fabygraf02

About 60 percent of hospitals could not secure the ( ) number of nurses this spring ( ) competition heated up after the introduction of the new standard of staff distribution. Last year's revision of the medical treatment ( ) system, ( ) sets standards for remuneration hospitals ( ) from health insurance, stipulated that when one nurse is assigned to ( ) seven hospitalized patients, hospitals receive an ( ) remuneration related to hospitalization.

1. a. desire b. desired c. desiring d. desires
2. a. as b. because of c. as to d. so that
3. a. price b. tuition c. fare d. fee
4. a. for which b. who c. which d. in which
5. a. receive b. receives c. received d. are receiving
6. a. take care b. take care of c. takes care of d. be taking care of
7. a. increase b. increasing c. increased d. increasingly The new standard aimed ( ) offering better care for patients ( ) a competition ( ) hospitals to secure nurses. The association's survey found that hospitals that improved their training systems and work conditions succeeded ( ) securing the necessary number of nurses, ( ) those that offered unfavorable conditions apparently failed to do so.

8. a. to b. in c. of d. at
9. a. resulted b. resulted in c. result in c. result of
10. a. among b. between c. to d. at
11. a. of b. at c. in d. on
12. a. so that b. while c. due to d. ever since