegovernmenttowardsbankruptcy.Ford’sannouncementthisweekthatitwouldcutupto30,000jobsby2012wasasmuchasignofits“l(fā)egacy”health-carecostsasoftheillsofthecarindustry.Pushedbypollsthatshowhealthcareisoneofhismaindomesticproblemsandbyforecastsshowingthattheretiringbabyboomers(生育高峰期出生的人）willcrushthegovernment'sfinances,GeorgeBushistounveilareformplaninnextweek'sstate-of-the-unionaddress.America’shealthsystemisunlikeanyother.TheUniteStatespends16%ofitsGDPonhealth,aroundtwicetherich-countryaverage,equivalentto$6,280foreveryAmericaneachyear.Yetitistheonlyrichcountrythatdoesnotguaranteeuniversalhealthcoverage.Thankstoanaccidentofhistory，mostAmericansreceivehealthinsurancethroughtheiremployer,withthegovernmentpickingupthebillforthepoorandtheelderly.Thiscurioushybrid(混合物）certainlyhasitsstrengths.Americanshavemorechoicethananybodyelse，andtheirhealth-caresystemismuchmoreinnovative.Europeans’billscouldbemuchhigherifAmericanmedicinewerenotdoingmuchoftheirResearchandDevelopment(R&D)forthem.Buttherearealsohugeweaknesses.Theonemostoftencited-especiallybyforeigners-isthearmyofuninsured.Some46millionAmericansdonothavecover.Inmanycasesthatisoutofchoiceand，iftheyfallseriouslyill，hospitalshavetotreatthem.Butitisstilldeeplyunequal.Andtherearealsoshockinginefficiencies：bysomemeasures,30%ofAmericanhealthspendingiswasted.Thenthereisthequestionofstatesupport.ManyAmericansdisapproveofthe“socializedmedicine”ofCanadaandEurope.Infact,evenifmuchoftheadministrationisdoneprivately,around60%ofAmerica'shealth-carebillendsupbeingmetbythegovernment.Proportionately，theAmericanstatealreadyspendsasmuchonhealthastheOECD(OrganizationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopment)average,andthatshareissettogrowasthebaby-boomersrunuptheirMedicareandevermoreemployersavoidprovidinghealth-carecoverage.Americais,ineffect,headingtowardsaversionofsocializedmedicinebydefault.
題目：Ford’s announcement of cutting up to 30, 000 jobs by 2012 indicates that Ford_____. - A 、has the biggest health problem of the car industry
- B 、has made profits from its health-care legacy
- C 、has accumulated too heavy a health-care burden
- D 、owes a great deal of debt to its employees
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
推理題。根據(jù)題干定位到第二段第三句Ford's announcement… industry, 這句話的意思是“福特宣布到2012年縮減的職位將達(dá)到30 000個(gè)，這既是汽車(chē)工業(yè)弊病的征兆, 也是醫(yī)療費(fèi)遺留問(wèn)題的跡象”。legacy意為“遺產(chǎn), 遺留問(wèn)題”，對(duì)應(yīng)于accumulated, 指的是日積月累留下的沉重的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用負(fù)擔(dān)，因此C選項(xiàng)為正確答案。
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