2014职称英语考前每日一练(卫生类第43期－C级)

　　第6部分：完形填空 (第5卜65题，每题1分，共15分)

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

　　Among terminally(晚期)ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____(51)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____(52)heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____(53)about their preferences for dyingIn this small study，terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___(54) Vig saidThey did not hold the same views about such issues____(55)the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.

　　Many of the men considered____(56) in their sleep to be a good death.The reasons were varied and included not____(57)that death was imminent(即将发生的)，and that death would be painless.

　　For close to half of the men，a prolonged(拖延的)death was______(58)abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain，______(59)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.

　　Most men said that their_____(60) were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____(61) of death. Valuing family did not also___(62)wanting family present at the very end of life, Vig said.

　　In fact，some expressed concerns____(63)burdening loved ones，Vig said.For instance，some men were worried about the emotional or_____(64) impact on their family members，according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____(65)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。