第二大题：完型填空（10分）
 本文为一篇关于医疗保险的知识性短文，与教材上册第13单元A课文题材相似，广大考生对此应不陌生。每道题的具体考点如下：
11． 动词和副词搭配：plan ahead
12． 动词不定式做目的状语：to help
13． 选择合适的副词：probably
14． 选择合适的形容词：expensive
15． 选择合适的介词：Like
16． 名词词义辨析：amount
a great deal of , a large amount of, a little, little, much
a large number of, many a teacher is , a few, large quantity of 
a lot of, plenty of,
 

17． 动词和介词搭配：insure… against
18． 连词引导现在分词做时间状语：while
19． 动词与介词的搭配：operate on you
20． 名词词义辨析：treatment

评析：本题和第一题一样，偏重于考察词汇的辨认和搭配。纯粹考察语法项目的题只有第12和第18题。
1) to: answer to question, solution to problem, key to exercise, secret to success, right to education, alternative to this method, approach to solving problem, access to palace
be sensitive to sth, beneficial, vulnerable,
be subject to, resistance to

2) in：change/transformation /increase/decrease/ decline / difference in production
3) on  dependence/ reliance/ debate/ dispute/ comment/ remark
4) for reason/cause/ responsibility for…
 5) against  protection against, prejudice against, bias, 

……____, ….
However, therefore, in addition, as a result, indeed, moreover

only  always
All   isolated island
Best title
Sociological aspects of Medicine
 origin of April Fool’s Day
Cause  development  comparison and Contrast
Illustrate illustration examplification
Listing   narration  argumentation
objective   subjective
Favourable  unfavorable  opposing  for  against
Neutral   critical
Biased  prejudiced  partial
Impartial  indifferent