Did you know that a turtle(乌龟)can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays

around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.

Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs,

they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim toland. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find theirway back there is unknown.When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark.Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountainclimbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task oflaying eggs.The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protectsthe eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black ballscoming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!

Which sentence expresses the main idea?

A. Sea turtles have interesting life habits.

B. Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs.

C. Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways.

D. Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand.

Turtles bury their eggs to protect them from ____________.

A. deep water   B. danger     C. heat       D. bad weather

We can conclude from this passage that ___________.

A. many turtles die while swimming to shore

B. female turtles protect their babies

C. once turtles land, they never return to the sea

D. the job of laying eggs takes great strength

The writer compares turtles to climbers ___________.

A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas

B. to give you a picture of how hard they work

C. to tell you that they like to climb

D. to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles

B

Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patient–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

(变矮小)by greater needs: the need to protect from

brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; 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 the doctor reject that he is ill, or minimize fee 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 patient's 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 risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate (恶化) faster, perhaps even commit suicide(自杀).

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, humanly conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: help them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after operation.

There is 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 (欺骗).Yet the public has every reason to know 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."

60.What is the passage mainly about?

       A.Whether patients really want to know the truth of their condition.

       B.Whether patients should be told the truth of their illness.

       C.Whether different studies should be carried on.

       D.Whether doctors are honesty with their patients.

61.For the case mentioned in paragraph 2, most doctors will ____.

       A.tell the patient the truth as soon as possible

       B.choose to lie to him about his condition at that moment

       C.tell him to shorten the family vacation

       D.advise him to cancel the family vacation

62.Which of the following is TRUE?

       A.Sometimes government tells lies because they need to meet the public interest.

       B.Doctors believe if they lie, those seriously-ill patients will recover more quickly.

       C.Truthful information helps patients deal with their illness in some cases.

       D.Many patients don't want to know the truth, especially about serious illness.

63.From the passage, we can learn that the author's attitude to professional deception is ____.

       A.supportive           B.indifferent       C.opposed        D.neutral

63.From the passage, we can learn that the author’s attitude to professional deception is      .

       A.supportive       B.indifferent       C.opposed    D.neutral

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