问答题

To apply the word "system" to anything the Americans do is a bit optimistic. For example, the term "health care system" masks the fact that the provision of health care in the United States is anything but systematic. Many people can’’t afford to go to the doctor or pay for (47)______ insurance. Then again, the " criminal justice system" (48)______ that criminals are treated fairly and justice is served, (49)______ anyone who has been involved with the courts knows that this is far from the truth. The Americans’’ need to talk to each other means that the telephone system is the best in the world. (50)______, the American love for the automobile has driven all other forms of transportation into the ground, and the average city’’s public transportation is expensive, slow, and (51)______ Another system that really (52)______ in the United States is the highway system. When General Eisenhower was commanding the U. S. forces in the European (53)______, he saw Hitler’’s autobahns and said to himself, "What a nifty(迅速敏捷的) way to move (54)______ equipment around the country. I wish America had such nice big roads. " Once he was President, he made his dream a reality. (55)______ was born the Interstate Highway System, now the atherosclerotic arteries (粥样硬化动脉) of American commerce. In the beginning, families would go for weekend drives and end the day by going to a drive in restaurant so they could eat while still in their wonderful car. These days, suburban mothers battle through fierce traffic for hours as they shuttle their children from soccer practice to piano lessons, eating sandwiches behind the wheel out of (56)______ necessity. WORD BANK A) highway B) works C) court D) sheer E) reverse F) private G) Thus H) whereby I) military J) theatre K) whereas L) implies M) Conversely N) uncomfortable O) refer