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  3. The【S1】_____employer-based health-insurance system exacerbates(加剧)concerns f

The【S1】_____employer-based health-insurance system exacerbates(加剧)concerns f

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问题     The【S1】_____employer-based health-insurance system exacerbates(加剧)concerns for women who are considering having a child. If a woman is unsure whether she will have the same job in nine months, she may be【S2】_____to get pregnant for fear of losing or switching insurance plans. Federal law prevents group plans from【S3】_____pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, but individual plans【S4】_____and can end up charging women tens of thousands of dollars for a delivery.
    But while anxiety about the economy has led some women to become more strict about their birth control use, the【S5】_____has forced others to take more risk. Among women who use birth control pills, 18% reported skipping pills, skipping months or waiting to get a prescription filled in order to save money. All of these practices【S6】_____ineffective the Pill’s use as a contraceptive(避孕剂), and yet a quarter of women who are【S7】_____worse off than last year reported inconsistent use of birth control. At the same time, national【S8】_____rates continue to fall, and are now at a 30-year low.
    One consequence of these makeshift financial strategies, says Sharon Camp, president of the Guttmacher Institute, could be a further widening of the birth rate between【S9】_____women and the working poor. "Those who can afford better methods with a big upfront cost may see pregnancy rates continue to fall, " says Camp."But among lower-income women, a third of them are saying that they can’t afford the contraception they’d like to use. They’re relying on less effective, over-the-counter methods. We could likely see an increase for them in【S10】_____pregnancies."
A)hesitant I)wealthier
B)existing J)existed
C)surrender K)suspicious
D)render L)vary
E)unintended M)mentally
F)recession N)financially
G)planned O)abortion
H)defining [br] 【S8】
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答案 O
解析 空格处需要一个词构成national rate表示“全国率”。abortion意为“堕胎，流产”。文章主要讲了经济危机中的生育问题，故填入abortion最为合适。此处意思是“国内流产率持续降低”。
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