Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying
Among terminallyill people,attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____or bad death,the results of a new study suggest Dr.Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____about their preferences for dyingIn this small study,terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___ Vig saidThey did not hold the same views about such issues____the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.
Many of the men considered____ in their sleep to be a good death.The reasons were varied and included not____that death was imminent,and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men,a prolongeddeath was______abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain,______others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their_____ were very important to them,but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____ of death. Valuing family did not also___wanting family present at the very end of life, Vig said.
In fact,some expressed concerns____burdening loved ones,Vig said.For instance,some men were worried about the emotional or_____ impact on their family members,according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____their need for care would be a burden on their families,she said
51 A wrong B pure C good D whole
52 A frequent B terminal C early D light
53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks
54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully
55 A to B as C at D for
56 A working B dying C talking D dreaming
57 A arguing B proposing C hoping D knowing
58 A meant B presented C considered D taken
59 A where B unless C because D while
60 A families B friends C colleagues D wishes
61 A length B time C sake D hand
62 A stand B mean C help D quit
63 A round B within C about D into
64 A financial B original C social D historical
65 A SO B when C why D that
答案:
51 c 此旬的意思是,晚期病人对待死亡的态度不同,由differ一词可以判断空格处应选与后面bad一词意思相反的词。
52 B 从文章第一句话可以得知,全文谈论的是晚期病人,因此空格处应选terminal一词。
53 c 从前面的answered一词便可判断空格处应选questions一词。
54 A 从文章开始处的differ一词和接下来的they did not hold the same views便可判断空格处应选differently一词。
55 B 从前面的such一词可以断定空格处应选as.词。
56 B 此句的意思是,许多受访者认为在睡眠中死去是种不错的死法。
57 D 在睡眠中死去的好处之一应是不知道死亡即将来临。
58 C 从搭配和语意两方面考虑,只有considered合适。
59 D此句的意思是,一些人认为,而其他人则认为,因此只有while合适。
60 A 此段主要讲的是受访者对家人的看法。
61 B 表示死亡的时候应用at the time of death。
62 B 此句的意思是,珍惜家人并非也意味着生命结束时希望有家人在身边。
63 C 表示对什么感到担心应用concerns about something。
64 A 一个人的病故除了给家人造成情感方面的冲击外,还会带来经济方面的影响。
65 D 空格处后面是一可由that一词引导的名词性从句,因此应选that一词。
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