单选题
By the end of the nineteenth century, cities were reimbursing private hospitals for their care of ______ patients and the public hospitals remained dependent on the tax dollars.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：四个选项的意思分别是：indigent穷困的，贫乏的； myriad无数的，endemic地方的；prevalent流行的。句意是，19世纪末，城市为私人医院里的贫困病人报销费用，而公立医院仍旧依靠税收。所以正确答案是A，如：All costs are paid by the state in morethan 90% of these cases because the defendant is indigent．(90％的案件成本是由州政府来支付的，因为被告都比较穷。)