2008年度全国职称外语等级考试试卷及答案（理工类A级）
第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题, 每题2分, 共10分）
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What, S Lacking in"Sicko"?
When it comes to economic decisions, there are always trade-offs（取舍）. Gain one thing and you lose something else. _________(46)
The central argument of Michael Moore's movie "Sicko"--that the cure to the nation's health care problems is a single-payer system--is hardly novel and is certainly worth consideration, whether or not you agree with it. But in comparing the American system with single-payer plans of other countries-Britain, France, Canada and Cuba Mr. Moore left out the trade-offs, characterizing those countries as health care paradises. ___________(47) Kurt Loder, the film critic who is best known as the anchor（主持人）of "MTV News", wrote a critique（批评）of the film for MTV's website. "Sicko," he said, "does a real service" in portraying（描绘）victims of American insurance companies'--like the people, who died because their only treatment options were considered "experimental" and therefore not covered. _______(48)
When" governments attempt to regulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimited demand for it, they're inevitably forced to ration treatment.
Mr. Loder asserted. ________(49)Mr. Loder cited the short film "Dead Meat," which presents anecdotes（轶事）of failure In the Canadian single-payer system in its one-sidedness, "Dead Meat", might have made for a nice double feature with "Sicko," and left movie-goers with a more complete understanding Of the complications of deciding on a health care system _____________(50)
This all makes an otherwise "emotionally compelling film not necessarily an intellectually satisfying one," wrote Darren Barefoot, a Canadian blogger. （博客作者）.
A This is particularly true in health care, a market in which scarce（稀罕的）goods are ridiculously expensive, but needed by everybody
B Mr. Moore also decided to ignore problems in other countries, like France's high taxes and Britain' S cash-short hospitals
C But the film as a whole, he concluded, is "breathtakingly meretricious（似是而非的）," in large part because of its characterizations of other countries' health care systems.
D The problems have been noticed-and criticism is coming not just from Mr. Moore's detractors（诋毁者）.
E He ticked off a number of negative statistics to counter the positive ones offered by Mr. Moore
F Health care is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness