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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentar
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentar
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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debating, 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 was 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 on-line service,Death NET. Says Hofsess:"We posted bulletins all day long, because of course 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 US 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 Nickson, 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.
By saying that "observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling", the author means that______.
选项
A、observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia
B、there is a possibility of similar bills being passed in the U. S. and Canada
C、observers are waiting to see the movement end up in failure
D、the process of the bill taking effect may finally come to a stop
答案
B
解析
语义题。美国、加拿大以及其他国家也可能通过类似的法案,参阅文章第二段最后一句:In the US and Canada,where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength,observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.(在美国与加拿大的死亡权利运动在汇积力量,观望者正在等待多米诺骨牌开始倾倒。)the dominoes是一个比喻,“多米诺骨牌效应”就是连锁反应,也就是说,在澳大利亚发生的情况也会波及北美国家,产生类似的做法。选项[A]意为:观察者正等待和观察对安乐死未来的态度。这种“等着瞧的态度”与原文意思不符;选项[C]意为:观察者正等待死亡权利运动以失败告终。这是一个干扰项,也不符合原文意思;选项[D]意为:通过法案的程序来起作用的做法最终将逐渐停止,文章中没提到这问题。
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