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On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices “active” euthanasia (安乐死):intentionally administering a lethal (

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问题    On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices “active” euthanasia (安乐死):intentionally administering a lethal (致死的)drug to a terminally iii patient who has asked to be relieved of suffering. Twenty times a day, life-prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn when there is no hope that it can effect an ultimate cure. "Active" euthanasia remains a crime on the Dutch statute books, punishable by 12 years in prison. But a series of court cases over the past 15 years has made it clear that a competent physician who carries it out will not be prosecuted.
   Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing" is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. But more and more doctors and nurses readily admit to practicing it, most often in the "passive" form of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a, sometimes, fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves upholding sacred principles of respect for life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British subjects favor euthanasia ill some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll taken last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.
   Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy in Europe since at least 1936, when a bill was introduced in the House of Lords that would have legalized mercy killing under very tightly supervised conditions. That bill failed, as have three others introduced in the House of Lords since then.
   Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find. Europeans, like Americans, are now living longer: Therefore, lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death. And the euthanasists argue that every human being should have the right to "die with dignity," by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization (住院治疗).
   Most experts believe that euthanasia will continue to be practiced no matter what the law says.
The last sentence in the passage indicate that
选项 A、People will stop the practice of euthanasia immediately
B、People will resume the practice of euthanasia only after it is allowed by law
C、People will go on practicing euthanasia no matter it is passed by law or not
D、Only passive euthanasia is allowed according to the law
答案C
解析  第2段当中作者提到近几年安乐死已经得到越来越多人的支持，“After years on the defensive，the advocates now seem to be gaining ground．”在第4段中又谈到，“Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find．”紧接着阐述了人们支持安乐死的种种理由，由此可见，不管法律是否通过，安乐死仍然受到支持，人们仍会继续以往的做法。
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