In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. Now this is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters who have never been close by during of the birth a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we send them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally (晚期的）in patients— even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剝奪）the dying patient of family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies . Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their great need to be informed, to be kept up - to - date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the coming of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance before death.
小題1: The elders of today's Americans _______ .
A．a(chǎn)re often absent when a family member is born or dying
B．a(chǎn)re unfamiliar with birth and death
C．usually see the birth or death of a family member
D．have often experienced the fear of death as part of life
小題2: Children in America are deprived of the chance to________.
A．visit a patient at hospitalB．visit their family members
C．learn how to face deathD．look after the patients
小題3: The need of a dying patient for people to accompany him shows________.
A．his wish for communication with other peopleB．his fear of death
C．his unwillingness to dieD．he feels very upset about his condition
小題4: It may be concluded from the passage that________.
A．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition
B．dying patients are afraid of being told of the coming of death
C．most patients are unable to accept death until it can’t be avoided
D．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need
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A．Few students can afford to go to school in large cities.
B．A large number of the 9th grades can graduate now.
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When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest and dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ceremony . He exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.
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B．introduce his point of view about young people.
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