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6．It was 3：45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken．After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates，Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die．The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10．Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up，half a world away，by John Hofsess，executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada．He sent it on by way of the group's online service，Death NET．Says Hofsess："We posted bulletins all day long，because of course this isn't just something that happened in Australia．It's world history．"
The full import may take a while to sink in．The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications．Some have breathed sighs of relief，others，including churches，right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association，bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage．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 to deal with euthanasia （安樂(lè)死）．In the US 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 put an end to suffering．The patient must be diagnosed （診斷） as Terminally 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 Nickson，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 haunting 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．

71．Which of the following has the similar meaning to"But the tide is unlikely to turn back．"？D
A．What happened in Australia can change world history．
B．It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law．
C．Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients．
D．That the Law has been passed probably can't be changed．
72．From the second paragraph we learn thatD．
A．the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
B．physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
C．changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the law
D．it takes time to realize the significance of the law's passage
73．By saying"observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling"，the author meansB
A．observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
B．similar bills are likely to be passed in the U．S．，Canada and other countries
C．observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
D．the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop
74．We can learn from the passage that Lloyd NicksonA．
A．will face his death with calm when dying
B．experiences a lot the suffering of a lung cancer
C．has an intense fear of terrible suffering
D．undergoes a cooling off period of seven days
75．The author's attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that ofC．
A．opposition            
B．doubt         
C．a(chǎn)pproval        
D．a(chǎn)nxiety．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇議論文，主要講的是安樂(lè)死的通過(guò)和它對(duì)全球的影響．作者在本文中敘述了澳大利亞北部地區(qū)通過(guò)了安樂(lè)死這一法案，很多人對(duì)此有不同的看法．這項(xiàng)法律引起了人們的廣泛爭(zhēng)論，有人支持，有人反對(duì)．但是這項(xiàng)法律已經(jīng)被投票通過(guò)了，不能再被更改了．要過(guò)一段時(shí)間以后這項(xiàng)法律才真正地被人們所了解．在美國(guó)和加拿大，很多人都支持這樣的法律，也許人們都希望在美國(guó)和加拿大都能夠通過(guò)類似的這樣同意安樂(lè)死的法律．

解答 71．D   推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段中的"Some have breathed sighs of relief，others，including churches，right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association，bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage．But the tide is unlikely to turn back．"可知，這項(xiàng)法律引起了人們的廣泛爭(zhēng)論，有人支持，有人反對(duì)．但是這項(xiàng)法律已經(jīng)被投票通過(guò)了，不能再被更改了．故選D．
72．D   推理判斷題．根據(jù)本段第一句"The full import may take a while to sink in．"可知，要過(guò)一段時(shí)間以后這項(xiàng)法律才真正地被人們所了解．本句中的"sink in"表示理解，了解．故選D．
73．B  推理判斷題．根據(jù)本句"In the US 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．"可知，在美國(guó)和加拿大，很多人都支持這樣的法律，也許人們都希望在美國(guó)和加拿大都能夠通過(guò)類似的這樣同意安樂(lè)死的法律．故B正確．
74．A   推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段中的"For Lloyd Nickson，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 haunting fear of his suffering：a terrifying death from his breathing condition．"可知，她現(xiàn)在患有肺癌，如果她同樣安樂(lè)死，她的死亡將沒(méi)有任何痛苦，會(huì)非常平靜．故選A．
75．C    推理判斷題．在本文中作者先說(shuō)明澳大利亞北部地區(qū)通過(guò)了這一法律，然后在第三段中又列舉了多個(gè)例子證明這一法律在很多情況下都是有利的；及第四段的句子"But the tide is unlikely to turn back"，說(shuō)明作者是贊成這一法律的．故選C．

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