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　　Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

　　Among terminally（晚期）ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____（51）or bad death，the results of a new study suggest Dr．Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____（52）heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____（53）about their preferences for dying“In this small study，terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___（54） Vig said”They did not hold the same views about such issues____（55）the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.

　　Many of the men considered____（56） in their sleep to be a good death．The reasons were varied and included not____（57）that death was imminent（即將發(fā)生的），and that death would be painless.

　　For close to half of the men，a prolonged（拖延的）death was______（58）abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain，______（59）others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.

　　Most men said that their_____（60） were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____（61） of death. " Valuing family did not also___（62）wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.

　　"In fact，some expressed concerns____（63）burdening loved ones，Vig said.For instance，some men were worried about the emotional or_____（64） impact on their family members，according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____（65）their need for care would be a burden on their families，she said

　　51 A wrong B pure C good D whole

　　52 A frequent B terminal C early D light

　　53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks

　　54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully

　　55 A to B as C at D for

　　56 A working B dying C talking D dreaming

　　57 A arguing B proposing C hoping D knowing

　　58 A meant B presented C considered D taken

　　59 A where B unless C because D while

　　60 A families B friends C colleagues D wishes

　　61 A length B time C sake D hand

　　62 A stand B mean C help D quit

　　63 A round B within C about D into

　　64 A financial B original C social D historical

　　65 A SO B when C why D that

　　答案:

　　51 c 此旬的意思是，晚期病人對(duì)待死亡的態(tài)度不同，由“differ”一詞可以判斷空格處應(yīng)選與后面“bad”一詞意思相反的詞。

　　52 B 從文章第一句話可以得知，全文談?wù)摰氖峭砥诓∪�，因此空格處�?yīng)選“terminal”一詞。

　　53 c 從前面的“answered”一詞便可判斷空格處應(yīng)選“questions”一詞。

　　54 A 從文章開(kāi)始處的“differ”一詞和接下來(lái)的“they did not hold the same views”便可判斷空格處應(yīng)選“differently”一詞。

　　55 B 從前面的“such”一詞可以斷定空格處應(yīng)選"as".詞。

　　56 B 此句的意思是，許多受訪者認(rèn)為在睡眠中死去是種不錯(cuò)的死法。

　　57 D 在睡眠中死去的好處之一應(yīng)是不知道死亡即將來(lái)臨。

　　58 c 從搭配和語(yǔ)意兩方面考慮，只有“considered"合適。

　　59 D此句的意思是，一些人認(rèn)為……，而其他人則認(rèn)為……，因此只有“while”合適。

　　60 A 此段主要講的是受訪者對(duì)家人的看法。

　　61 B 表示“死亡的時(shí)候”應(yīng)用“at the time of death”。

　　62 B 此句的意思是，珍惜家人并非也意味著生命結(jié)束時(shí)希望有家人在身邊。

　　63 c 表示對(duì)什么感到擔(dān)心應(yīng)用“concerns about something”。

　　64 A 一個(gè)人的病故除了給家人造成情感方面的沖擊外，還會(huì)帶來(lái)經(jīng)濟(jì)方面的影響。

　　65 D 空格處后面是一可由“that”一詞引導(dǎo)的名詞性從句，因此應(yīng)選“that一詞。