- 阅读理解A
题干：Everyone，itseems，hasahealthproblem.AfterpouringbillionsintotheNationalHealthService,Britishpeoplemoanaboutdirtyhospitals,longwaitsandwastedmoney.InGermanythenewchancellor,AngelaMerkel,isunderfireforsuggestingchangingthefinancingofitshealthsystem.Canada’snewConservativePrimeMinister，StephenHarper，madeabigfussduringtheelectionaboutreducingthecountry’slengthymedicalqueues.Acrosstherichworld，affluence，ageingandadvancingtechnologyaredrivinguphealthspendingfasterthanincome.ButnowherehasabiggerhealthproblemthanAmerica.Soaringmedicalbillsaresqueezingwages,swellingtheranksoftheuninsuredandpushinghugefirmsandperhapseventhegovernmenttowardsbankruptcy.Ford’sannouncementthisweekthatitwouldcutupto30,000jobsby2012wasasmuchasignofits“legacy”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.
题目：In the author's opinion, America’s health system is_____. - A 、inefficient
- B 、feasible
- C 、unpopular
- D 、successful
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
推理题。根据题干中的信号词America’s health system定位到文章第三、第四段。第三段第二、第三句指出，美国在医疗上的花费大约是发达国家平均水平的两倍, 但是，美国是唯一一个不提供全民医疗保险的发达国家。第四段最后一句指出，美国医疗体系的效率低得惊人。因此，A选项为正确答案，inefficient对应文中的shocking inefficiencies。
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