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【题目】The National Health Service (NHS) 【1】(start) in 1948 to provide free health care for everyone. Before that, all doctors charged fees, so only those 【2】could afford them got medical care. Today, the NHS is still free. Nobody has to pay when they go and see a doctor or when they need an operation 【3】any other kind of hospital【4】(treat). It’s all paid for by taxes. However, there are lots of problems 【5】the present system. People don’t like paying high 【6】(tax) and so they often have to wait a long time before they get to see a doctor. Some people have to wait over a year 【7】they can have an operation. Some things are charged for now, like prescriptions (处方), eye tests and dental checkups. Thousands of doctors and nurses leave every year, complaining that they do too much work but earn 【8】(little) money than they deserve. Some people think 【9】system should be changed. They would like everybody 【10】(take) out health insurance and would like some parts of the service to be privatized.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】was started

【2】who

【3】or

【4】treatment

【5】with

【6】taxes

【7】before/so

【8】less

【9】the

【10】to take

【解析】本文主要叙述了国民健康服务的形式和出现的各种弊端，指出国民健康服务应该进一步的改进。

【1】“The National Health Service (NHS) ____1____(start) in 1948 to provide free health care for everyone. ”，由“ in 1948 ”可知是过去式，又因为“The National Health Service (NHS) ”和“start”为被动关系。故填was started 。

【2】“Before that, all doctors charged fees, so only those ____2____could afford them got medical care. ”，“those”是主语，“ got ”是谓语，因此“____2____could afford them ”只能做定语，修饰 those。故填who 。

【3】“Nobody has to pay when they go and see a doctor or when they need an operation ____3____any other kind of hospital___4___(treat). ”，“an operation”和“any other kind of hospital___4___(treat). ”是并列关系，故填or。

【4】“any other kind of hospital___4___(treat). ”，“any other kind of ”后要跟名词性质的词。故填treatment。

【5】“However, there are lots of problems ____5____the present system.”，“with the present system”做后置定语，修饰前面的“ lots of problems”。故填with。

【6】“People don’t like paying high ____6____(tax) ”，根据句意此处应该使用tax的复数形式。故填taxes。

【7】考查句子逻辑关系。“Some people have to wait over a year _____7_____they can have an operation. ”，根据句意可知前后俩句可以是因果关系，也可和“they often have to wait a long time before they get to see a doctor.”成并列关系。故填before/so。

【8】考查比较级。“complaining that they do too much work but earn ____8____(little) money than they deserve. ”，由“ than they deserve”可知此处应使用形容词的比较级。故填less。

【9】“ Some people think ____9____system should be changed. ”，这里用the system来特指前文所提到的系统。故填the。

【10】考查固定用法。“would like ”后跟动词不定式。故填to take。