Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D ] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　Every year more than half a million American kids have drainage (排泄 ) tubes surgically implanted in their ears to combat persistent infections. The procedure, known as tympanostomy, may not be as 67 as the tonsillectomy was in the 1940s, but it now 68 as the nation’s leading childhood 69 and a new study suggests it’s being vastly overused. In 70 more than 6,000 scheduled ear tube operations, a team of experts 71 by Harvard pediatrician Lawrence Kleinman found that fewer than half were clearly justified. "Each year", the researchers write in the
　　current Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), "several hundred thousand children in the United States may be 72 tympanostomy tubes that offer them no demonstrated 73 ...and may place them at increased 74 ."
　　Tube placement isn’t a 75 risky procedure, but it costs $1,000 to $1,500 and sometimes scars the eardrum, causing a partial loss of 76 . Studies show that the
　　benefits are most likely to 77 the risks ifa child’s middle ear has produced sticky fluid 78 more than four months despite treatment 79 antibiotics. For less virulent infections, drug treatment is Usually a(n) 80 , safer alternative (though drugs, too, can be overused). In the new JAMA study, Kleinman’s team reviewed the medical charts of 6,429 kids, all under 16, 81 doctors had recommended the procedure. Even making "generous assumptions" about the likely 82 , the researchers found that a quarter of the proposed operations were 83 , since less invasive alternatives were available, 84 another third were as likely to harm the recipients as help them. Parents needn’t 85 about ear tubes that are already in place. Once 86 implanted, the tiny devices provide drainage for six months to a year, then come out by reducing health costs by hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
　　67.
　　[A] rare
　　[B] common
　　[C] general
　　[D] abnormal
　　68.
　　[A] considers
　　[B] altemates
　　[C] ranges
　　[D] ranks
　　69.
　　[A] operation
　　[B] disease
　　[C] condition
　　[D] injection
　　70.
　　[A] finding
　　[B] reviewing
　　[C] amending
　　[D] performing
　　71.
　　[A] controlled
　　[B] conducted
　　[C] legitimated
　　[D] led
　　72.
　　[A] receiving
　　[B] accepting
　　[C] undertaking
　　[D] initiating
　　73.
　　[A] disadvantage
　　[B] agreement
　　[C] advantage
　　[D] hortcoming
　　74.
　　[A] bottom
　　[B] risk
　　[C] edge
　　[D] extent
　　75.
　　[A] subtly
　　[B] hopefully
　　[C] merely
　　[D] terribly
　　76.
　　[A] feeling
　　[B] hearing
　　[C] health
　　[D] memory
　　77.
　　[A] outfit
　　[B] outflow
　　[C] outweigh
　　[D] outgrow
　　 78.
　　[A] for
　　[B] on
　　[C] in
　　[D] to
　　 79.
　　[A] by
　　[B] upon
　　[C] with
　　[D] along
　　 80
　　[A] expensive
　　[B] faster
　　[C] further
　　[D] cheaper
　　 81.
　　[A] which
　　[B] whose
　　[C] that
　　[D] who
　　 82.
　　[A] risks
　　[B] dangers
　　[C] chances
　　[D] benefits
　　 83.
　　[A] inappropriate
　　[B] favorable
　　[C] preferable
　　[D] inadequate
　　 84.
　　[A] where
　　[B] when
　　[C] whether
　　[D] while
　　 85.
　　[A] outrage
　　[B] panic
　　[C] complain
　　[D] protest
　　 86.
　　[A] lively
　　[B] quickly
　　[C] successfully
　　[D] formally

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