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Australia---The vote for euthanasia(安樂死)was finally taken at 3:45 this morning. After six months’ argument and final 16 hours’ hot 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 bill was passed by the vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, the director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on through the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Hofsess says, “We posted it all day long, because this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to understand. The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens trying to deal with its moral and practical meaning. Some have breathed sighs of relief, but others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste(匆忙,急忙) 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 for euthanasia. 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 as incurably 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 man suffering from lung cancer, the law means he can get on with living without the 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.
【小題1】According to the text ,which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Australia now is the only country in the world to pass the law of euthanasia.

B．All people in Australia don’t have the same positive attitude to euthanasia.

C．Many patients will ask their doctors for euthanasia because they are afraid of death.

D．According to the law, if a patient requests death, his or her wish will be met after 48 hours.

【小題2】The underlined sentence in Para 2, “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.” means that observers are waiting to see ___________.

A．the result of the game of dominoes.

B．that people’s attitude to euthanasia will be changed.

C．that the bill about euthanasia in Australia will come to an end.

D．the similar bills will be passed in other countries.

【小題3】Australia was the first country to pass the bill of euthanasia, but not USA or Canada. Which one is NOT the reason ?

A．In Australia, the technology of extending life is advanced.

B．In Australia, it is easy to deal with the moral and practical meaning.

C．In Australia, old people take up great part in the population of the whole country.

D．Australians gradually realize suffering from a terrible disease is worse than immediate death.

【小題4】It can be inferred from the text that _____________.

A．when Lloyd Nickson dies, he will face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia.

B．physicians and citizens in Australia share the same view on euthanasia.

C．other countries are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.

D．under the bill, patients requesting death are sure to be injected by deadly medicine.

【小題5】What’s the author’s attitude to euthanasia?

A．Negative

B．Critical

C．Positive

D．Doubtful

Answer 1

【小題1】B       
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】C

解析【小題1】推理題：從第一段的句子：The bill was passed by the vote of 15 to 10.可知澳大利亞人對安樂死的觀點不一。選B       
【小題1】句意理解題：從第二段的句子：other states are going to consider making a similar law to for euthanasia.可知其他國家也希望出臺相似的法律。選D
【小題1】細節題：從第二段的句子：The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens trying to deal with its moral and practical meaning.可知澳大利亞人很容易處理道德和實用的含義，選B
【小題1】細節題：從最后一段的句子：the law means he can get on with living without the fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition.可知Lloyd Nickson 死后，他可以冷靜的面對安樂死。選A
【小題1】作者態度題：文章介紹了安樂死的法律，從最后一段的內容，可知作者是持有積極的態度。選C