2013职称英语综合类C级完形填空通关习题(1)

　　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