2016年西南民族大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题及参考答案 去百度文库，查看完整内容>内容来自用户:理梓2016年西南民族大学博士研究生入学考试英语真题及参考答案Since Would War II considerable advances have been made in the area of health-care services. These include better access to health care (particularly for thepoor and minorities), improvements in physical plants, and increased numbers of physicians and other health personnel. All have played a part in the recent improvement inlife expectancy(life expectancy: n.平均寿命(=expectation of life)). But there is mounting criticism of the large remaining gaps in access, unbridled cost inflation, the further fragmentation of service, excessive inlgence in wasteful high-technology“gadgeteering,”and a breakdown in doctor-patient relationships.In recent years(in recent years: 最近3433646432几年中)proposed panaceas and new programs, small and large, have proliferated at a feverish pace and disappointments multiply at almost the same rate. This has led to an increased pessimism—“everything has been tried and nothing works”—which sometimes borders on cynicism or even nihilism.It is true that the automatic“pass through”of rapidlyspiraling costs(spiraling costs: 螺旋式上升的费用)to government and insurance carriers, which was set in a