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Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy in Europe since at least 1936. On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland
Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy in Europe since at least 1936. On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland
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2009-04-26
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Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy in Europe since at least 1936. On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices "active" euthanasia: (1)_____ administering a lethal drug to a (2)_____ ill patient who has asked to be relieved (3)_____ suffering. Twenty times a day, life prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn (4)_____ there is no hope that it can (5)_____ an ultimate cure. "Active" euthanasia remains a crime on the Dutch statute books, punishable (6)_____ 12 years in prison. But a series of court cases over the past 15 years has made it clear that a competent physician who (7)_____ it out will not be prosecuted.
Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing", is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. (8)_____ more and more doctors and nurses in Britain, Germany, Holland and elsewhere readily (9)_____ to practicing it, most often in the "passive" form of withholding or withdrawing (10)_____ The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately (11)_____ into a sometimes fierce public debate, (12)_____ both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those (13)_____ to the practice see themselves (14)_____ sacred principles of respect for life, (15)_____ those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years (16)_____ the defensive, the advocates now seem to be (17)_____ ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British (18)_____ favor euthanasia in some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of (19)_____ to a poll taken late last year in France said they would like the law changed to (20)_____ mercy killings. Obviously, pressure groups favoring euthanasia and "assisted suicide" have grown steadily in Europe over the years.
Notes:
euthanasia安乐死。lethal致命的。statute book 法典。prosecute 起诉。simmering 处于沸腾的状态。mantle 重任,责任。
选项
A、smoothed over
B、boiled over
C、broke down
D、burst out
答案
B
解析
词义惯用搭配。smooth over(=make smooth,put right;palliate)平息,调停;掩饰。例如:1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我将设法平息他们的争吵)。2)Don’t try to smooth over your fault.(不要设法掩饰你的过错)。boil over处于危急关头,爆发:The situation is about to boil over.(形势大有一触即发之势)。boil over into爆发成为。break down作及物动词用时,意为"拆毁,压倒;把…分类";作不及物动词用时,意为"(汽车、电视机、电梯等)出毛病而不能工作;垮台,崩溃"。burst out冲出;喊叫;突然表示出。从上下文的逻辑意思看,选boiled over符合句意。
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考研英语一
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