在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Any country has good reason to want its citizens to be as healthy as possible, since one of its greatest resources is an active population. No country wants its people to suffer unnecessarily from ill health. 
This was the kind of thinking which led to the introduction of a health service in many countries. In Britain this has developed into a “Welfare State” in which all citizens, rich and poor alike, can get most health treatment free. The money for this is partially raised by contributions from employers and employees. 
As three decades have shown, such automatic arrangements are not always ideal and there are arguments for and against the Health Service. The number of patients treated every year and the cost of treatment are much greater than was estimated. This means that the people who work for the Health Service—doctors, nurses and other hospital staff—have much more routine work to do and as a result they have little time for preventive medicine. The Health Service does need more staff—a need that can only be met if more money is made available to it. 
However, a powerful argument for the Health Service is that many people are able to receive expensive treatment which they could never afford themselves. Sometimes this free treatment is abused and people visit their doctors when they don’t really need to. Because they have so many patients, doctors cannot spend as long with each one as they would like, and some people prefer to pay for private treatment so that their doctors can give them more time. In fact, some wealthy people feel that they should pay, and so free more money for treatment to others. 
46. In the author’s view, Britain is a Welfare State in that ______. 
A. all citizens are entitled to a free medical treatment in some sense 
B. poor, unlike the rich, could enjoy free medical treatment 
C. health service is highly developed in Britain 
D. Britain doesn’t allow its people to suffer unnecessarily from ill health 
47. We can infer from the passage that ______. 
A. the Health Service is introduced to many other countries by Britain 
B. the Health Service has been introduced and developed for 30 years in Britain 
C. an active population is the greatest resource in Britain 
D. all citizens in Britain have a good opinion of the Health Service 
48. The best title for the passage would be ______. 
A. A Welfare State 
B. Importance of the Health Service 
C. Disadvantages of the Health Service 
D. The Health Service 
49. The author mentions that some wealthy people prefer to pay for private treatment because ______. 
A. their doctors can give them more time leave from work 
B. those doctors have better medical instruments 
C. they might save some money for the poor 
D. their doctors have a stronger sense of responsibility for the patients 
50. The word “abused” (Par. 4) means ______. 
A. destroyed B. used in wrong way 
C. ignored D. wasted 

【单选题】According to the passage, physical exercise can make people ______.
A．stronger and more intelligent
B．more intelligent and more open-minded
C．more open-minded and healthier
D．healthier and stronger

【单选题】The large size and roughly circular shape of the Pacific made some scientists think that it ______ a hole left when the moon separated from the earth.
A．used to be
B．would have been
C．might have been
D．should have been

【单选题】The union threatened a strike but called it ____ at the last minute.
A．off
B．out
C．back
D．up

【单选题】Speaker A. Mr. Carson, Dr. Brown will have to change your appointment to tomorrow at the same time. He's still waiting for a flight out of New York.Speaker B: ______
A．Oh, well, thank you for calling. I'll see him in his office then.
B．I'm sorry to hear that his flight is delayed.
C．But are you sure he will be in his office at that time
D．Yes. That's quite understandable.

【单选题】The tremendous heat at a star's core, ______ tremendous gravity, joins the nuclei of hydrogen atoms.
A．combined with
B．having combined with
C．combining with
D．being combined to

【单选题】In country after country, talk of nonsmoker’s right is in the air. While a majority of countries have taken little (51) no action yet, some 30 nations have introduced legislated steps to control smoking. Many laws have been introduced in other countries to (52) clear the air for nonsmokers, or to cut cigarette consumption.
Smoking is harmful (53) the health of people. World governments should conduct serious campaigns against it. (54) on cigarette advertisements, plus health warnings on packages and ban on public smoking in certain places, (55) as theaters, cinemas and restaurants, are the most popular tools used by nations in (56) of nonsmokers or in controlling smoking.But world attention is also focusing on another step (57) will make the smoker increasingly self-conscious and uncomfortable about his habit. Great efforts should be made to (58) young people especially of the dreadful consequences of taking up the habit.And cigarette price should be raiseD、
In the long run, (59) is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether but many people are not (60) for such drastic action.
A、that B、this C、there D、here

【单选题】She brought back the faulty microwave oven to ______ the claim of the adviser.
A．contradict
B．reverse
C．refute
D．rectify

【单选题】______ that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is still needed in a civilized country
A．How does it come
B．How it comes
C．How did it come about
D．How did it come

【单选题】The gender gap needs to be closed because ______.
A．it isn't fair that boys are allowed to use computers all the time
B．there isn't enough money for upgrading computers
C．most of the causes may boil down to a question of money
D．the ability to use computers is important in today's world