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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：It is implied in the passage that_____. - A 、America’s health system has its strengths and weaknesses
- B 、the US government pays medical bills for the poor and the elderly
- C 、some 46 million Americans do not have medical insurance
- D 、Europeans benefit a lot from America’s medical research
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
推理題。本題答題的依據為第四段第三句Europeans’ bills… for them, 這句話的意思是“如果美國醫(yī)藥界沒有為歐洲做大量的研發(fā)，歐洲人的醫(yī)療費會高更多”。因此可以推斷, 歐洲人從美國的醫(yī)療研究中獲益匪淺, D選項為正確答案。A、B和C選項都是原文中直接出現的，無需推理得出。
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