- 閱讀理解A
題干：InancientGreek,thetermeuthanatosmeant“easydeath”.Todayeuthanasia(安樂死）generallyreferstomercykilling,thevoluntaryendingofthelifeofsomeonewhoisterminallyill.Likeabortion,euthanasiahasbecomealegal，medical,andmoralissueoverwhichopinionisdivided.Euthanasiacanbeeitheractiveorpassive.Activeeuthanasiameansthanaphysicianorothermedicalpersonneltakesanactionthatwillresultindeath，suchasgivinganoverdoseofdeadlymedicine.Passiveeuthanasiameanslettingapatientdieforlackoftreatment,orstoppingthetreatmentthathasbegun.Examplesofpassiveeuthanasiaincludetakingpatientsoffabreathingmachineorremovingotherlife-supportsystems.Stoppingthefoodsupplyisalsoconsideredpassive.Agooddealofthedebateaboutmercykillingoriginatesfromthedecision-makingprocess.Whodecideswhetherapatientistodie?ThisissuehasnetbeensolvedlegallyintheUnitedStates.Thematterislefttostatelaw,whichusuallyallowsthephysicianinchargetosuggesttheoptionofdeathtoapatient’srelatives,especiallyifthepatientisbraindead.Inanattempttomakedecisionsaboutwhentheirownlivesshouldend,severalterminallyillpatientsintheearly1990susedacontroversialsuicidedevice,developedbyDr.JackKevorkian,toendtheirlives.InpartsofEurope,thedecision-makingprocesshasbecomeveryflexible.Evenincaseswherethepatientsarenotbraindead,patentshavebeenputtodeathwithouttheirapprovalattherequestofrelativesoratthesuggestionofphysicians.Manycasesofpassiveeuthanasiainvolveoldpeopleornewborninfants.Theprinciplejustifyingthispracticeisthatsuchindividualshave“l(fā)ifenotworthyoflife”.Incountrieswherepassiveeuthanasiaisnotlegal，thecourtsystemshaveprovedverytolerantindealingwithmedicalpersonnelwhopracticeit.InJapan,forexample,ifphysiciansfollowcertainguidelinestheymayactivelycartoutmercykillingsonhopelesslyillpeople.Courtshavealsobeensomewhattolerantoffriendsorrelativeswhohaveassistedterminallyillpatientstodie.
題目：A terminally ill patient is one who_____. - A 、gets worse every day
- B 、can never get well again
- C 、is very seriously ill in the end
- D 、is too ill to want to live on
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
詞匯題。本題事實(shí)上是一道詞匯題, terminal的意思是“晚期的”，a terminally ill patient表示“晚期患者，絕癥病人”，所以應(yīng)該選B選項(xiàng)can never get well again“無(wú)法再治愈了”。
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