The cost of medical care in the United States is very high. The time and money that doctors spend on their medical education is probably one reason for this problem.
A visit to a doctor’s office costs from 15 to 50 dollars. It’s so expensive. Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid. However, most doctors disagree. They say that they were asked to study medicine for a long time. Tuition for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from the bank to pay their tuition. Because their money must be repaid to the bank, young doctors need to receive a lot of money for their work. So they charge(收費)people high prices for medical care.
Therefore the cost of medical care in America is high. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs, one way to lower costs would be to have medical school that are free or have low tuition.
【小題1】The underlined word "tuition" in the passage means “______”

A.eating at schoolB.studying the courses
C.money used for educationD.living at school
【小題2】The main idea of the passage is that______.
A.a(chǎn) visit to a doctor’s office may cost much in the USA
B.the cost of medical care is the only reason for the high costs in the USA
C.medical care in the USA costs a lot of money because doctors want to be rich
D.the high cost of tuition in medical schools is one reason for the high cost of medical care in the USA
【小題3】 The cost of medical care in the USA is very high. What does the writer think about it?
A.He agrees that doctors are overpaid.
B.He thinks it is a big problem and suggests (建議) solving (解決) it.
C.He doesn’t think the medical students should borrow money from banks.
D.He doesn’t think it necessary for the medical students to study for a long time.


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B

解析【小題1】本文第二段有兩句They say that they were asked to study medicine for a long time. Tuition for many years of medical education costs a lot of money.所表示的含義為醫(yī)生許多年的醫(yī)學(xué)教育需要花費很多錢,也就是學(xué)費需要很多錢,所以tuition所表示的含義為教育所花費的錢,故本題選C。
【小題2】本文第三段第一句為Therefore the cost of medical care in America is high. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs,所表示的含義為美國醫(yī)療護理的價格很高是因為其中有個原因就是學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)習(xí)醫(yī)藥學(xué)教育成本之高,故本題選D。
【小題3】本文第一段就提出了美國醫(yī)藥費用之高是一個問題并且尋求建議,故本題選B。

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