administer respectable massive restore raise 5. Economic growth has averaged a ___________ 2.5 percent.

A.adapt

B.administer

C.adopt

D.allocate

A.实施；掌管

B.行政机关，管理部门

C.行政大臣

D.牧师

A.行政机关，管理部门

B.行政大臣

C.实施；掌管

D.牧师

A.管理

B.用药

C.演说

D.优势

E.承认

A.展出者；显示者

B.管理; 治理（国家）; 给予; 执行

C.管理的，行政的

D.广告商；广告撰写员

r of mine，found a lump in his stomach．He had a surgeon explore the area，and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer． He went home the next day，closed his practice，and never set foot in a hospital again．He focused on spending time with family and feeling as good as possible．Several months later，he died at home．He got no chemotherapy，radiation，or surgical treatment．Medicare didn’tspend much on him． It’s not a frequent topic of discussion，but doctors die，t00．And they don’t die like the rest of us．What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans，but how little．Of course，doctors don’t want to die；they want to live．But they know enough about modern medicine to know its limits．Almost all medical professionals have seen what we call“futile care”being performed on people．That’s when doctors bring the cutting edge of technology to bear on a grievously ill person near the end of life．The patient will get cut open，perforated with tubes，hooked up to machines，and assaulted with drugs．I cannot count the number of times fellow physicians have told me，in words that vary only slightly．“Promise me if you find me like this that you’ll kill me．” How has it come to this—that doctors administer so much care that they wouldn’t want for themselves？The simple，or not—s0—simple，answer is this：patients，doctors，and the system． To see how patients play a role，imagine a scenario in which someone has lost consciousness and been admitted to an emergency room，and shocked and scared family members find themselves caught up in a maze of choices．When doctors ask if they want“everything”done．they answer yes．Then the nightmare begins．Feeding into the problemare unrealistic expectations of what doctors can accomplish．For example，many people think of CPR as a reliable lifesaver when，in fact，the results are usually poor． But of course it’s not just patients making these things happen．Doctors play an enabling role，too．The trouble is that even doctors who hate to administer futile care must find a way to address the wishes of patients and families．Imagine，once again，the emergency room with those grieving family members．They do not know the doctor．Establishing trust and confidence under such circumstances is a very delicate thing．People are prepared to think the doctor is acting out of base motives，trying to save time，or money，or effort，especially if the doctor is advising against further treatment. It's easy to find fault with both doctors and patients in such stories，but in many ways all the parties are simply victims of a larger system that encourages excessive treatment.In some unfortunate cases，doctors use the fee．for-service model to do everything they can，no matter how pointless．to make money．More commonly，though，doctors are fearful of litigation and do whatever they’re asked to avoid geeing in trouble． The real problem the author is concerned about in this article is________．

A.the overtreatment for dying patients

B.the different attitude of doctor and patients toward death

C.the disproportionately high medicare expenditure in America

D.the unequal and non．transparent doctor—patient relationship

请根据以下内容回答下列各题 Insurance (保险)is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone isexposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that hisproperty can be damaged by fire; the ship-owner knows that his vessel may belost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at any early age and leavehis family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire norevery vessel lost at sea. If these persons, each put a small sum into a pool,there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer loss. In otherwords, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. Thisis the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contribution are known as insuredand those who administer(管理)the pool of contributionsas insurers. The legal basis of all insurance is thepolicy. This is a printed form. of contract on stout paper of the best quality.It states that in return for the regular payment by the insured of a named sumof money, called the pre- mium(保险费), which is usually paid every year, the insurer will pay a sum ofmoney or compensation for loss, if the risk or event insured against actuallyhappens. The premium for an insurance naturally depends upon how likely therisk is to happen, as suggested by past experience, ff companies fix theirpremiums too high, there will be more to make the premium too low, they willlose money and may even have to drop out of busi- ness. So the ordinary forcesof supply and demand keep premiums at a level satisfactory to both the insurerand the insured. According to the writer, insurance is possible because__________

A.only a small proportion of the insured sufferloss

B.only insured people suffer loss

C.nearly everyone suffers loss

D.everyone at some time suffers loss

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship- owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and leave his family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire, not every vessel lost at sea. If these persons each put a small sum into a pool(集体储备金), there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer loss. In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who administer the pool of contributions are insurers.

The legal basis of all insurance is the policy. This is a printed form. of contract on stout paper of the best quality. It states that in return for the regular payment by the insured of a named sum of money, called the premium which is usually paid every year, the insurer will pay a sum of money or compensation for loss, if the risk or event insured against actually happens.

The premium for an insurance naturally depends upon how likely the risk is to happen, as suggested by past experience. If companies fix their premiums too high, there will be more competition in their branch of insurance and they may lose business. On the other hand if they make the premium too low, they will lose money and may even have to drop out of business. So the ordinary forces of supply and demand keep premiums at a level satisfactory to both the insurer and the insured.

According to the passage, insurance is possible because ______.

A．only a small proportion of the insured suffer loss

B．only insured people suffer loss

C．nearly everyone suffers loss

D．everyone suffers loss