Health is more than just your_________ well - being .

A . height B . breadth C . depth D . length

M: It might be time to invest in a more recent model. Q: What does the man mean？ (14) A．The woman should buy a famous brand. B．The washing machine should have worked longer. C．The woman should consider buying a new one. D．The washing machine was not a good investment.

W: You'll never be able to get spare parts for it. It might be time to invest in a more recent model. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation about the washing machine？ (16) A．It should have lasted longer. B．The man should buy new parts for it. C．The man should consider buying a new one. D．It wasn't a good investment.

是 否

A.used to B.unwilling to C.able to D.glad to

A．firm B．company C．corporation D．enterprise

A．more than half of American companies would give up paying health care for their employees. B．company employees prefer to turn to exchanges for their professional services. C．debt ceiling would lead to an increase in the rate of unemployment. D．companies would put their retired employees under the roll for public health care.

A．A.being completed B．B.completed C．C.is completed D．D.have been completed

One major problem with any【B12】of health risks—especially life-threatening ones is that they【B13】enormously in their immediacy. For instance, AIDS If you get it—will probably be【B14】after a number of years. Cancer induced by smoking or【B15】to radiation, on the other hand, may take 20 to 30 years【B16】its fatal effects show【B17】. In making choices about health risks,【B18】, it is important to bear in【B19】the likely time lag between taking a risk and【B20】its consequences. 【B1】 A．entirely B．chiefly C．exclusively D．mostly

A．delicious B．unpalatable C．profitable D．furious

Although U.S. hospitals provide outstanding research and frequently excellent care, they also exhibit the classic attributes of insufficient organizations: increasing costs and decreasing use. The average cost of a hospital stay in 1987—$3,850—was more than double the 1980 cost. A careful government analysis published in 1987 revealed the inflation of hospital costs, over and above general price inflation, as a major factor in their growth, even after allowances were made for increases in the population and in intensity of care. While the rate of increase for hospital costs was 2796 greater than that for all medical care and 163% greater than that for all other goods and services, demand for hospital services fell by 34%. But hospitals seemed oblivious of the decline: during this period the number of hospital beds shrank only by about 396, and the number of full-time employees grew by more than 240,000. After yet another unexpectedly high hospital-cost increase last year, one puzzled government analyst asked: "Where's the money going？" Much of the increase in hospital costs—amounting to $180 billion from 1965 to 1987—went to duplicating medical technology available in nearby hospitals and maintaining excess beds. Modern Healthcare, a leading journal in the field, recently noted that "anecdotes of hospitals' unnecessary spending on technology abound". Medical technology is very expensive. An operating room outfitted to perform. open-heart surgery costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. From 1982 to 1989 the number of hospitals with open-heart-surgery facilities grew by 33%, and the most rapid growth occurred among smaller and moderate-sized hospitals. This growth was worrisome for reasons of both costs and quality. Underused technology almost inevitably decreases quality of care. In medicine, as in everything else, practice makes perfect. For example, most of the hospitals with the lowest mortality rates for coronary-bypass surgery perform. at least fifty to a hundred such procedures annually, and in some cases many more; the majority of those with the highest mortality rates perform. fewer than fifty a year. According to the passage, the American health-care system______. A．is working smoothly B．is the best system in the world C．is not working efficiently D．in on the point of collapses

对 错

对 错

Other members of the autoworker’s family, however, might be less inclined to trade the present for the past. His retired parents would certainly have had less economic security back then. Throughout much of the 1960s, more than a quarter of men and women age 65 and older lived below the poverty level, compared to less than 10 percent in 2010. In most states, his wife could not have taken out a loan or a credit card in her own name. In 42 states, a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband. And nowhere did a wife have legal protection against family violence. Most black workers would not want to return to a time when, on average, they earned 40 percent less than their white counterparts (职位相对的人), while racially restrictive agreements largely prevented them from buying into the suburban neighborhoods being built for white working-class families. Today, new problems have emerged in the process of resolving old ones, but the solution is not to go back to the past. Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families. The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challenges. According to a recent poll, more than 80 percent of Americans believe that their current family is as close as the one in which they grew up, or closer. Finding ways to improve the lives of the remaining 20 percent seems more realistic than trying to restore an imaginary golden age. 61. What do we learn about American autoworkers in 1950？ A) They had less job security than they do today. B) It was not too difficult for them to buy a house. C) Their earnings were worth twice as much as today. D) They were better off than workers in other industries. 62. What does the author say about retired people today？ A) They invariably long to return to the golden past. B) They do not depend so much on social welfare. C) They feel more secure economically than in the past. D) They are usually unwilling to live with their children. 63. Why couldn’t black workers buy a house in a white suburban neighborhood？ A) They lacked the means of transportation. B) They were subjected to racial inequality. C) They were afraid to break the law. D) They were too poor to afford it. 64. What is the result of no-fault divorce？ A) Divorce is easier to obtain. B) Domestic violence is lessened. C) It causes little pain to either side. D) It contributes to social unrest. 65. What does the author suggest society do？ A) Get prepared to face any new challenges. B) Try to better the current social security net. C) Narrow the gap between blacks and whites. D) Improve the lives of families with problems.

A．slumber B．shake C．insane D．shudder