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In talks about reducing the nation’s exploding health care costs, the word "rationing" strikes fear into the hearts of both pati

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问题     In talks about reducing the nation’s exploding health care costs, the word "rationing" strikes fear into the hearts of both patients and doctors. Why, many people ask, shouldn’t the richest country in the world spend【C1】______is necessary to protect and preserve its citizens’ health? This is the philosophy【C2】______which our health care system operates, and it【C3】______to bankrupt us without【C4】______improving our health. In more【C5】______than many people realize, doing more medically can be worse than doing less. Too【C6】______, costly, overly aggressive medical care causes more pain and suffering than if nothing had been done at all.
    Our【C7】______and demands of health care must change, and we must【C8】______with the incentives for tremendous waste that are now【C9】______into the system. A growing body of research【C10】______that about 30 percent of what is now spent on medical tests and procedures is wasteful,【C11】______to benefit anyone except those whose pockets are【C12】______as a result.【C13】______this waste is curbed, rationing will almost certainly become a reality in the not-too-distant future.
    Patients don’t want to be【C14】______a test or treatment that they or their doctors believe could improve their health or save their lives — no matter what the【C15】______. But【C16】______faith in a procedure’s【C17】______is not enough. Each medical decision should be based on the best available evidence,【C18】______with the doctor’s best clinical judgment about what is right for each patient. Only then can we【C19】______the current practice of doing whatever is possible, no matter what the【C20】______of success.
【C14】
选项 A、declined
B、denied
C、deprived
D、defied
答案B
解析 本题考查动词用法+上下文语义。空格所在部分为不定式的被动式短语，还原为主动式后填入的动词需使用～sb sth的双宾语结构。符合此用法的为deny，代入文中表示“患者们不想被拒绝(即，不想错过)任何可能改善他们病情的检验或治疗”，文意通顺，也符合上文作者指出的公众对医疗系统的期望和要求，为正确项。注意de—cline代入需使用主动语态don’t want to decline…；deprive代入需加出介词of。
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