单选题 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Unlike Britain, the US does not have a national health care service. The government does help pay for some medical care for people who are on low incomes and for old people, but most people buy insurance (保险) to help pay for medical care. The problem of those who cannot afford insurance is an important political subject.
In Britain, when people are ill, they usually go to the family doctors first. However, people in America sometimes go straight to an expert without seeing their family doctors first. Children are usually taken to a doctor who is an expert in the treatment of children. In Britain, if a patient needs to see a specialist doctor, their family doctor will usually recommend a specialist.
Doctors do not go to people's homes when they are ill. People always make appointments to see the doctor in the doctor's office. In a serious situation, people can call for an ambulance (救护车). In America, hospitals must treat all seriously sick patients, even if they do not have medical insurance. The government will then help pay for some of the cost of the medical care for them.
单选题 Some medical care is paid by the US government for ______.
  • A. people living in the country
  • B. non-government officials
  • C. people with insurance
  • D. the poor and the old
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】
单选题 Most people in the United States buy insurance ______.
  • A. to pay for their own medical care
  • B. to help to live on their low incomes
  • C. to improve their national health care service
  • D. to solve one of the important political problems
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题 What do British people usually do when they are ill?
  • A. They go to see their family doctor first.
  • B. They go to see a specialist doctor first.
  • C. They call a specialist doctor.
  • D. They call a family doctor.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题 In America, seriously sick patients will ______.
  • A. be treated if they have insurance
  • B. make an appointment with a specialist first
  • C. receive treatment even without insurance
  • D. normally go to see an expert for treatment
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】
单选题 Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
  • A. Types of Doctors in the United States
  • B. Health Care in the United States and Britain
  • C. Treatment of Sick Children in the United States
  • D. Medical Insurance in the United States and Britain
【正确答案】 B
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