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  3. 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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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.
According to the new Northern Territory law, what kind of person would probably be met with the wish for death?
选项 A、He is suffering from incurable cancer.
B、He is afraid of dying from spiritual point.
C、He is afraid of fighting for oxygen.
D、He is diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors.
答案D
解析 从文章最后一段可知，北部地区通过的这个新法案规定成年病人可要求安乐死——可能通过注射致死针剂或服用致死药物——以结束痛苦，但须由两名医生诊断其已病入膏肓，病人经过7天“冷静思考”时间，方可签署一份申请证明。48小时后，其安乐死愿望才能得到实现。由此可见D项的内容与本题相符，因此选D项。
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