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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary
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2016-06-22
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问题
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary 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 measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: "We posted bulletins 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 sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally I11 law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste 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 deal with euthanasia. In the U. S. and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes 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 terminally 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 Nick-son, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally 111 law means he can get on with living without the haunting 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.
When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means______.
选项
A、observers are taking a wait and see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
B、similar bills are likely to be passed in the U. S. , Canada and other countries
C、observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
D、the effect of taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop
答案
B
解析
本题中,domino意为“多米诺骨牌”,指引发连锁反应。从文章第2段的最后一句话可知,在美国和加拿大,死亡权利运动正在逐渐兴起,观察家们正在等待多米诺骨牌开始倒下。据此可知,作者认为,由于澳大利亚通过了安乐死法案,这对美国和加拿大产生了影响,使得这两个国家的死亡权利运动逐渐兴起,从而会产生连锁反应。B项与文章的意思相符,因此B项为正确答案。
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