76. According to the text, the public's opinion on the infertility treatments is that ____.

  1. the treatments should be paid for out of public funds
  2. the treatments are not so compulsory as they consume the limited public funds
  3. the treatments are not necessarily only paid for out of public funds
  4. the public is not obliged to pay for such treatments of no urgent nature

77. According to the study conducted by Tina Jensen, which one of the following statements is TRUE?

  1. ARTs have reversed the tendency of population decreasing in Denmark.
  2. Danes' problem of low natural conception has been completely counterbalanced by the widely use of ARTs.
  3. The population of Denmark is not decreasing after the adoption of ARTs.
  4. IVF has played an essential role in Denmark in terms of keeping up the number of population.

78. From the paper of Dr. Grant, it can be inferred that ____.

  1. the cost of offering six cycles of IVF to couples is not high at all
  2. IVF treatment is an economical way of solving population shrinking
  3. Britain does not promote adopting IVF to boost the birth rate
  4. encouraging women to bear more babies by bonus is not so efficient to solve the problem of population shrinking

79. The word "congenital" (Line 2, Para.6) most probably means ____.

  1. innate
  2. instinctive
  3. cerebral
  4. acquired

80. According to the passage, the author's attitude towards promoting in-vitro fertilization can be said to be ____.

  1. supportive
  2. opposing
  3. ambiguous
  4. objective

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