It is said that in England death is pressing，in Canada inevitable and in California optional. Small wonder. Americans’ life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century. Failing hips can be replaced，clinical depression controlled，cataracts removed in a 30 minute surgical procedure. Such advances offer the aging population a quality of life that was unimaginable when I entered medicine 50 years ago. But not even a great healthcare system can cure death_____and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours.
Death is normal；we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish，even under ideal conditions. We all understand that at some level，yet as medical consumers we treat death as a problem to be solved. Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care，we demand everything that can possibly be done for us，even if it’s useless. The most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians--frustrated ?by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient--too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified.
In 1950，the U. S. spent $12.7 billion on health care. In 2002，the cost will be $1，540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age—say 83 or so. Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm “have a duty to die and get out of the way” so that younger healthier people can realize their potential.
I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond，and re main dazzlingly productive. At 78，Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to be 53. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day Connor is in her 70s，and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age. As a mere 68 year-old. I wish to age as productively as they have.
Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician，I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden，countries that spend far less on medical care，have achieved longer，healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people’s lives. [中国工商银行真题]
What is implied in the first sentence and the last sentence of the Paragraph 1?（ ）
第一段第一句意为：据说，在英格兰，死亡是紧迫的，在加拿大，死亡是不可避免的，而在加利福尼亚，死亡是可选择的。可见美国人对自己的医疗技术是很自信的。第一段最后一句意为：但是目前还没有一个强大的医疗卫生体系，可以战胜死亡——而我们面向这个事实的失败也正在威胁着我们伟大的时代。暗示美国的医疗体系虽然强大，确不能战胜死亡，可见他们是过于自信了。故正确答案为B项。
根据《中华人民共和国中国人民银行法》的规定，我国货币政策的最终目标是（ ），并以此促进经济增长。
箱子里面有红、白两种玻璃球，红球数比白球数的3倍多两个，每次从箱子里取出7个白球、15个红球。如果经过若干次以后，箱子里只剩下3个白球、53个红球，那么，箱子里原有红球比白球多多少个?
将自然数1~100分别写在完全相同的100张卡片上，然后打乱卡片，先后随机取出4张，问这4张先后取出的卡片上的数字呈增序的几率是多少？（）
对于债券利率的风险结构，描述正确的有（ ）。
市场经济体制下，财政具有的职能有( )。
（ ）决定着生产关系。
左边给定的是纸盒的外表面，下列哪一项能由它折叠而成？（ ）
货币制度最基本的内容是规定（ ）。
如果一国货币汇率上升，即对外升值，就可能会导致（ ）。
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