A decision made by a doctor on how to end a patient’s life.
A hospital document on how to treat a terminally ill patient.
A wish made by a patient on how he will be medically treated.
A law that prohibits mercy killing.
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Simon: Is there any chance of my borrowing your type-writer?
Cindy: _______
Simon: Until the end of the week.
A: For how long?
B: How come?
C: What’s the matter?
D: Pardon?
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Text 4
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death—probably by a deadly injection or pill—to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.
56. From the second paragraph we learn that ________.
[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law
[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage
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第5题:
The doctor suggested that the patient()in hospital for another week.
Astayed
Bstaying
Cstay
Dto stay
第6题:
he patient acted on the doctor's ()and finallyrecovered.
第7题:
stayed
staying
stay
to stay
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It should be made legally binding in Britain
Its morally questionable.
It is the same as mercy killing, and therefore should not be encouraged.
It runs counter to traditional English law.
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第10题:
readers how to he popular with people around
teenagers how to learn to make a decision for themselves
parents how to control and guide their children
people how to understand and respect each other
第11题:
I’m having difficulty sleeping.
I’m watching TV every night.
I’m getting too much sleep.
I’m eating too much.
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advices
advise
advice
第13题:
Ada: How's the young man?
Bill:______
A、He's twenty.
B、He's a doctor.
C、He's much better.
D、He's Dick.
第14题:
Beth: Did you hear that Ron was in the hospital?
Mimi: Oh, really?( 56 ) with him?
Beth: He's got a very high temperature. I guess it may be cholera (霍乱).
Mimi: Cholera! How in the world did( 57 ) ?
Beth: Who knows?!
Mimi: ( 58 ) for a long time?
Beth: For a couple of weeks, apparently. But he only( 59 ) on Monday.
Mimi: Why did he wait so long? He should have seen a doctor earlier.
Beth: Yes, I know. But luckily the doctor says if he stays in the hospital for a few weeks, be should be able to improve.
Mimi: Gee,( 60 ) .
A. it come
B. I hope so
C. he get that
D. was sick
E. What’ s the matter
F. What happened
G. Has he been sick
H. went to see the doctor
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The doctor suggested that the patient()in hospital for another week.
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had learned
have learned
learned
would learn
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Warm-hearted as he was
That he was warm-hearted
Though warm-hearted he was
Warm-hearted although he was
第20题:
it’s easy to win the international science and technology competition
Hollow Flashlight is safe, noiseless and can save energy
Ann has made a decision to be a scientist in the future
few peop1e are interested in how Ann created the flashlight
第21题:
advises a patient to draw up his Advance Directive
refuses to carry out an Advance Directive
actively prescribes a medication that will quicken the death of a terminal patient
stops giving medication to a terminally ill patient according to his Advance Directive
第22题:
recognize
recognized
to recognize
recognizing
第23题:
readers how to be popular with people around
teenagers how to learn to make a decision for themselves
parents how to control and guide their children
people how to understand and respect each other