from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the There’s something rotten in the state of women’s health. As this article is being written in July, Republicans in Congress are__26__in a frenzied effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act(ACA)put in place by the Obama administration. At least 22 million Americans would lose medical insurance by 2026 under the latest__27__of this plan—which includes large cuts to Medicaid—and lack of insurance means more sickness and death for thousands, data show. These cuts__28__to affect women more than men—whether by removing basic health coverage, cutting maternity care or__29__limiting reproductive rights. It’s time to take a stand against this war on women’s health. Current events are just the latest__30__in a long history of male-centric medicine, often driven not by politicians but by scientists and physicians. Before the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, which__31__the inclusion of women and minorities in final-stage medication and therapy trials, women were actively__32__from such tests because scientists worried that female hormonal cycles would interfere with the results. The__33__,meant women did not know how drugs Whether or not the repeal-and-replace legislation passes this year, these__34__are part of a larger war on women’s health that is not likely to abate anytime soon. We must resist this assault. Never mind “America First” –it’s __35__to put women first.