In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life.However, some people,including some doctors,don’t agree with these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(权利)to die when they want.They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself,and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable.They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die.Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible.And so the quarrel goes on and on without a definite(明确的)answer.
【小题1】People can live longer than in the past.It’s because _______.
A.medical technology developsB.we have big hospitals
C.there are many good doctorsD.both B and C
【小题2】According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to__________.
A.the doctorsB.the surroundings
C.his or her familyD.the patient himself or herself
【小题3】In the writer’s opinion __________.
A.death is better than lifeB.1ife is better than death
C.neither life nor death is goodD.none of the above
【小题4】Why do some patients want to die? Because ________.
A.the doctors are not good B.the conditions are bad
C.life is too hardD.they are seriously ill

【小题1】______________
Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there.
【小题2】__________________
Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But, millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems an ordinary old man with a kind smile. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country.
【小题3】_________________
Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist(漫画家) in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding of Little Ding.
He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China.
【小题4】_________________
An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony(开幕式) of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to this summer Olympic Games.
【小题5】________________
Liu Qian is the only magician(魔术师) form Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance(表演).When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take is out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China.
A.The premier is our “grandpa”.
B.The most famous soprano in China.
C.The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.
D.The famous magician from Taiwan.
E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.

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