高中英语 Unit 2 Witnessing time同步练习7 牛津译林版选修9.docVIP

Unit 2 Witness time 一、完形填空 Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the 1 roles of producer or “provider” and purchaser or “consumer” in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a(n) 2 buyer with various inducements (引诱) of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Such condition, 3 , is not common in most of the health-care industry. 　　In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of therelationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a physician—and even then there may be no real choice– it is the physician who usually makes all significant 5 decisions: whether the patient should return “next Wednesday,” whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is a rare and experienced patient who will 6 such decisions made by experts or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as 7 . 　　This is particularly in relation to hospital care. The physician must give evidence of the 9 for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be allowed to leave. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor’s judgments that are 10 . Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the physician who is the real “consumer.” As a consequence, the 11 represents the “power center” in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration. 　　Although usually there are in this situation four recognizable participants — the physician, the hospital, the patient, and