第1题
A.adopt an average lifestyle
B.work on cheap software
C.contribute something unique
D.ask for a moderate salary
第2题
A.adopt an average lifestyle
B.work on cheap software
C.ask for a moderate salary
D.contribute something unique
第4题
A.aptitude
B.latitude
C.altitude
D.gratitude
第5题
A.had a life-span of 74 years
B.lived a shorter but better life than those born later
C.lived to 47 years of age
D.lived 27 years longer than those born in 1981
第8题
第9题
Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing", is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. But more and more doctors and nurses in Britain, West Germany, Holland and elsewhere readily admit to practicing it, most often in the "passive" form. of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a sometimes fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves up-holding sacred principles of respect for life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British subjects favor euthanasia in some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll taken late last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.
Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find. Europeans, like Americans, are now living longer. The average European male now lives to the age of 72, women to almost 80. As Derek Humphrey, a leading British advocate of "rational euthanasia" says, "lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death."
And so the euthanasists have begun to press their case with greater force. They argue that every human being should have the right to "die with dignity", by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization. Most advocates of voluntary euthanasia has argued that the right to die should be accorded only to the terminally and incurably ill, but the movement also includes a small minority who believe in euthanasia for anyone who rationally decides to take his own life.
That right is unlikely to get legal recognition any time in the near future. Even in the Netherlands, the proposals now before Parliament would restrict euthanasia to a small number of cases and would surround even those with elaborate safeguards.
According to Paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?
A.Active euthanasia is regarded as a crime by Dutch law.
B.The doctor who carried out euthanasia will be charged.
C.An unqualified doctor carrying out euthanasia will be accused.
D.Active euthanasia executives will be sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
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