Question

Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to perform euthanasia(安樂死)—that’s to say, doctors are permitted to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. Word that the law was passed by the vote of 15 to 10 immediately flashed on the Internet and was picked up by John, the director of the Right to Die Society of Canada, who posted it on the group’s homepage online, saying, “This isn’t merely something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”

The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens trying to deal with its moral and practical influence. Some have breathed sighs of relief; but others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the law. But the 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. In the U. S. and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米諾骨牌) to start falling.

Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death--probably by a deadly injection or pill--to end suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as incurably ill by two doctors. After a "cooling off" period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the disturbing 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, because I've watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks," he says.

1.According to the text, which of the following statements is TURE?

A．Patients will ask their doctors for euthanasia if they are afraid of illness.

B．Australia, Canada and the US speak highly of the law of euthanasia.

C．All people in Australia don’t share the positive attitude to euthanasia

D．If a patient requests death, he should sign a certificate after 48 hours.

2.The underlined sentence in Para 2, “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.” means that observers are prepared to learn the news that         .

A．some other countries pass similar laws

B．Australia has to put an end to euthanasia

C．people begin to change attitudes to euthanasia

D．different effects result from the game of dominoes

3.Which is NOT the reason for Australia to become the first country to pass the law of euthanasia?

A．Australia has advanced technology of extending life.

B． Australians realize suffering from a terrible disease is worse than death.

C．Australia is faced with a growing ageing population.

D．Australians find it easy to deal with the moral and practical influence.

4.It can be inferred from the text that          .

A．Australia passed the law of euthanasia by the vote of 15 to 10

B．John and his group are in favor of the law of euthanasia in Australia.

C．a(chǎn)n adult patient can request euthanasia by a deadly injection or pill

D．Lloyd has seen many people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen.

5.What’s the author’s attitude to euthanasia?

A．Negative          B．Critical            C．Doubtful          D．Positive

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文描述了人們對于安樂死的不同的態(tài)度，有人支持有人反對。文章最后還舉例進(jìn)行了說明。

1.C 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行Some have breathed sighs of relief; but others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the law.說明人們對于這一政策有不同的觀點(diǎn)，有人支持有人反對。故C項(xiàng)正確。

2.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段But the tide is unlikely to turn back.

observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米諾骨牌) to start falling.

說明這樣的現(xiàn)象是難以逆轉(zhuǎn)的，這個(gè)多米諾骨牌會(huì)很快倒下的，會(huì)有很多的國家都通過這樣的法律的，故A正確。

3.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段4,5,6行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. I說明ABC三項(xiàng)都是這樣做的原因，只有D項(xiàng)不是。故D符合要求。

4.B 推斷題。根據(jù)第一段Word that the law was passed by the vote of 15 to 10 immediately flashed on the Internet and was picked up by John, the director of the Right to Die Society of Canada, who posted it on the group’s homepage online, saying, “This isn’t merely something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”說明John和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)認(rèn)為安樂死是一個(gè)全世界的潮流，不僅僅會(huì)發(fā)生在澳大利亞。故B正確。

5.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章1.2兩段都可以看出作者對這一現(xiàn)象是持支持的態(tài)度的，認(rèn)為安樂死將是以后的趨勢，故D項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn)：考查議論性短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評：本文描述了人們對于安樂死的不同的態(tài)度。要求考生讀懂文章中的每個(gè)句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分－推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點(diǎn)當(dāng)成作者的觀點(diǎn)。