题目内容
He is ill. He has kept_____.
| A．coughing all along | B．to cough at night |
| C．cough since yesterday | D．being coughed day and night |
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解析
Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’ own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
Title: 71 Or Not
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Different 72 |
·Most doctors are in 73 of lying for the patients’ own sake. |
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·A great majority of patients 74 on being told the truth. |
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Reasons for 75 lying to patients |
·Informing patients of the truth about their condition destroys their hope, 76 to recovering more slowly, or deteriorating faster, perhaps even 77 themselves. |
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Reasons 78 lying to patients |
·The truthful information helps patients to 79 their illness, help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. ·Most patients feel 80 when they learn that they have been misled. |
Nowadays, a hospital always manages to keep its beds full. This is good on the one hand, and it’s bad on 36 hand.
One day, I went to see a sick friend at the hospital. I first went to the 37 desk, where I could get a permit to visit the patient.
38 I could ask which room my friend was in, the lady set down my name, age, filled out a form and 39 a bell. I was just about to tell her what I was coming for when two men arrived with a wheelchair, 40 me in it and pushed me down the hall.
“I’m not 41 ,” I shouted. “I’m just looking for a friend.”
“When he comes,” one man said, “we’ll 42 him up to your room.”
In a minute I 43 myself in a small room. In no time they undressed me and covered some other things 44 me. One man said “If you need anything, press the button.”
“I want to get my 45 back.” I begged.
“Oh, you can 46 us,” a voice said, “Even if the 47 happens, we will see that your wife will get everything.” They left and locked the door 48 them.
I was trying to think of how to escape by the door when Dr. Ward came in with several of his 49 .
“Thank God you finally came,” I said.
“It hurts that badly?” he asked.
“No, on the contrary, I am not ill 50 .”
Dr. Ward looked 51 . “If you don’t feel any pain, that means it’s much more 52 than we expected.” Then he turned to his students, “This is the most difficult kind of patient to deal with because he refuses to 53 that he is ill. __54__ he won’t tell us where it hurts, he will never be well again until we find the hurt out for 55 by doing exploratory surgery (手术探查) .”
1.A. another B. other C. the other D. others
2.A. meeting B. office C. information D. medicine
3.A. Before B. Until C. While D. When
4.A. beat B. rang C. struck D. took
5.A. pushed B. placed C. pulled D. invited
6.A. well B. sick C. good D. healthy
7.A. command B. carry C. send D. order
8.A. found B. realized C. felt D. understood
9.A. on B. from C. up D. to
10.A. money B. friend C. clothes D. form
11.A. upset B. expect C. wonder D. believe
12.A. best B. hardest C. worst D. easiest
13.A. behind B. before C. beside D. by
14.A. friends B. students C. relatives D. teachers
15.A. at al B. in all C. after all D. above all
16.A. excited B. worried C. satisfied D. surprised
17.A. interesting B. comfortable C. serious D. pleasant
18.A. add B. settle C. concern D. recognize
19.A. Before B. Since C. When D. As soon as
20.A. himself B. themselves C. yourselves D. ourselves