Question

閱讀理解

In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past . New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life. However, some people , including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right（權利）to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable . They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity（尊嚴）and to decide when they want to die. Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite （明確的）answer.

1.The best title for this passage is ______________.

A．The Right to Live	B．The Right to Die
C．The Doctor’s Duty	D．Life Is Better than Death

2. People can live longer than in the past. It’s because _____________.

A．medical technology develops	B．we have big hospitals
C．there are many good doctors	D．both B and C

3.According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to________.

A．the doctors	B．the surroundings
C．his or his family	D．the patient himself or herself

4. In the writer’s opinion ___________.

A．death is better than life	B．life is better than death
C．neither life nor death is good	D．none of the above

5. Why do some patients want to die ?  Because _____________.

A．the doctors are not good	B．the conditions are bad
C．life is too hard	D．they are seriously ill

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：

1.細節理解題，根據對文中語句they say that people should have the right（權利）to die when they want的理解，可知隨著人們生活的提高以及醫療條件的改善，壽命延長了，但是人們也有死的權利，故選B

2.細節理解題，根據短文第二段第一句In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past的理解，可知醫療條件的改善是人壽命延長的原因，故選A

3.細節理解題,根據對短文They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity（尊嚴）and to decide when they want to die.的理解可知，能否決定病人的死亡要由病人自己來決定

4.細節理解題,根據文中語句And so the battle goes on and on without a definite （明確的）answer. 的理解，可知到目前為止這個話題的討論還沒有結果，故選D

5.細節理解題,通過對短文They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable的理解可知，病人決定死亡，是由于病情很嚴重到了無法忍受的程度

考點：本文主要考查學生的閱讀理解能力，及綜合判斷能力

點評：該短文主要介紹了當今社會隨著生活及醫療條件的改善，人們的壽命延長了，但是有些人在生活不能自理的情況下有權利選擇死亡，這要由他們自己來決定，對于這個問題，眾說紛紜，當然延長生命是醫生的責任