单选题Directions:There are 10 questions in this part of the
test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or
phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique
economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the {{U}}
{{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}roles of producer or "provider" and purchaser
or "consumer" in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most sectors of the
economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a {{U}} {{U}} 2
{{/U}} {{/U}}buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility,
and it is the buyer who makes the {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
Where circumstances permit the buyer no choice because there is effectively only
one seller and the product is relatively {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}}
{{/U}}, government usually asserts monopoly and places the industry under price
and other regulations. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}of these
conditions prevails in most of the health-care industry. In the
health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the
ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. {{U}} {{U}} 6
{{/U}} {{/U}}an individual has chosen to see a physician-and even then there
may be no real choice-it is the physician who usually makes all significant
{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}decisions: whether the patient should
return "next Wednesday", whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is a rare
and sophisticated patient who will {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}}
{{/U}}such professional decisions or raise in advance questions about price,
especially when the disease is regarded as serious. This is
particularly significant in {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}to
hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization,
determine what procedures will be performed and announce when the patient may be
{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
【答案解析】本题要求填入一个能与介词in和to搭配构成固定短语且符合句意的名词。sequence意为“依次，逐一”，不能接to，故从语法角度上不合适；response意为“响应，反应”，contrast意为“对比”，可以与in和to构成短语，但in response to意为“对……做出反应”，in contrast to意为“与……形成对照”，均不符合句意。正确答案应选D项relation, in relation to意为“有关，涉及”，符合句意。
单选题
A. strengthened
B. discharged
C. recovered
D. operated
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】本题中，当recover“恢复，痊愈”和operate“做手术”用作不及物动词时，从意思角度看是符合文意的，但不符合语法方面的要求；strengthen意为“加强”，是及物动词，但与the patient不能搭配使用；只有discharge意为“允许……离开”，符合句意，是正确答案。to be discharged(from the hospital)意思是“出院”。