高中英语阅读训练习题及答案

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1、A(words:311&225)TheBritishNationalHealthService(NHS)wassetupin1948andwasdesignedtoprovideequalbasichealthcare,freeofcharge,foreverybodyinthecountry.Beforethistimehealthcarehadtobepaidforbyindividuals.NowadayscentralgovernmentisdirectlyresponsiblefortheNHSalthoug

2、hitisadministeredbylocalhealthauthorities.About83percentofthecostofthehealthserviceispaidforbygeneraltaxationandtherestismetfromtheNationalInsurancecontributionspaidbythoseinwork.Therearechargesforprescriptionanddentalcarebutmanypeople,suchaschildren,pregnantwom

3、en,pensioners,andthoseonIncomeSupport,areexemptfrompayment.Mostpeopleareregisteredwithalocaldoctor(aGP,orGeneralPractitioner)whoisincreasinglylikelytobepartofahealthcentrewhichservesthecommunity.AsthepopulationofBritaingetsolder,thehospitalservicenowtreatsmorepa

4、tientsthanbefore,althoughpatientsspendlesstimeinhospital.NHShospitals—manyofwhichwerebuiltinthenineteenthcentury—providenearlyhalfamillionbedsandhaveover480,000medicalstaff.TheNHSisthebiggestemployerinEuropealthoughBritainactuallyspendslessperpersononhealthcaret

5、hanmostofherEuropeanneighbours.Duringthe1980stherewasconsiderablerestructuringoftheHealthServicewithanincreasedemphasisonmanagerialefficiencyandtheprivatizationofsomeservices(forexample,cleaning).Attheendofthe1980sthegovernmentintroducedproposalsforfurtherreform

6、oftheNHS,includingallowingsomehospitalstobeself-governing,andencouragingGPstocompeteforpatients.PatientswouldbeabletochooseandchangetheirfamilydoctormoreeasilyandGPswouldhavemorefinancialresponsibility.Thepoliticalquestionscontinueofhowmuchmoneyshouldbeprovidedt

7、osupporttheNHSandwhereitshouldcomefrom.41.Wecanknowfromthefirstparagraphthat______________.A.theoriginalaimoftheNHSwastoprovideequalbasichealthcareforeverybodyB.peopledidn’thavetopayforhealthcaresincetheNHSwassetupC.patientswerechargedforreceivinghealthcarebefor

8、e1948D.theNHSwasanorganizationwhichgavefreeadvicetovillagers42.WhatdoweknowabouttheNHS?A.It’smanagedbythecentralgovernment.B.ItscostismainlypaidforbytheNationalInsura