Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their values-this cant be repeated too often-are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, howerer good the results. And at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while theres life, theres hope.
When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.
1.It is implied in Paragraph 1 that __________ .
a.very old people enjoy living with their relatives
b.social services have nothing to do with very old people
c.very old people would like to live alone so that they can have more personal freedom
d.very old people are able to keep their rooms very clean
2.Some social workers think that _______________ .
a.health and safety are more important than personal freedom
b.personal freedom is more important than health and safety
c.old people should keep their rooms clean
d.one should not take the risk of dealing with old people
3.The word it in the last paragraph refers to _________ .
a.the conclusion you have come to
b.your talk to the old people
c.whether age is happy or unpleasant
d.ones money or ones health
4.The author thinks that _____________ .
a.medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors
b.old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich
c.the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is doubtful
d.it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修一《Unit2 English around the world》世界上的英语
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修六Unit1 Art——艺术
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修五《Unit3 Life in the future》未来的生活
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:专项提能计划——书面表达(五)
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修二《Unit3 Computers 》计算机
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修八UNITS 3~5
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修五《Unit1 Great scientists》伟大的科学家
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修四《UNITS 3~5》
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修二《Unit2 The Olympic Games 》奥林匹克运动会
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修六Unit2 Poems——诗歌
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修一《Unit5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero 》纳尔逊•曼德拉》一位当代英雄
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修五《Unit2 The 《United Kingdom》联合王国
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修二《Unit4 Wildlife protection 》保护野生动植物
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修二《UNITS 1~2》
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修一《UNITS3~5》
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修六Unit5 The power of nature——大自然的力量
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修八UNITS 1~2
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:专项提能计划——书面表达(四)
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修五《Unit5 First aid》急救
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修一《UNITS1-2》
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修四《Unit2 Working the land 》耕作土地
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2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修八Unit1 A land of diversity——多元化的社会
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修三《Unit2 Healthy eating 》健康膳食
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修三《Unit5 Canada-“The True North”》加拿大》“真正的北方”
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修五《UNITS 3~5》
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版选修八Unit5 Meeting your ancestors——会晤祖先
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修四《Unit3 A taste of English humour》感受英语的幽默
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版必修三《Unit1 Festivals around the world 》世界各地的节日
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