\"There should be forces in society who should be concerned about the budget, but they shouldn't be functioning simultaneously as doctors,\" said Dr. Martin Samuels at a Boston hospital. He said doctors risked losing the trust of patients if they told patients, \"I'm not going to do what I think is best for you because I think it's bad for the healthcare budget in Massachusetts. \"
59. What risk do doctors see in their dual role as patient care providers and financial overseers?
A. They may be involved in a conflict of interest. B. They may be forced to divide their attention. C. They may have to use less effective drugs. D. They may lose the respect of patients.
在这段话中,不能选A 的原因是虽然第一句话中提到了冲突,但是是潜在冲突,而在A选项中为利益冲突;Dr.在句中既可表示博士也可表示医生;而选D 的原因是因为Dr. Martin Samuels的话说明了这个观点。
一般来说,阅读在提出了一个观点后所跟着的引用某人的话,这个话一般是印证这个观点的。
译文:一些医生觉得,医疗服务提供者和医疗服务监督者的双重身份会带来一些潜在的冲突。“在社会上应该有关心医疗预算的人员,但他们不能像医生那样同时肩负着两种职责。”波士顿一家医院的马丁·萨缪尔斯医生如是说。他说,医生如果告诉病人,“我不会做对你最好的事,因为这对马萨诸塞州的医疗预算不利。”那么他就有可能失去病人的信任。
Still, some analysts say that there's a role for doctors to play in cost analysis because not many others are doing so. \"In some ways,\" said Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, \"it represents a failure of wider societyto take up the issue. \"
60. What do some experts say about doctors' involvement in medical cost analysis? A. It may add to doctors' already heavy workloads. B. It will help to save money for society as a whole.
C. It results from society's failure to tackle the problem.
D. It raises doctors' awareness of their social responsibilities.
这里的experts指的就是上文中的analysts,而Dr. Daniel Sulmasy得话就是印证上句中的analysts的观点。
译文:但还是有一些分析人士说,医生应当对费用进行考量,因为很少有其他人做这件事。(暗指社会对于这个问题的失败,下一句话的引用印证了这个观点。)“在某种意义上,”丹尼尔·苏马斯医生说,“这体现了社会在处理这个问题上的失败。”
Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty.
Obama is only the most prominent public figure to declare inequality Public Enemy No. 1 and the greatest threat to reducing poverty in America.
61. How does Obama view economic inequality?
A. It is the biggest obstacle to social mobility. B. It is the greatest threat to social stability. C. It is the No. 1 enemy of income growth.
D. It is the most malicious social evil of our time.
在这一题中,不能选C ,下划线部分的短语表明了enemy是对于public而言得,而threat是对于reducing poverty而言的,所以C中的income growth不成立;至于为什么选A,大概是因为排除了BCD,而原文虽然没有明说出A,但与A并无冲突的部分吧。
译文:不平等是危险的,不仅是因为在富人和穷人之间横亘着一个巨大的差距让人有不好的感受,更因为不平等本身会破坏社会的上升流动性,使穷人更难摆脱贫困。
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