54. The “employers” referred to in this passage means those __________.
(A) of the insurers
(B) of the insured
(C) of the medical offices
(D) of the pharmacists

50. What, according to the passage, is an important factor that contributes to man’s longevity? (A) Their promiscuous nature to propagate the species. (B) Their sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology. (C) Their refraining from over investment in reproduction. (D) The number of children that their spouses produce at an early age.

51. In most people’s eyes, many health insurance companies . (A) posted considerable amount of loss (B) are suffering steep cost increase (C) have employers from all walks of life (D) are making huge profit

52. Which of the following is true about health insurance companies? (A)Their profit is higher than other insurance companies. (B)They benefit from the new medical technologies. (C) They are troubled by the low profit margin. (D) They hire too many employees who do not pay any more cent.

53. The HMOs received complaints on its restrictions mainly from __________. (A) doctors (B) patients (C) other insurers (D) employers

55. The health insurance system is unsustainable because of the disapproval of _________. (A) the employers (B) the doctors (C) the insured (D) the company

56. What are the advantages of product standardization? (A) A woman may prefer chaos to order. (B) They save time and reduce confusion. (C) Clothing sizes may disguise fattened figures (D) Clothing sizes become more and more a matter of vanity.

57. Why is the trend in women’s clothing sizes toward less standardization? (A) They have the inclinations to align their hearts and heads. (B) Standardization is but an imagination in many women’s mind. (C) They prefer sizing systems that don’t make the sizes too plain. (D) Standardized products are attached only to a dependable brand.

58. What is one possible explanation that men’s clothing sizes have not been affected by de-standardization? (A) Men do not indulge their appetites as much as women do. (B) Being large in sizes does not have strong negative connotations. (C) The sizing system of men’s clothes is the same in different countries. (D) Men do not care for soothing words—petite, regular and missy—as much as women.

59. What would happen if the standardized sizing system is re-introduced? (A) It would be easier to try to buy clothes on line. (B) It would mean a dilemma between intellectuality over emotionality. (C) It would be favored by women who need to disguise fattened figures. (D) It would take an unbearable enormous time and budget to have the system re-introduced.

60. What is the potential function of bar coding of standardized sizes that cannot be read on sight? (A) More things must be tried on, which takes more time. (B) That would eliminate the cost of attaching the written labels. (C) Women cannot deceive themselves anymore and must face the reality. (D) Women who seek shopping efficiency and those who are after vanity may both be satisfied.