The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. I passed the Taiwanese governmental civil service examination in 1994, subsequently securing an administrative position in our country’s National Health Insurance organization.

I A.  Flop

B.    successfully completed

C.      falter

2.  I passed the Taiwanese governmental civil service examination in 1994, subsequently securing an administrative position in our country’s National Health Insurance organization.

A.      afterwards 

B.        beforehand

C.         prior to

3.  I passed the Taiwanese governmental civil service examination in 1994, subsequently securing an administrative position in our country’s National Health Insurance organization.

A.         preserving

B.         becoming vulnerable to

C.          prone to

4.  I passed the Taiwanese governmental civil service examination in 1994, subsequently securing an administrative position in our country’s National Health Insurance organization.

A.         subordinate

B.          subservient

C.            managerial

5.  While working, I continued to enhance my administrative skills by taking courses on management in the medical sector at Yangming University. 

A.            degrade

B.              upgrade

C.              deteriorate

6.  While working, I continued to enhance my administrative skills by taking courses on management in the medical sector at Yangming University.

A.             deficiency

B.              insufficiency

C.              competency

7.  My rich experience in hospital management has familiarized me with formulae for calculating hospital fees. 

A.             oriented

B.              confound

C.              bewilder

8.  My rich experience in hospital management has familiarized me with formulae for calculating hospital fees. 

A.             diffusing

B.              ciphering

C.              implementing

9.   I was transferred to a new post in the insurance revenue sector of the National Health Institute in 2003.

A.              entrench

B.              maneuver 

C.              ingrain

10.  I was transferred to a new post in the insurance revenue sector of the National Health Institute in 2003.

A.             eruption

B.             assignment

C.              explosion

11.  I was transferred to a new post in the insurance revenue sector of the National Health Institute in 2003.

A.             liquid assets 

B.              property

C.              mechanism

12.  My experiences of generating income in the medical sector, and those of monitoring remitted funds in the insurance revenue sector, have greatly matured me as an administrator.

A.             shelving

B.              triggering

C.             putting on ice

13.  My experiences of generating income in the medical sector, and those of monitoring remitted funds in the insurance revenue sector, have greatly matured me as an administrator.

A.             disregarding

B.              shirking

C.              supervising

14.  My experiences of generating income in the medical sector, and those of monitoring remitted funds in the insurance revenue sector, have greatly matured me as an administrator.

A.             ripened

B.              puerile

C.            juvenile

15.  Taiwan’s National Health Insurance scheme is currently faced with strained financial resources and societal and political pressures not to raise monthly health insurance premiums.

A.             slacken

B.              travailed

C.              loosen

16.  Taiwan’s National Health Insurance scheme is currently faced with strained financial resources and societal and political pressures not to raise monthly health insurance premiums.

A.             individual

B.              familial

C.              social

17.   Taiwan’s National Health Insurance scheme is currently faced with strained financial resources and societal and political pressures not to raise monthly health insurance premiums.

A.             unconstrained

B.              tensions

C.              casual

18.  Taiwan’s National Health Insurance scheme is currently faced with strained financial resources and societal and political pressures not to raise monthly health insurance premiums.

A.             payments

B.               benefits

C.             advantages

19.  Innovative approaches are definitely needed to resolve this dilemma.

A.             diffident

B.              retrogressive

C.              inventive

20.  Innovative approaches are definitely needed to resolve this dilemma.

A.           opportunity

B.              predicament

C.              opening

21.  Your country initiated one of the earliest health insurance systems worldwide, initiated by Chancellor Bismarck in 1883.

A.             embarked 

B.               terminated

C.              wrapped up

22.   Given the radical political, social and economic transformations that Germany went through during the First and Second World Wars, and the more recent reunification of Eastern and Western Germany, your country’s health insurance system has withstood many challenges, making it a model worthy of closer examination. 

A.            extreme

B.              mild

C.              tempered

  23.  Given the radical political, social and economic transformations that Germany went through during the First and Second World Wars, and the more recent reunification of Eastern and Western Germany, your country’s health insurance system has withstood many challenges, making it a model worthy of closer examination. 

A.            unyielding

B.               constant

C.              metamorphosis

  24.  Given the radical political, social and economic transformations that Germany went through during the First and Second World Wars, and the more recent reunification of Eastern and Western Germany, your country’s health insurance system has withstood many challenges, making it a model worthy of closer examination. 

A.            embraced

B.               resisted

C.               welcomed

25.  Many industrialized countries, including Japan, point to the success of your national health insurance scheme, and especially your adoption of a global budget.

A.           waiver

B.             imply

C.             digress

  26.  Many industrialized countries, including Japan, point to the success of your national health insurance scheme, and especially your adoption of a global budget. 

A.            espousal

B.               rejection

C.              denial

  27.  Expenditure targets for hospital inpatients are strictly adhered to, and inpatients may pay only 25% of the total cost.

A.          aggregate

B.           disbursement

C.            amass

  28.  Expenditure targets for hospital inpatients are strictly adhered to, and inpatients may pay only 25% of the total cost.

A.          unbinding

B.           rigorously      

C.            loosely

  29.  Expenditure targets for hospital inpatients are strictly adhered to, and inpatients may pay only 25% of the total cost.

A.            disregarded to

B.           turned a blind eye to           

C.             complied with

  30.  An expenditure cap has been established to reduce customer fees for outpatient services.

A.           upper limit     

B.             minimum

C.             prerequisite

  31. Given your aggressive efforts to keep down overhead costs, the average German citizen in 1997 enjoyed an annual average of 11 outpatient services, which was markedly lower than the annual average of 16 in Taiwan.

A.            relaxed

B.           proactive     

C.          informal

  32.  Given your aggressive efforts to keep down overhead costs, the average German citizen in 1997 enjoyed an annual average of 11 outpatient services, which was markedly lower than the annual average of 16 in Taiwan.

A.          operating

B.           supplemental

C.     auxiliary

  33. Specifically, we are concerned with how effectively to restrain increases in medical fees. 

A.            interested in

B.            disinterested in

C.            disregarding

  34.Specifically, we are concerned with              

    how effectively to restrain increases in medical fees.

A.            relax

B.           constrain    

C.           loosen up

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