2008年度全国职称外语等级考试试卷及答案（理工类A级）_5

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What, S Lacking in"Sicko"?

When it comes to economicdecisions, there are always trade-offs（取舍）.Gain one thing and you lose something else. _________(46)

The central argument of MichaelMoore's movie "Sicko"--that the cure to the nation's health care problems is asingle-payer system--is hardly novel and is certainly worth consideration, whetheror not you agree with it. But in comparing the American system withsingle-payer plans of other countries-Britain,France, Canada and Cuba Mr. Mooreleft out the trade-offs, characterizing those countries as health careparadises. ___________(47) Kurt Loder, the film critic who is best known as theanchor（主持人）of "MTV News", wrote a critique（批评）of the film for MTV's website. "Sicko," hesaid, "does a real service" in portraying（描绘）victimsof American insurance companies'--like the people, who died because their onlytreatment options were considered "experimental" and therefore not covered. _______(48)

When" governments attempt toregulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimiteddemand for it, they're inevitably forced to ration treatment.

Mr. Loder asserted. ________(49)Mr.Loder cited the short film "Dead Meat," which presents anecdotes（轶事）of failure In the Canadian single-payersystem in its one-sidedness, "Dead Meat", might have made for a nice doublefeature with "Sicko," and left movie-goers with a more complete understandingOf the complications of deciding on a health care system _____________(50)

This all makes an otherwise "emotionallycompelling film not necessarily an intellectually satisfying one," wrote DarrenBarefoot, a Canadian blogger. （博客作者）.

　　A　Thisis particularly true in health care, a market in which scarce（稀罕的）goods are ridiculously expensive, but neededby everybody

　　B　Mr.Moore also decided to ignore problems in other countries, like France's high taxesand Britain' S cash-short hospitals

　　C　Butthe film as a whole, he concluded, is "breathtakingly meretricious（似是而非的）," in large part because of itscharacterizations of other countries' health care systems.

　　D　Theproblems have been noticed-and criticism is coming not just from Mr. Moore'sdetractors（诋毁者）.

　　E　Heticked off a number of negative statistics to counter the positive ones offeredby Mr. Moore

　　F　Healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness

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