You’re in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top $2,000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans can’s afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution A hearty chorus of “O Canada.” North of the border, where price controls reign, those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less. The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call, “If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices, why can’t we”Even to whisper that thought provokes anger. “Un-American!” And-the propagandists’ trump card(王牌)—“Wreck our brilliant health-care system.” Supersize drug prices, they claim, fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today, no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut up and pay up. Common sense tells you
A. A quarter of Americans can’’t afford their prescription drugs.
B. Many Americans can’’t afford to see a doctor when they fall ill.
C. Many Americans have to go to Canada to get medical treatment.
D. The inflation rate has been more than doubled over the years.
I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.
I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.
One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the" big prison for kids".
I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn’t understand how to make different parts of members into whole things.
The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr. Young would give me an E ,just like he always did.
I went to Mr. Young and told him that the orphanage was going to send me to the big prison if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do;it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I
A. stuck
B. listed
C. hid
D. copied
A.trouble
B.touch
C.young
D.house
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