成人英语三级1997深圳邦德教育年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure pasd by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofss, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He nt it on via the group’s on-line rvice, Death NET. Says Hofss: “We posted bulletins all day long, becau of cour this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But th
e tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia -- where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part -- other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, obrvers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
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Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death -- probably by a deadly injection or pill -- to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnod as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of ven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, becau I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.
51. From the cond paragraph we learn that ________.
[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law
[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage
52. When the author says that obrvers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means ________.
nur是什么意思[A] obrvers are taking a wait and e attitude towards the future of euthanasia
[B] similar bills are likely to be pasd in the US, Canada and other countries
[C] obrvers are waiting to e the result of the game of dominoes
英语三级成绩查询入口[D] the effect-taking process of the pasd bill may finally come to a stop
parameter是什么意思53. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will ________.
[A] face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia
[B] experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient
[C] have an inten fear of terrible suffering
[D] undergo a cooling off period of ven days
54. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia ems to be that of ________.
奥巴玛[A] opposition
[B] suspicion
[C] approval
党员代表发言稿[D] indifference
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A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this obrvation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of cour, exceptions. Small minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an obrvation made so frequently that it derves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwi dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.做鬼脸表示什么
The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or ttlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impul on the part of the ttlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn’t take
in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one el who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. “I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner -- amazing.” Such obrvations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
