公共英语考试

【单选题】 With which of the following statements would the author be likely to agree
A．Few patients are reluctant to object to the course of the treatment prescribed by a doctor or to question the cost of the services.
B．The more serious the illness of a patient, the less likely it is that the patient will object to the course of treatment prescribed or to question the cost of services.
C．The payer, whether insurance carrier or the government, is less likely to acquiesce to demands for payment when the illness of the patient is regarded as serious.
D．The payer makes the final decision as to whether the patient should receive expensive treatment.

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[解析] 本题考查事实细节。第二段最后一句说：只有极少数或非常精明的病人才会…，尤其是当病情被认为很严重时。[B]是这句话的同义转述；[A]选项可以理解为一个双重否定，“几乎没有病人不情愿反对…”也就是“病人们都愿意反对…”与原文意义不符，所以应被排除；全文只有第四段中有一处提到付账的人，并没有“病重就不大可能付款”的意思，排除[C]；选项[D]夸大了the payer的作用。 查看试题解析出处>>