答案及解析：

1．文章主题分析：Studies Show U．S．Spending Doesn’t Get Best Health

2．直接解题：来源：考试大

1．The U．S．spends twice as much on health care as other rich countries
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned

　　A ．C 分析：根据句子中出现的细节信息，把句子划分成2层信息：The U．S．spends twice as much on health care + (twice as much on health care) as other rich countries, 利用句子中出现的特征结构（2倍）和核心结构other rich countries作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries （根据该句内容不能判断问题句的内容是否正确）but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday．
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　　But，he said，the United States is not getting value for money. “The United States should be particularly concerned about these results, given that we spend twice as much on health care as any other country．（根据该句的内容仍然没有准确的说明是否“美国在健康保健方面所花的费用是其他富有国家的两倍。”）So spending more doesn’t necessarily result in better outcomes．”
　　对比问题句的内容， 判断问题句说“是”，而文章只是说“可能是”， 因此判断问题句的说法“没有提到”。来源：考试大

2. The U．S．is the place where people get the best health care．
　　Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned来源：考试大

　　B．分析：显然这句话的内容与文章主题（标题内容）不一致，因此判断该题的答案应该是错误。也可以借助句子中的特征词best health care作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday．
　　But in the study of five wealthy countries，published in the journal Health Affairs，researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system．（该句说在“5富有的国家中没有哪个国家的健康保健体系被认为最糟糕的或最好的”，所以得判断这5个富有的国家中是否包括了美国。该句前句内容说“美国对其他富有的国家..”,显然美国是富有的国家之，所以综合判断原文的内容是“美国是不能算作是健康体系最好的国家”，因此问题句的说法与原文的内容不一致。）

3. Each year, the U.S. spends more money on health care than the previous one.
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned来源：考试大

　　C．分析：问题句的理解有一定难度，需要判断出代词one指代的内容 –year（the u.s.’increases its yearly expenditure on health care）。该问题句是说“每年美国花在健康保健方面的钱都比前一年多”。该问题句有关具体细节，句子中没有明显的特征词，而核心内容是讲述美国花费在健康保健方面的费用，而文章中没有这方面的内容，因此判断答案为“没提到”。

4．The more a country spends on health care，the better care its people enjoy．
　　A Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned

　　B．分析：该句的说法与文章主题（文章标题内容）不一致，因此判断该句的说法不正确。也可借助文章中的具体内容，因为该句是概括句，所以推测该句可能需要考生进行推断（与句子有关的内容可能不会直接出现在文章中）
　　But，he said，the United States is not getting value for money．“The United States should be particularly concerned about these results, given at we spend twice as much on health care as any other country．So spending more doesn’t necessarily result in better outcomes．”(该句表达的内容是“花费更多未必会带来更好的结果”，可见问题句的说法与该句的内容不一致，因此判断问题句的说法“错误”。)

5．  The study involved 5 countries and lasted 5 years．
　　A Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned来源：考试大

　　A．分析：问题句中出现了两个具体的数字，很显然对这两个数字的判断是关键。可以把该句子划分成2层信息：The study involved 5 countries + The study lasted 5 years，利用该句中出现的特征词5 countries 和 5 years作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday．
　　But in the study of five wealthy countries，(该划线结构内容与信息1的内容一致)published in the journal Health Affairs，researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system．
　　Gerard Anderson at Johns Hopkins University’s school of public health and colleagues came up with a list of 2 1 health fields they could evenly compare across the five countries— Australia, Canada，Britain，New Zealand and the United States．
　　“None of the five countries is consistently the best or the worst on all 2 1 indicators,” Anderson said during a telephone briefing for reporters．
　　“If you are looking for the place to get the best care, there isn’t a single place．Every country has at 1east one indicator where it scores the best of the five countries and each country has at least one indicator where it scores the worst of the five countries．’’
　　 But，he said，the United States is not getting value for money．“The United States should be particularly concerned about these results．given at we spend twice as much on health care as any other country．So spending more doesn’t necessarily result in better outcomes．”
　　Anderson’s group of international health experts sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund  spent five years working on the study，(该划线结构与信息2的内容一致)getting the latest possible data from the five countries on areas such as breast cancer and 1eukemia （白血病）survival，suicide rates，death rates from asthma（哮喘），vaccination （接种）rates and cancer screening（癌症筛查）．

6．The other four countries provide better health care than the U．S．
　　A  Right    B Wrong    C  Not mentioned来源：考试大

　　B．分析：问题句把研究中的5个国家在健康保健方面的工作效果进行了比较，注意文章中进行比较的句子，可以考虑把句子中核心结构The other four countries作为答案线索，
　　The United States may spend twice as much on health care as other rich countries but it is not getting results to match, according to studies released on Tuesday．
　　But in the study of five wealthy countries，published in the journal Health Affairs，researchers found no single nation had clearly the worst or best health care system．
　　以上的划线句的内容是说“这5个国家没有谁在健康保健方面最好或最好”，而问题句说“其余四个国家都比美国好”，显然根据问题句的内容推断出的结果就是“美国是最糟糕的”，很显然这个推断是与原文内容不一致的，因此判断问题句的说法不正确。

7．  The U．S．is determined to do something about its health care system．
　　A right    B  Wrong    C  not mentioned来源：考试大

　　C．分析：该句内容直接与文章主题有关，因此判断与该句相关的语句应该在文章的结尾部分出现, 而划线句的内容只是说“美国应该特别关注这些结果”，而没有提到“美国政府将对此采取什么行动”。因此判断问题句是“没提到”。
　　But，he said，the United States is not getting value for money．“The United States should be particularly concerned about these results, given at we spend twice as much on health care as any other country．So spending more doesn’t necessarily result in better outcomes．”