与亚热带常绿硬叶林带相对应的大陆东岸的自然带是( ) A.亚寒带针叶林带 B.温带落叶阔叶林带 C.亚热带常绿阔叶林带 D.亚热带常绿硬叶林带 答案:C 南北纬30°—40°的大陆西岸属于地中海气候,地中海气候所对应的自然带是亚热带常绿硬叶林带。在大陆的东岸,与之相对应的亚热带季风气候,其自然带为亚热带常绿阔叶林带
Last year, Jack
Bleed cut through the bone of his ring finger while working. The 31-year-old
resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas, waited for about six hours at a nearby
medical center while the medical staff there called all over town — even as far
away as Dallas and Memphis — to find a hand surgeon to reattach his finger.
Finally, a willing doctor was located in Louisville, Kentucky. But even though
Bleed had insurance(保险), he would have to hire a private plane to get himself there, at a
cost of $4,300. In the end, he charged the cost to two credit cards, and his
finger was saved. His insurance company eventually covered the cost of the
plane, but his experience makes people aware of the fact that trauma(外伤) care in the United States is
not only geographically limited, but in many places, non-existent.
Only eight
states — New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington — have local, fully functional trauma systems. The
remaining states have partial systems, and 12 — including Arkansas — have no
trauma system at all.
Although the
President has signed a bill of $12 million for the purpose of supporting trauma
care systems nationwide, many in Congress(国会) are unwilling to spend government money for a service they think
should be paid for by states, says Wayne Meredith, medical director for trauma
programs at the American College of Surgeons. Meanwhile, many states have also
failed to find the dollars to support trauma systems. To make matters worse,
many people without insurance depend heavily on the emergency care services,
placing a huge financial burden on the medical centers that serve them.
For the same
reason, doctors, too, often go unpaid. They are unwilling to perform emergency
care, worsening critical shortages of neurosurgeons, orthopedists, and hand
surgeons — the very types of specialists Bleed needed at short notice.
Supporting a
trauma care system doesn’t take much. A half-penny sales tax in Miami-Dade County makes its outstanding system work. In Arkansas alone, says Wayne
Meredith, a well-funded trauma system would possibly prevent 200 to 600 deaths
each year. If trauma care systems were to work well across the nation, experts
say, many thousands of lives each year could be saved. “You don’t get much
better return on your investment than that,” Meredith says.
1.In Paragraph 1, the writer uses Bleed’s case to ______.
A. make a
comparison B.
describe a person
C. introduce a
topic D.
tell a story
2.Many people in Congress argue that trauma care systems should be
supported by ______.
A. the
President B.
each state
C. insurance
companies D.
the US government
3.The example of Miami-Dade County shows that ______.
A. its tax
policy is admirable B.
running a trauma system is profitable
C. a trauma
system is not expensive D.
sales tax is not heavy in small counties
4.Why are the present trauma care systems in some states not
satisfactory?
A. They are
shared by all the states. B.
They are short of financial support.
C. The doctors
are not well trained. D.
The hospitals can’t provide low-cost services.