The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. During its occupation of Taiwan, Japan sought to cultivate local medical talent by discouraging its own physicians from practicing in Taiwan. 

I A.  discourage

B.  nurture

C.  debilitate

2. Moreover, the Japanese established a medical training institute in 1897 at a teaching hospital facility in Taipei, which in 1899 became a medical school with its own specialized departments of medical science.

A.  contrived 

B.  eradicated

C.  effaced

3. However, this facility catered mainly to Japanese governmental officials or the privileged gentry class in Taipei rather than catering to the general public.

A.  aristocracy

B.  proletariat

C.  the silent majority

4. Later, teaching hospitals were established, which aimed to serve local community needs. Eventually, the Japanese Red Cross Society in Taiwan was established in 1904.

A.  aggravated

B.  abdicated

C.  attempted  

5. Moreover, the Taipei University of the Japanese Prefecture set up a medical department in 1935, some years after the university’s original establishment in 1928. 

A.  transformed into

B.  transferred to

C.  constructed  

6. After Chiang-Kai Shek and his Kuomingtang Government arrived in Taiwan in the wake of the civil war, problems such as inflationary prices and scarcity of medicine led to the emergence of unlicensed physicians and poor quality medicines.

A.  aftermath  

B.  beginning

C.  advent

7. However, since 1965, medical practices and standards in Taiwan have gradually improved to reach the current situation where Taiwan provides state-of-the-art medical services. 

A.  archaic

B.  antiquated

C.  progressive  

8. Taiwanese hospitals are categorized either as medical centers (17), regional hospitals (70), community hospitals (375) or clinics (data unavailable).

A. regulated

B.  classified  

C.  outlined

9. Since its establishment in 1995, the National Health Insurance scheme has sought to provide medical coverage for all Taiwanese residents under the auspices of the National Health Insurance Bureau.

A. finances

B.  direction  

C.  classification

10. However, the National Health Insurance scheme suffers from a severe fiscal imbalance, causing near bankruptcy and other problems for medical facilities that rely on NHI subsidies. 

A.  implacable  

B.  facile

C.  adroit

11. Consequently, a large island-wide protest march of medical professionals was held this year.

A.  dwarfed

B.  stunted

C.  prodigious 

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