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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.
When Lloyd Nickson is close to death, he will______.
选项
A、undergo a cooling off period of seven days
B、experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient
C、have an intense fear of terrible suffering
D、face his death with the calm characteristic of euthanasia
答案
D
解析
推论题。面对死亡,可以平静地安乐死。参阅文章第三段第四句及以后所述内容:54岁的达尔文市居民Nickson身患肺癌,安乐死法案的通过意味着他可以心情平静地生活,不必担心呼吸问题带来的令人可怕的死亡威胁。他说,“从精神上来讲,我不怕死,不过我我担心的是如何死去,因为在医院里我看见过病人死时由于缺氧而挣扎并抓挠氧气罩的情景。”这说明因有了安乐死法案,Nickson先生可以平静地面对死亡。选项[A]意为:(他)经过七日的平静阶段。选项[B]意为:(他)经历肺癌病人所遭受的痛苦;选项[C]意为:(他)对死亡折磨有一种强烈的恐惧。以上三个项显然均不符合题意,所以正确答案为[D]。
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