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　　Most people would be (1) by the high quality ofmedicine available (2) to most Americans. There is a lotof specialization, a great deal of (3) to the individual, a(4) amount of advanced technical equipment, and (5)effort not to make mistakes because of the financial riskwhich doctors and hospitals must (2) in the courts ifthey (7) things badly.But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is theway in (8) health care is organized and (9).(10) to public belief it is not just a freecompetition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system,because private care was simply not (11) the less fortunate and the elderly.But even with this huge public part of the system,(12) this year will eat up 84.5 billiondollars——more than 10 per cent of the U.S. Budget—large numbers of Americansare left (13). These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who failto meet the strict limits (14) income fixed by a government trying to make savingswhere in can.The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control (15) the health system.There is no (16) to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services, other thanwhat the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices haveclimbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all theunfortunate person concerned can do is (17) up.Twothirds of the population (18) covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge asmuch as they want (19) that the insurance company will pay the bill.The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problems facingthe country. In 1981 the country’s health bill climbed 15.9 per cent——about twice asfast as prices (20) general.

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　　2. [A] available [B] attainable [C] achievable [D]. amenable

　　3. [A] extension [B] retention [C] attention [D]. exertion

　　4. [A] countless [B] titanic [C] broad [D] vast

　　5. [A] intensive [B] absorbed [C] intense [D] concentrated

　　6. [A] run into [B] come into [C] face [D] defy

　　7. [A] treat [B] deal [C] maneuver [D] handle

　　8. [A] which [B] that [C] what [D] when

　　9. [A] to finance [B] financed [C] the finance [D] to be financed

　　10. [A] Contrary [B] Opposed [C] Averse [D] Objected

　　11. [A] looking for[B] looking into [C] looking after [D] looking over

　　12. [A] which [B] what [C] that [D] it

　　13. [A] over [B] out [C] off [D] away

　　14. [A] for [B] in [C] with [D] on

　　15. [A] over [B] on [C] under [D] behind

　　16. [A] boundary [B] restriction [C] confinement [D] limit

　　17. [A] to pay [B] paying [C] pay [D] to have paid

　　18. [A] is being [B] are [C] have been [D] is

　　19. [A] knowing [B] to know [C] they know [D] known

　　20. [A] in [B] with [C] on [D] for