第九段：A few premiers are suspicious of any federal－provincial deal－making. They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached. That’s one reason why the idea of a national list hasn’t gone anywhere while drug costs keep rising fast.

        【主题词】premiers－deal－making－additional billions－national－drug costs.

第九段主题词与第八段主题词做减法得出的差额决定供选择的44题目主题词为：additional billions, drug costs 在备选答案中找到以该词为主题词的段落，即F。

第十段：So, if the provinces want to run the health-care show, they should prove they can run it, starting with an interprovincial health list that would end duplication, save administrative costs, prevent one province from being played off against another, and bargain for better drug prices.

【主题词】premiers－deal－making－additional billions－national－drug costs.

第十一段：Premiers love to quote Mr. Romanow’s report selectively, especially the parts about more federal money perhaps they should read what he had to say about drugs: “A national drug agency would provide governments more influence on pharmaceutical companies in order to constrain the ever-increasing cost of drugs.”

【主题词】Premiers－Mr. Romanow’s report－drugs－national drug agency－governments－pharmaceutical companies－cost of drugs.”

第十一段主题词与第十段主题词做减法得出的差额决定供选择的45题目主题词为：report, drug costs 在备选答案中找到以该词为主题词的段落，即B。

Directions: In the following text, some sentences have removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into of the numbered blank there are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (2005年真题原文)

Canada’s premiers (the leaders of provincial governments), if they have any breath left after complaining about Ottawa at their late July annual meeting, might spare a moment to do something, to reduce health-care costs.

They’re all groaning about soaring health budgets, the fastest－growing component of which are pharmaceutical costs.