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1、ReadingComprehensionQuestions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage: ThegoodnewsaboutBritain’sNationalHealthService(NHS)isthatitgivesfreemedicalhelptoeveryonewhoneedsit.Sickpeopledon’thavetopaytoseethedoctor,ortostayinhospital,andtheyonlypaypartofthecostoftheirmed
2、icines.ThebadnewsisthattheNHSisalwaysrunningoutofmoney.TheBritishgovernmentspendsevenlessonhealththantheAmericangovernment.AndintheUSAsickpeoplealsohavetopayeverytimetheyseeadoctor.TheNHShasbeenadmiredandenjoyedbyBritishpeoplesince1946whenitstarted.Theideathen
3、wastolookafterpeople“fromthecradletothegrave”.Freemedicinewaspartofthe“welfarestate”,whichgavefreeeducationtotheyoung,moneytotheunemployed,andpensionstotheold. Slowly,astheyearspass,problemshavegrownup.Governmentsarefindingthatthebillsaregettingbiggerandbigge
4、r.In1982,£14,000millionwasspentonhealth.Onereasonforthisisthattherearemanymoreoldpeoplenowthantherewerein1946.FortypercentofNHSmoneygoestolookingaftertheold.SomepeoplesaythattheNHSisaluxuryBritaincannotafford.Theywanttobringbackmoreprivatemedicine,forwhichpeop
5、lewouldpay.Freemedicine,theysay,shouldbegivenonlytothepoor.Otherpeople,includingmanydoctors,disagree.Everyone,theysay,hastherighttothesamemedicalhelp.Inatwo-partsystem,therichwouldalwaysgetthebest.Thiswouldnotbefair.PeoplealsodisagreeabouthowNHSmoneyshouldbesp
6、ent.Should£15,000bespentoneachhearttransplantoperation,whentherearenotenoughbedsforthousandsofoldpeopleinpain?ShouldabortionsbepaidforbytheNHS?Shouldmoremoneybespentonthementallyill?Shouldn’tdoctorsandnursesbebetterpaid? Thequestionsgoonandon—butsodoestheNHS.
7、AndmillionsofBritishpeoplearethankfulthatit’sthere.1.InBritainsickpeoplehavetopaysomemoneyto__________.A.seeadoctorB.stayinahospitalC.getsomemedicineD.haveanoperation2.InBritainmoremoneyisspentonhealththanbeforebecause__________.A.morepeoplegetillB.therearemor
8、eoldpeopleC.medicinesbecomemoreexpensiveD.doctorsandnursesarebetterpaid3.SomepeoplewanttohavemoreprivatemedicineinBritainbecausethey__________.A.don’ttrusttheNHSB.wantbettermedical
