单选题
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
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these sorts of cruelties are mentally ill, but
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have been. After each, the national discussion quickly, but temporarily, turns toward the mental health services that may have
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to prevent another attack.
Mental illness usually is not as dangerous or dramatic.
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23 million Americans live with mental disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Very few of these men and women are
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mass-murderers; they need help for their own well-being and for that of their
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. The Affordable Care Act has significantly increased insurance coverage
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mental health care. But that may not be enough to expand 8 to insufficient mental-health-care resources.
Rep. Tim Murphy has a bill that would do so. The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act is more
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than other recent efforts to reform the system and perhaps has the brightest prospects in a divided Congress. The
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would reorganize the billions the federal government pours into mental health services. It would
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the way Medicaid pays for certain mental health treatments. It would fund mental health clinics that
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certain medical standards. And it would
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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
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Mr. Murphy"s approach as coercive and
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to those who need help. The government should not be expanding the system"s capability to hospitalize or impose treatment on those
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severe episodes, they say. It should instead be investing in community care that
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the need for more serious treatment.
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, for a small class who will not accept treatment between hospital visits or repeat arrests, they say, states have good reason to
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them to accept care, under judicial supervision. Mr. Murphy"s reform package may not prevent the next Sandy Hook.
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the changes would help relieve a lot of suffering that does not make the front page.
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析+上下文语义
[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】[考点] 名词辨析+短语搭配
[解析] 本句是对前一句的转折,其句意为“但是,那并不足以扩大不健全的心理健康保健资源的______”。将四个选项分别代人,只有B. access“进入;使用权;通路”符合题意,为正确答案。warning“警告”虽可与后面的to搭配,但其意为“对……的警告”不符合题意;demand“要求,需要”与to搭配时结构为demand sb. to do sth. 与此处结构不符;way“方式,道路”与to搭配时意为“通向……的路”也不符合题意,故排除。
【答案解析】[考点] 逻辑关系
[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。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析+上下文语义
[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。