2. 考研
  3. "Please don’t take your organs to heaven," reads the American bumper sticker. "Heaven knows that we need them here on earth. " L

"Please don’t take your organs to heaven," reads the American bumper sticker. "Heaven knows that we need them here on earth. " L

admin2015-03-25  42
问题     "Please don’t take your organs to heaven," reads the American bumper sticker. "Heaven knows that we need them here on earth. " Last year more than 7,000 Americans died while awaiting an organ transplant—almost double the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since 2003. In Europe, too, thousands of people whose lives could be extended or transformed(by having sight restored, for example)through transplants forfeit the opportunity for want of available organs.
    Research by the World Health Organisation(WHO)has found that only one in ten people in need of a new kidney, the body part most in demand, manages to get one. In the poorest places, of course, a complex transplant—which in the American health system costs $500, 000—is unthinkable for most people anyway. But the gap between supply and demand for organs affects the poor too, by creating a market in body parts where abuses are prevalent.
    In prosperous and middle-income countries, the waiting lists for organ transplants grow ever longer as ageing populations, hypertension and obesity(a big cause of diabetes-driven kidney failure)take their toll. The problem has been worsened by a fall in road deaths in rich countries, which—along with strokes and heart attacks—are the main source of organs for transplant. Small wonder that people scour the globe to procure the organs they or their loved ones need; or that unscrupulous intermediaries offer help.
    The latest of many organ-harvesting scandals is now raging in India, one of several poor countries where the sale of organs used to be legal but has now been banned, with the apparent effect of driving the trade underground. A doctor, Amit Kumar, is awaiting trial after reportedly confessing to having performed hundreds of illegal transplants for rich clients from America, Britain, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Greece. He has been accused of luring labourers into his clinics with job offers; victims were then offered up to $2,000, a princely sum, to part with a kidney. Some who refused are said to have had kidneys removed anyway after being drugged.
    Another kidney racket flourished in South Africa between 2001 and 2003. Donors were recruited in Brazil, Israel and Romania with offers of $5,000-20,000 to visit Durban and forfeit a kidney. The 109 recipients, mainly Israelis, each paid up to $120,000 for a "transplant holiday"; they pretended they were relatives of the donors and that no cash changed hands.
    Knowingly or unknowingly, Europeans may have benefited from another racket, operating on their doorstep, in a region where the West claims to be upholding human rights. Carla del Ponte, until recently the chief prosecutor at the war-crimes court for ex-Yugoslavia, claims in a new book that in 1999, guerrillas from Kosovo harvested the organs of 300 captive Serbs at a secret site in Albania. The authorities in Kosovo and Albania have hotly denied the story.
Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 4?
选项 A、The last of many organ-harvesting scandals is now taking place in India.
B、After being banned the sale of organs in India has now disappeared.
C、Amit Kumar was on trial for performing hundreds of illegal organ transplants.
D、For a large amount of income, some job hunters went to part with a kidney.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。根据题干提示定位至第四段。根据该段第一句“在众多器官获取的丑闻中，最新的一个在印度”，并没最后一个，由此可知[A]不正确；[B]与原文的“因被禁而使得这一交易转入地下”不符；[C]与原文第二句内容相符，为正确答案；原文中说到“引诱劳工到诊所”、“强行麻醉劳工而后取走一个肾”表明他们是“不情愿”的，并非为钱，故排除[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3T74777K
0

考研英语一

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)