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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

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问题     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 Twenty times a day, life prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn (4)_____ there is no hope that it can (5)_____ an ultimate cure.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、admit
B、allege
C、approve
D、adopt
答案A
解析 词义结构搭配。admit to(=make an acknowledgement confess)承认，供认，例如：I must admit to feeling ashamed of my conduct．(我必须承认我对自己的行为感到羞耻)。可见，空格内填入admit既符合词义要求，也符合结构要求。allege vt.(＝declare)宣称，供述(以支持或反对某一指控)。例如：In your statement you allege that the accused man was seen at the scene of the crime．(在你的口供中，你供述曾经看到被告在犯罪现场)。可见，allege后不能接介词to，故不能入选。approve作及物动词用时意为"批准，通过"，当其后接介词of时意为"赞同"(有时在实际使用中无严格区别)。例如：1) His proposal has been approved．(他的建议已通过)。2) I cannot support a policy of which I have never approved．(我不能支持一项我从未赞成的政策)。可见，approve后不能接介词to，故不能入选。adopt vt．采取；通过；收养。例如：1) We also adopted the high-speed building method．(我们还采用了高速建筑法)。2) The conference unanimously adopted his report．(大会一致通过了他的报告)。3) She offered to adopt the homeless child．(她主动提出要收养这个无家可归的孩子)。
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