The American healthcare system has a unique problem with paperwork.The sheer number of participants-physicians,hospitals,clinics,insurance companies,patients--makes settling payments complicated,time-consuming and really expensive.The share of U.S.healthc
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The American healthcare system has a unique problem with paperwork.The sheer number of participants-physicians,hospitals,clinics,insurance companies,patients--makes settling payments complicated,time-consuming and really expensive.The share of U.S.healthcare spending devoted to administrative costs is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries.And it's a major reason the U.S.spends twice as much on healthcare.Some health clinics employ more clerks than care providers--not just to generate invoices but to send along the patient information insurers need to approve treatments,to dispute insurer decisions denying payment,to fix mistakes,to handle patients'questions,and on and on.For every I billion in revenue,the healthcare system employs the equivalent of 770 full-time people to settle the bills.That's almost eight times more than other industries.And doctors have to spend inordinate time dealing with red tape.Of course,if the U.S.were to magically switch to a single-payer healthcare system,these expenses would fall dramatically.The government would simply determine prices and write checks without dispute,as Medicare does for its direct beneficiaries.But such a change is neither realistic nor desirable in a country where half the population has employer-sponsored insurance.That said,it's still possible to trim administrative costs within the existing system.The best way to do so is for providers and insurers to standardize their billing practices and modernize their computer systems he federal government has long pushed for such efficiency.A 1996 law set some preliminary standards for the electronic processing of claims,payments and other transactions.But they weren't nearly enough,and insurers could still complicate invoices by requesting additional patient data.The HITECH Act of 2009 and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 gave providers further incentives to adopt electronic records and make them more uniform.Yet to a large extent,insurance companies continue to maintain distinct billing codes and torms,and providers still use separate computer systems for medical records and billing-making it im possible to automate claims processing.In this,healthcare stands apart from almost every other industry.Think of the way banks,for example,have standardized their operations to enable all customers to use the same ATMs and credit-card readers.The federal government needs to keep pushing for standardized electronic health systems,and also to change how healthcare prices are set.Bundled care and other alternatives to the fee-for-service model could greatly streamline billing.Patients have increasing cause to demand such change.With premiums,co-pays and deductibles rising,U.S.consumers now pay more for their health care than their employers do.Administrative inefficiency adds another layer of needless expense.Billing shouldn't have to be so complicated,or costly
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第1题：
共用题干
Health Care in the US
Health care in the US is well-known but very expensive.Paying the doctor's bill after a
major illness or accident can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the US,a person's company,not the government,pays for health insurance.
Employers have contracts with insurance companies,which pay for all or part of employees'
doctors' bills.
The amount that the insurance company will pay out to a patient differs wildly. It all depends
on what insurance the employer pays.The less the boss pays to the insurance company,the
more the employee has to pay the hospital each time he or she gets sick. In 2004,the average
worker paid an extra US$558 a year,according to a San Francisco report.
The system also means many Americans fall through the cracks（遭遗漏）.In 2004,
only 61 percent of the population received health insurance through their employers,
according to the report. The unemployed,self-employed,part-time workers and graduated
students with no jobs were not included,
Most US university students have a gap between their last day of school and their first
day on the job.Often,they are no longer protected by their parents' insurance because they
are now considered independent adults.They also cannot buy university health insurance because they
are no longer students.
Another group that falls through the gap of the US system is international students.All
are required to have health insurance and cannot begin their classes without it,But exact
policies（保险单）differ from school to school.
Most universities work with health insurance companies and sell their own standard plan
for students.Often,buying the school plan is required,but luckily it's also cheaper than
buying direct from the insurance company.The international students in the US work harder than the American students.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析： -
第2题：
共用题干
Health Care in the US
Health care in the US is well-known but very expensive.Paying the doctor's bill after a
major illness or accident can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the US,a person's company,not the government,pays for health insurance.
Employers have contracts with insurance companies,which pay for all or part of employees'
doctors' bills.
The amount that the insurance company will pay out to a patient differs wildly. It all depends
on what insurance the employer pays.The less the boss pays to the insurance company,the
more the employee has to pay the hospital each time he or she gets sick. In 2004,the average
worker paid an extra US$558 a year,according to a San Francisco report.
The system also means many Americans fall through the cracks（遭遗漏）.In 2004,
only 61 percent of the population received health insurance through their employers,
according to the report. The unemployed,self-employed,part-time workers and graduated
students with no jobs were not included,
Most US university students have a gap between their last day of school and their first
day on the job.Often,they are no longer protected by their parents' insurance because they
are now considered independent adults.They also cannot buy university health insurance because they
are no longer students.
Another group that falls through the gap of the US system is international students.All
are required to have health insurance and cannot begin their classes without it,But exact
policies（保险单）differ from school to school.
Most universities work with health insurance companies and sell their own standard plan
for students.Often,buying the school plan is required,but luckily it's also cheaper than
buying direct from the insurance company.The health care system in the US takes care of everyone in the country.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析： -
第3题：
Text 2 As lawmakers fight over what conditions insurance companies should be required to cover,other areas of health-care reform remain painfully neglected.One major example:How much should insurance companies pay for what they cover?Consumers rarely care about health-care prices beyond what they personally pay for deductibles,co-payments and prescription drugs.But insurance payments are crucial to understanding why health-care prices have gotten so out of control in the United States.A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine makes this abundantly clear:Hospital emergency departments across the country are prone to excessively overcharge patients with private insurance,the study found,demanding that patients pay-on average-more than four times what Medicare pays for typical emergency procedures.This is not the heritage of sound medicine.This is the outcome of an extremely complicated and disjointed health-care system-and it's not necessarily the result of greedy hospitals trying to milk large profits out of vulnerable populations.Instead,it's the result of messy provider networks-rife with discounts and confusing contracts,designed by insurance companies and providers to attract customers.There are policy solutions to correct this system.Maryland,for example,has long operated under an"all-payer system"in which everyone pays the same rate for the same treatment-set by an independent state agency.Under this system,Medicare pays higher rates for care than in other states,but in the long run,it saves money-to the tune of$319 million-because the payment system incentivizes hospitals to reduce the number of people they admit.In other words,it encourages payment for quality of care,not quantity.Health-care providers have an incentive to work more closely with nursing facilities to deliver preventive care.Physicians also work more closely with patients to reduce preventable complications and hospital readmissions,which have dropped in Maryland faster than the national average in recent years.This innovative approach to solving price disparities in health-care costs is refreshing,although what works in Maryland might not work everywhere else.But other states have also passed laws to reduce price variation in health care,particularly for uninsured and low-income patients who would be most harmed by surprise medical bills.Unfortunately,reform efforts led by Republicans in Congress will likely worry the health-care industry enough to threaten state-led initiatives.Uncertainty-especially in terms of what our insurance markets will look like a year from now-makes it difficult,if not impossible,for states to experiment with different policies.That's a shame,because that's where the exciting and innovative reforms are happening.
The wide variation in health-care prices is mainly caused by_____A.the vulnerable populations
B.the greedy hospitals
C.differences in treatment preferences
D.the disorganized provider networks答案：D解析：[信息锁定]第三段首先指出．这（This．指上一段提到的医院对私人保险患者收费高于联邦医疗保险患者，即医疗保健费用存在巨大差异）不是健全的医疗系统的遗产．而是极其复杂混乱的医疗保健系统的结果；继而指出这种混乱的系统并非贪婪的医院导致，而是混乱的医疗服务供应商网络的结果。由此可知，医疗保健费用的巨大差异根源于混乱的医疗服务供应商．D.正确。[解题技巧]A.、B.均源自第三段②句．其中A.由文意“这种医疗费用差异并非因贪婪医院从弱势群体身上榨取高额利润而致”曲解出“弱势群体（由于无力承担高昂费用而选择低廉费用）造成这种医疗费用的差异”，B.直接反向干扰；C.利用第二段末句!ypical emergency procedures（典型急诊手术）及常识“因治疗方式不同而医疗费用不同”没置干扰，而文中并未谈及治疗偏好问题。 -
第4题：
Text 2 As lawmakers fight over what conditions insurance companies should be required to cover,other areas of health-care reform remain painfully neglected.One major example:How much should insurance companies pay for what they cover?Consumers rarely care about health-care prices beyond what they personally pay for deductibles,co-payments and prescription drugs.But insurance payments are crucial to understanding why health-care prices have gotten so out of control in the United States.A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine makes this abundantly clear:Hospital emergency departments across the country are prone to excessively overcharge patients with private insurance,the study found,demanding that patients pay-on average-more than four times what Medicare pays for typical emergency procedures.This is not the heritage of sound medicine.This is the outcome of an extremely complicated and disjointed health-care system-and it's not necessarily the result of greedy hospitals trying to milk large profits out of vulnerable populations.Instead,it's the result of messy provider networks-rife with discounts and confusing contracts,designed by insurance companies and providers to attract customers.There are policy solutions to correct this system.Maryland,for example,has long operated under an"all-payer system"in which everyone pays the same rate for the same treatment-set by an independent state agency.Under this system,Medicare pays higher rates for care than in other states,but in the long run,it saves money-to the tune of$319 million-because the payment system incentivizes hospitals to reduce the number of people they admit.In other words,it encourages payment for quality of care,not quantity.Health-care providers have an incentive to work more closely with nursing facilities to deliver preventive care.Physicians also work more closely with patients to reduce preventable complications and hospital readmissions,which have dropped in Maryland faster than the national average in recent years.This innovative approach to solving price disparities in health-care costs is refreshing,although what works in Maryland might not work everywhere else.But other states have also passed laws to reduce price variation in health care,particularly for uninsured and low-income patients who would be most harmed by surprise medical bills.Unfortunately,reform efforts led by Republicans in Congress will likely worry the health-care industry enough to threaten state-led initiatives.Uncertainty-especially in terms of what our insurance markets will look like a year from now-makes it difficult,if not impossible,for states to experiment with different policies.That's a shame,because that's where the exciting and innovative reforms are happening.
The study in JAMA Internal Medicine is mentioned to illustrate that_____A.insurance payments push up health-care prices
B.prices in health care are soaring out of control
C.Medicare is more efficieni than private insurance
D.lawmakers fight in the wrong direction答案：A解析：[信息锁定]第二段介绍研究发现：全国各地医院向私人保险患者收取比联邦医疗保险更高的医疗费用，高达四倍有余；结合其前文“立法议员们及消费者都对保险给付认识不够，并未清楚意识到保险给付对于理解医疗费用为何如此高得离谱很关键（言外之意为．保险给付是医疗费用高涨的幕后推手）”及其后文“原因分析：错在医疗保健系统的复杂而混乱”不难得知文章引用该研究的意旨：说明医疗给付与医疗费用失控的关联，即A.正确。[解题技巧]B.源自首段末句”医疗费用失控（health-care prices have gotten so out of control）”，虽属事实，却并非研究发现反衬出的幕后现象（即写作目的：揭示保险费用与医疗费用之间的关联）；C.将研究发现”医院对私人保险患者收费远高于联邦医疗保险患者”篡改为“联邦医疗保险比私人保险更高效”，且也有“将写作事实等同于写作目的”之嫌；D.将首段首句的“忽略”上纲上线为“错误”，同时也非研究发现所揭示的幕后现象。 -
第5题：
Which of the following are the FIRST actions to take when an administrator is troubleshooting aserver?（）
- A、Make one change at a time and test/confirm the change has resolved the problem.
- B、Verify full system functionality.
- C、Replicate the problem.
- D、Determine if a common element is causing multiple problems.
- E、Identify any changes to the server.
正确答案:C,E -
第6题：
When implementing a solution to a problem， which of the following is the BEST course of action to take？（）
- A、 Replace all components simultaneously to ensure that the system is functional.
- B、 Replace all hardware associated with the problem first to eliminate the possibility of hardware and move onto software.
- C、 Purchase new parts for the system to confirm that they function.
- D、 Implement one change at a time， reversing the change if it has not resolved the problem.
正确答案:D -
第7题：
Which of the following are true about WebSphere Commerce Payments cassettes？（）
- A、The site does not need a cassette， unless the site requires real-time credit card validation.
- B、A cassette is a piece of plug-in software that provides support for a specific payment system.
- C、The CyberCash cassette is installed by default， with the installation of WebSphere Commerce Payments.
- D、Third party companies can create custom cassettes that will work with WebSphere Commerce Payments.
- E、Cassettes convert the merchant payment request to the payment protocol of the local payment system.
正确答案:B,D,E -
第8题：
单选题Purging air from a hydraulic system is necessary when（）Aadding small amounts of oil to the system
Bthe system has been overheated
Cthe system has been drained and then filled with new oil
Dthe system has been idle for a long period of time
正确答案： C解析： 暂无解析 -
第9题：
单选题Once a political system has been corrupted right from the very top leaders to the lowest ranks of the government, the problem is very complicated.Arotten
Bdisintegrated
Cboiled
Dspoiled
正确答案： D解析：
句意：一旦一个国家政府的政治系统从上到下都腐败的话，那么问题就相当复杂了。corrupted腐败的。rotten腐烂的；腐败的。disintegrated分解的。boiled煮沸的。spoiled宠坏了的。 -
第10题：
单选题When implementing a solution to a problem, which of the following is the BEST course of action to take?（）AReplace all components simultaneously to ensure that the system is functional.
BReplace all hardware associated with the problem first to eliminate the possibility of hardware and move onto software
CPurchase new parts for the system to confirm that they function.
DImplement one change at a time, reversing the change if it has not resolved the problem.
正确答案： D解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
多选题Which of the following are the FIRST actions to take when an administrator is troubleshooting aserver?（）AMake one change at a time and test/confirm the change has resolved the problem.
BVerify full system functionality.
CReplicate the problem.
DDetermine if a common element is causing multiple problems.
EIdentify any changes to the server.
正确答案： B,C解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题It has been quite a long time _____ the two companies established a business relationship.Aalthough
Bbecause
Cif
Dsince
正确答案： C解析：
本题考查连词词义辨析。句意：两家公司确立商业关系已经很久了。if意为“如果、假设”，引导条件句；although意为“尽管、虽然”，引导让步状语从句；because意为“因为”，引导原因状语从句；since意为“自从……，既然”，引导时间状语从句。故正确答案为D。 -
第13题：
共用题干
Health care in the US is well known but very expensive.Paying the doctor's bill after a major illness or accident can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the US,a person's company,not the government,pays for health insurance.Employers have contracts with insurance companies,which pay for all or part of employees' doctors' bills.
The amount that the insurance company will pay out to a patient differs wildly.It all depends on what insurance the employer pays.The less the boss pays to the insurance company,the more the employee has to pay the hospital each time he or she gets sick.In 2004,the average worker paid an extra $558 a year,according to a San Francisco report.
The system also means many Americans fall through the cracks（遭遗漏）.In 2004,only 61 percent of the population received health insurance through their employers,according to the report. The unemployed,self-employed,part-time workers and graduated students with no jobs were not included.
Most US university students have a gap between their last day of school and their first day on the job.Often,they are no longer protected by their parents' insurance because they are now considered independent adults.They also cannot buy university health insurance because they are no longer students.
Another group that falls through the gap of the US system is international students.All are required to have health insurance and cannot begin their classes without it. But exact policies（保险单）differ from school to school.
Most universities work with health insurance companies and sell their own standard plan for students.Often,buying the school plan is required,but luckily it's also cheaper than buying directly from the insurance company.In 2004,most of the unemployed in the US were women.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析：答案相关句在第二段：“Employers have contracts with insurance companies, which pay for all or part of employees' doctors' bills.”所以选A。
答案在第三段，保险公司支付给病人的金额有很大区别。这取决于雇主支付的保险费。雇主支付给保险公司的越少，员工每次看病时付给医院的就越多。因此，员工的医疗保险是不同的。
文章中没有相关信息说明2004年失业的大多数人是女性，所以选C。
答案相关句在文章第五段最后一句："They also cannot buy university health insurance because they are no longer students.”所以选B。
答案相关句在倒数第二段第二句："All are required to have health insurance and cannot begin their classes without it.”所以选A。
本文讲的是美国的健康保险。"The international students in the US work harder than the American students.”并未提到。因此选C。
文章的四、五、六段都在讲美国health care system遗漏的群体。因此选B。 -
第14题：
Text 2 As lawmakers fight over what conditions insurance companies should be required to cover,other areas of health-care reform remain painfully neglected.One major example:How much should insurance companies pay for what they cover?Consumers rarely care about health-care prices beyond what they personally pay for deductibles,co-payments and prescription drugs.But insurance payments are crucial to understanding why health-care prices have gotten so out of control in the United States.A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine makes this abundantly clear:Hospital emergency departments across the country are prone to excessively overcharge patients with private insurance,the study found,demanding that patients pay-on average-more than four times what Medicare pays for typical emergency procedures.This is not the heritage of sound medicine.This is the outcome of an extremely complicated and disjointed health-care system-and it's not necessarily the result of greedy hospitals trying to milk large profits out of vulnerable populations.Instead,it's the result of messy provider networks-rife with discounts and confusing contracts,designed by insurance companies and providers to attract customers.There are policy solutions to correct this system.Maryland,for example,has long operated under an"all-payer system"in which everyone pays the same rate for the same treatment-set by an independent state agency.Under this system,Medicare pays higher rates for care than in other states,but in the long run,it saves money-to the tune of$319 million-because the payment system incentivizes hospitals to reduce the number of people they admit.In other words,it encourages payment for quality of care,not quantity.Health-care providers have an incentive to work more closely with nursing facilities to deliver preventive care.Physicians also work more closely with patients to reduce preventable complications and hospital readmissions,which have dropped in Maryland faster than the national average in recent years.This innovative approach to solving price disparities in health-care costs is refreshing,although what works in Maryland might not work everywhere else.But other states have also passed laws to reduce price variation in health care,particularly for uninsured and low-income patients who would be most harmed by surprise medical bills.Unfortunately,reform efforts led by Republicans in Congress will likely worry the health-care industry enough to threaten state-led initiatives.Uncertainty-especially in terms of what our insurance markets will look like a year from now-makes it difficult,if not impossible,for states to experiment with different policies.That's a shame,because that's where the exciting and innovative reforms are happening.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A.Uncertainty in the Health-Care Industry
B."All-Payer System"in Maryland
C.The Health-Care Reform Ignored
D.Medicare vs.Private Insurance答案：C解析：[信息锁定]文章首两段首先借列举立法议员们所忽略的医保改革领域实例引出全文话题“保险给付推高医疗费用，医疗费用因保险不同而价差很大”，第三段顺而补充这个被忽略领域问题产生的体制原因“医疗保健系统复杂而又混乱、医疗服务人员体系杂乱无章”，末三段介绍该问题应对措施“马里兰州统一支付方模式、其他州也纷纷立法减少医疗赞用价差”并做出点评”令人激动且极具创新性，却可能因当前共和党人医保改革取向而前路没漫、困难重重”。由此可见，全文都围绕着当前立法议员们所忽略的某一个医保改革领域（即．保险给付推高医疗费用，医疗拙用因保险不同而差异较大）展开，故C.正确。[解题技巧]A.源自第六段②句“不稳定性使得当前各州对于医疗费用差异问题的改革措施更加难以推行”，而该句意在说明“医疗费用差异问题的解决难度”而非“医疗保健行业的不稳定性”；B.利用第四五段中马里兰州的例子干扰，但这只是举例说明修正文中所探讨的问题的一种政策办法，无力概括全文；D.利用第二段提到的私人保险和联邦医疗保险的付费对比干扰，但此处的对比是为了说明“保险给付与医疗费用有关”．意在引出文章话题，并非全文重心。 -
第15题：
Text 2 As lawmakers fight over what conditions insurance companies should be required to cover,other areas of health-care reform remain painfully neglected.One major example:How much should insurance companies pay for what they cover?Consumers rarely care about health-care prices beyond what they personally pay for deductibles,co-payments and prescription drugs.But insurance payments are crucial to understanding why health-care prices have gotten so out of control in the United States.A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine makes this abundantly clear:Hospital emergency departments across the country are prone to excessively overcharge patients with private insurance,the study found,demanding that patients pay-on average-more than four times what Medicare pays for typical emergency procedures.This is not the heritage of sound medicine.This is the outcome of an extremely complicated and disjointed health-care system-and it's not necessarily the result of greedy hospitals trying to milk large profits out of vulnerable populations.Instead,it's the result of messy provider networks-rife with discounts and confusing contracts,designed by insurance companies and providers to attract customers.There are policy solutions to correct this system.Maryland,for example,has long operated under an"all-payer system"in which everyone pays the same rate for the same treatment-set by an independent state agency.Under this system,Medicare pays higher rates for care than in other states,but in the long run,it saves money-to the tune of$319 million-because the payment system incentivizes hospitals to reduce the number of people they admit.In other words,it encourages payment for quality of care,not quantity.Health-care providers have an incentive to work more closely with nursing facilities to deliver preventive care.Physicians also work more closely with patients to reduce preventable complications and hospital readmissions,which have dropped in Maryland faster than the national average in recent years.This innovative approach to solving price disparities in health-care costs is refreshing,although what works in Maryland might not work everywhere else.But other states have also passed laws to reduce price variation in health care,particularly for uninsured and low-income patients who would be most harmed by surprise medical bills.Unfortunately,reform efforts led by Republicans in Congress will likely worry the health-care industry enough to threaten state-led initiatives.Uncertainty-especially in terms of what our insurance markets will look like a year from now-makes it difficult,if not impossible,for states to experiment with different policies.That's a shame,because that's where the exciting and innovative reforms are happening.
We can learn that"all-payer system"in Maryland_____A.can be applied across the country
B.is harmful to Medicare patients
C.benefits uninsured and low-income patients
D.shifts doctors'attention from treatment to prevention答案：C解析：[信息锁定]根据题干关键词定位至第四五段。其中笫四段②句指出：马里兰州实施“相同治疗．相同费用”的统一收费模式；第五段②句指出：其他各州也在通过相关立法来减少医疗费用差异，尤其是针对那些因意外医疗账单而深受伤害的未投保患肴及低收入患者。由此可知，马里兰州统一支付方模式也有助于未投保患者及低收入患者.C.正确。[解题技巧]A.与第五段首句“这种模式虽令人耳目一新．但不一定适用于其他地方”相悖。B.源自第四段③句前半句“这种模式下联邦医疗保险所付费用高于其他各州”．但与后半句转折指出“但从长远看，这种方式可以省饯”及④句“重视治疗质量而非数量”的相悖。D.将第四段⑤⑥句暗藏文意“这一模式鼓励医生更注意预防”|iI1解为“这一模式使医生将注意力由治病转移到预防上”。 -
第16题：
The best title for this passage is_______.A.Part-time jobs
B.American college
C.Popular activity
D.A new system答案：B解析： -
第17题：
When debugging a routing problem, the time-to-live (TTL) value can be used to determine:（）
- A、Number of routes available.
- B、Number of router hops.
- C、Time that an advertised route is valid.
- D、Time to make a round trip.
正确答案:B -
第18题：
A system administrator receives a new server and has booted the system for the first time. The administrator has set up the terminals and users. The user start to log on. Root is logged in on the console. When additional users start to log in, an error is displayed stating that All available login sessions are in use. Which of the following steps should be followed to resolve this problem?（）
- A、Permissions on /etc/security were changed in error; do a chmod 755 on /etc/security directory.
- B、Increase the number of licenses; using smit chaili cense
- C、Change the Maximum number of PROCESSES allowed per user variable; using smit chgsys.
- D、Change User can logi field from false to true: using smit chuser.
正确答案:B -
第19题：
A system administrator has just applied an update to an AIX system to correct a problem, The APAR number is IX49035 and was shipped as part of the PTF number U437542. After applying the APAR fix, the administrator wants to ensure that the fix is applied before informing the system users of the corrected problem. Which of the following commands should the system administrator run to verify that the APAR fix has been applied to the system?（）
- A、lslpp -f IX49035
- B、lslpp -fB U437542
- C、instfix -f IX49035
- D、instfix -ik IX49035
正确答案:D -
第20题：
单选题When the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were _____ by its complicated traffic system.Aevoked
Bbewildered
Cdiverted
Dundermined
正确答案： A解析：
句意：当这些农民第一次来到城里时，他们被复杂的交通系统搞得晕头转向。complicated traffic system需要一个可与之形成因果关系的词。bewilder使迷惑，使手足无措，使昏乱，符合句意。evoke召唤，引起。divert使转移，使转变注意力。undermine逐渐削弱。 -
第21题：
单选题When implementing a solution to a problem， which of the following is the BEST course of action to take？（）AReplace all components simultaneously to ensure that the system is functional.
BReplace all hardware associated with the problem first to eliminate the possibility of hardware and move onto software.
CPurchase new parts for the system to confirm that they function.
DImplement one change at a time， reversing the change if it has not resolved the problem.
正确答案： D解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
单选题The medical board, concerned by the drop in insurance payments and the failure of the accounting department to obtain the anticipated funds, resolved to pursue legal action against the insurance company.Aconcerned by the drop in insurance payments and the failure of the accounting department to obtain
Bconcerning the drop in payments by insurance and the failure of the accounting department to obtain
Cbecause of its concern for the dropping insurance payments and the accounting department’s failure at obtaining
Din its concern that the drop in insurance payments and the failure of the accounting department to obtain
Ebeing concerned about the drop in insurance payments and the accounting department falling to obtain
正确答案： D解析：
B项表意不明；C项“failure at obtaining”不符合习惯表达；D项结构不完整；E项中“being concerned about the drop”不符合习惯表达，故本题应选A项。 -
第23题：
单选题What is the problem with Premier’s present IT system?AIt is very complicated to operate.
BIt frequently breaks down.
CIt is very slow.
正确答案： A解析： 对话中女士提到It’s just too difficult to use.由此可知，该系统的问题是很难操作。