考研英语新题型历年真题含答案.pdf

考研英语新题型历年真题（含答案）新题型全真试题(20052009年)Passage 1PartBDirections:In the following text,some sentences have been removed.For Questions 41-45,choose the mostsuitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks.There are two extra choices,which do not fit in any of the gaps.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Canadas premiers(the leaders of provincial governments),if they have any breath left aftercomplaining about Ottawa at their late July annual meeting,might spare a moment to dosomething,together,to reduce health-care costs.Theyre all groaning about soaring health budgets,the fastest-growing component of whichare pharmaceutical costs.41.E According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information,prescription drugcosts have risen since 1997 at twice the rate of overall health-care spending.Part of the increasecomes from drugs being used to replace other kinds of treatments.Part of it arises from new drugscosting more than older kinds.Part of it is higher prices.What to do?Both the Romanow commission and the Kirby committee on health care-tosay nothing of reports from other experts recommended the creation of a national drug agency.Instead of each province having its own list of approved drugs,bureaucracy,procedures andlimited bargaining power,all would pool resources,work with Ottawa,and create a nationalinstitution.42.C What does national mean?Roy Romanow and Senator Michael Kirbyrecommended a federal-provincial body much like the recently created National HealthCouncil.But“national”doesnt have to mean that.National”could mean interprovincial-provincescombining efforts to create one body.Either way,one benefit of a“national”organization would be to negotiate better prices,ifpossible,with drug manufacturers.Instead of having one province or a series of hospitals withina province-negotiate a price for a given drug on the provincial list,the national agency wouldnegotiate on behalf of all provinces.Rather than,say,Quebec,negotiating on behalf of seven million people,the national agencywould negotiate on behalf of 31 million people.Basic economics suggests the greater the potentialconsumers,the higher the likelihood of a better price.43.G Of course the pharmaceutical companies will scream.They like divided buyers;they can lobby better that way.They can use the threat of removing jobs from one province toanother.They can hope that,if one province includes a drug on its list,the pressure will causeothers to include it on theirs.They wouldnt like a national agency,but self-interest would leadthem to deal with it.A small step has been taken in the direction of a national agency with the creation of theCanadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment,funded by Ottawa and theprovinces.Under it,a Common Drug Review recommends to provincial lists which new drugsshould be included.Predictably,and regrettably,Quebec refused to join.A few premiers are suspicious of any federal-provincial deal-making.They(particularlyQuebec and Alberta)just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few,if any,stringsattached.Thats one reason why the idea of a national list hasnt gone anywhere while drug costskeep rising fast.44.F So,if the provinces want to run the health-care show,they should prove theycan run it,starting with an interprovincial health list that would end duplication,saveadministrative costs,prevent one province from being played off against another,and bargain forbetter drug prices.Premiers love to quote Mr.Romanows report selectively,especially the parts about morefederal money.Perhaps they should read what he had to say about drugs:A national drugagency would provide governments more influence on pharmaceutical companies in order toconstrain the ever-increasing cost of drugs.”45.B Or they could read Mr.Kirbys report:44the substantial buying power of such anagency would strengthen the public prescription-drug insurance plans to negotiate the lowestpossible purchase prices from drug companies.So when the premiers gather in Niagara Falls to assemble their usual complaint list,theyshould also get cracking about something in their jurisdiction that would help their budgets andpatients.AJ Quebecs resistance to a national agency is provincialist ideology.One of the firstadvocates for a national list was a researcher at Laval University.Quebecs Drug Insurance Fundhas seen its costs skyrocket with annual increases from 14.3 per cent to 26.8 per cent!B Or they could read Mr.Kirbys report:the substantial buying power of such an agencywould strengthen the public prescription-drug insurance plans to negotiate the lowest possiblepurchase prices from drug companies.C What does“national mean?Roy Romanow and Senator Michael Kirby recommended afederal-provincial body much like the recently created National Health Council.DJ The problem is simple and stark:health-care costs have been,are,and will continue toincrease faster than government revenues.EJ 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