The country's inadequate mental health system gets the most attention after instances of mass violence that the nation has seen repeatedly over the past few months. Not all who【C1】______these sorts of cruelties are mentally ill, but 【C2】______ have been. After each, the national discussion quickly, but temporarily, turns toward the mental health services that may have 【C3】______to prevent another attack. Mental illness usually is not as dangerous or dramatic.【C4】_____23 million Americans live with mental disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Very few of these men and women are【C5】______mass-murderers; they need help for their own well-being and for that of their【C6】______. The Affordable Care Act has significantly increased insurance coverage 【C7】______ mental health care. But that may not be enough to expand 【C8】______ to insufficient mental-health-care resources. Tim Murphy has a bill that would do so. The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act is more 【C9】______ than other recent efforts to reform the system and perhaps has the brightest prospects in a divided Congress. The【C10】______would reorganize the billions the federal government pours into mental health services. It would【C11】______the way Medicaid pays for certain mental health treatments. It would fund mental health clinics that【C12】______certain medical standards. And it would【C13】______states to adopt policies that allow judges to order some severely mentally ill people to undergo treatment. Not everyone is satisfied. Some patients' advocates have【C14】______Mr. Murphy' s approach as coercive and【C15】______to those who need help. The government should not be expanding the system' s capability to hospitalize or impose treatment on those【C16】______severe episodes, they say. It should instead be investing in community care that【C17】______the need for more serious treatment.【C18】______, for a small class who will not accept treatment between hospital visits or repeat arrests, they say, states have good reason to【C19】______them to accept care, under judicial supervision. Mr. Murphy's reform package may not prevent the next Sandy Hook.【C20】______the changes would help relieve a lot of suffering that does not make the front page.
【答案解析】解析：此处的句意为“每一次暴力事件之后，全国性的讨论便很快但只是临时性地转向 心理健康服务，这样的心理服务往往可能______阻止另一次攻击。”由此可知，暴力事件 的发生受这种心理服务的影响较小，fail to do sth．意为“失败、未做成某事”，故C．failed “失败，不成功”符合题意，为正确答案。request“要求”与demand“要求，需求”不符合题 意，且这两个词不与to搭配；attempt“企图，尝试”可与to搭配，意为“尝试／试图做某 事”，不符合题意，故排除。
【答案解析】解析：此处的句意为“______，对于拒绝接受医院治疗或经常被拘留的小部分人来说， 政府有理由……”。本段的前半部分一直在介绍反对法案的声音，但此处后半句却出现 了states have good reason to…them to accept care的句子。可见，这是一个例外，是支持 政府采取强制措施的例子，与前文构成转折关系，故C．However“然而，可是”为正确答 案。Thus“因此”，And“而且”不符合语境；Because“因为”后直接跟句子，不加逗号，且其 含义不符合题意，故排除。
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【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：此处的句意为“……政府有理由——他们在司法监督下接受治疗”。根据前文 的分析，此处应为政府对病人的敦促或强制，故C．require“要求，命令”符合题意，为正确 答案。invite“邀请”在语气上不符合语境，应排除。政府从未禁止病人就医，故allow“允 许”不符合题意；refute“反驳，驳斥”后跟言论或人作宾语，但无refute sb．to do sth．的结 构，且在含义上不符合语境，故排除。