A. the handicapped. B. unescorted children.
C. senior citizens. D. pre-arranged groups of visitors.
A. on Saturdays. B. on Sundays.
C. on Good Fridays. D. on Bank holidays.
A. show travellers their hospitality.
B. prevent ill will.
C. encourage travellers to stay.
D. inform the travellers of their rate increases.
Now, go through the text quickly and answer the question.
GRAND CAY HOTEL
Nottingham-Darby Stockbridge Lane NC 125 FQ
Telephone: (06362) 04183
Telex: 585746
Dear Traveller,
In attempting to provide the best service possible for our guests, we've been faced with a problem. More and more often, it seems, people are engaging hotel accommodations without prior booking, and leaving without settling their accounts.
These "silent departures" have caused us - and other hotels as well - substantial cash losses. So far, at Grand Cay we've been able to absorb these losses without passing their cost on to our guests in the form of increased prices. But we're approaching our limit.
So, in order to prevent further losses of this sort, and to keep our prices as low as possible in this time of inflation, we are asking that - any person desiring overnight accommodation without a prior confirmed booking, please pay in advance the full cost of the accommodation.
Only by the introduction of such safeguards can the problem be alleviated. Please understand our position, and know that the service we will provide you will continue to be the best we can humanly offer.
Many thanks,
Godfrey Billingham
General Manager
A. 10 May. B. 24 June.
C. 9 July. D. 9 June.
In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various induction of price, quality and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. In the health care industry, however, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer, Once an individual has chosen to see a physician, the physician usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return "next Wednesday", whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc.
This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor's judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eyes of the hospital it is the physician who is the real "consumer". As a consequence, the medical staff represents the "power-center" in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.
Although usually there are in this situation four identifiable participants, the physician, the hospital, the patient and the prayer (generally an insurance carrier or government), the physician makes the essential decision for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the physicians; the payer generally meets most of the bonafide (真正的) bills generated by the physician/hospital and for the most part, the patient plays a passive role. In routine or minor illnesses, or just plain worries, the patient's options are of course much greater with respect to use and price. But in illnesses that are of some significance, such choice tends to evaporate. And it is for these illnesses that the bulk of the health care dollar is spent. We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, economy measures directed at patient or the
general or the general public are relatively ineffective.
Write an EXPOSITION about 200-300 words, expressing your opinions and making your comments on one of the following topics which are related to the text you have learned this term. You are required to think of a title for your essay. Marks will be awarded for the organizations as well as syntactic variety and appropriate word-choice.
1. Pollutions, global warming, world weather, environment protection, etc..
2. Language development over recent years
3. Women status in society
4. Comparisons of Everyday Use or Blackmail
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