The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and pr actical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including chur ches, right?to?life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly at tacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn b ack, In Australia-where an aging population, life?extending technology and chan ging community attitudes have all played their part-other states are going to co nsider 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 th e dominoes to start falling.?
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death-probabl y 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 se ven 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 suffer ing from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on wi th living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from hi s 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
1.〖ZK (〗The author's attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of〖CD#4〗. ?A.opposition 〖DW〗B.suspicion ?C.approval
〖DW〗D.indifference
1. It would be wonderful to observe a singularity and obtain direct evidence of the undoubtedly bizarre phenomena that occur near one. Unfortunately in most cases a distant observer cannot see the singularity.
2. Detailed understanding of this phenomenon awaits further study
3. The correlation between carbon dioxide and temperture throughout the Vostok record is consistent and predictable
4. Although these observations are true, Pessen overestimates their importance by concluding from them that the undoubted progress toward inequality in the late eigtteenth century continued in the Jacksonian period and the United States was a class-ridden, plutocratic society even before industrialization.
5. His thesis works relatives well when applied to discrimination against Blacks in the United States, but his definition of racial prejudice can be interpreted as also including hostility toward such ethnic groups as the C. hinese in California and the Jews in the medieval Europe
B3单词释义题
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Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily or mental functioning is a drag. Many people mistakenly believe the term drag refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal chemical taken by drag addicts. They don't realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also drags. This is why the more neutral term substance: is now used by many physicians and psychologists. The phrase \ to make clear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and cocaine.
We live a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves. When do these socially acceptable and apparently constructive uses of a substance become misuses? First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce negative effects such as poisoning or intense perceptual distortions. Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction or substance dependence. Dependence is marked first by an increased
tolerance, with more and more of the substance required to produce the desired effect, and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance is discontinued.
Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens. Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down. Hallucinogens have their primary effect on perception, distorting and altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations. These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning \年) 60. The word \
A. widespread B. overwhelming C. piercing D. fashionable
C翻译
C1词的搭配结构
. 1 Furthermore humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.
C2熟词僻义
2) Interest in historical methods has arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves.
D阅B
Religion is a worldwide phenomenon that has played a part in all human culture and so is a much broader, more complex category than the set of beliefs or practices found in any single religious tradition. An adequate understanding of religion must take into account its distinctive qualities and patterns as a form of human experience, as well as the similarities and differences in religions across human cultures.
In all cultures, human beings make a practice of interacting with what are taken to be spiritual powers. These powers may be in the form of gods, spirits, ancestors, or any kind of sacred reality with which humans believe themselves to be connected. (41) ________核心词义的再现 ________
________ People interact with such a presence in a sacred manner-that is, with reverence and care. Religion is the term most commonly used to designate this complex and diverse realm of human experience.
The word religion is derived from the Latin noun religion, which denotes both earnest observance of ritual obligations and an inward spirit of reverence. In modern usage, religion covers a wide spectrum of meanings that reflect the enormous variety of ways the term can be interpreted. (42) ________词的搭配结构 ________ Although many believers stop short of claiming an exclusive status for their tradition, they may nevertheless use vague or idealizing terms in defining religion-for example, “true love of God,” or “the path of enlightenment.”At the other extreme, religion may be equated with ignorance, fanaticism, or wishful thinking.
By defining religion as a sacred engagement with what is taken to be a spiritual reality, it is possible to consider the importance of religion in human life without making claims about what it really is or ought to be. Religion is not an object with a single, fixed meaning, or even a zone with clear boundaries. (43) ________指代词的功能 ________ Such a definition avoids the drawbacks of limiting the investigation of religion to Western or biblical categories such as monotheism (belief in one god only) or to church structure, which are not universal. For example, in tribal societies, religion-unlike the Christian church usually is not a separate institution but pervades the whole of public and private life. In Buddhism, gods are not as central as the idea of a Buddha (fully enlightened human being). In many traditional cultures the idea of a sacred cosmic order is the most prominent religious belief. (44) ________.
(45) ________ It is a part of individual life but also of group dynamics. Religion includes patterns of behavior gut also patterns of language and thought. It is sometimes a highly organized institution that sets itself apart from a culture, and it is sometimes an integral part of a culture. Religious experience may be expressed in visual symbols, dance and performance, elaborate philosophical systems, legendary and imaginative stories, formal ceremonies, meditative techniques, and detailed rules of ethical conduct and law. Each of these elements assumes innumerable cultural forms. In some ways there are as many forms of religious expression as there are human cultural environments.
A. Religion in this understanding includes a complex of activities that cannot be reduced to any.
single aspect of human experience.
B. Because of this variety some scholars prefer to use a general term such as the sacred to. designate the common foundation of religious life.
C. Religion is nearly universal and as ancient as human culture. Belief systems and traditions of. worship have been common to nearly all societies since before the days of recorded history. D. At one extreme, many committed believers recognize only their own tradition as a religion,
understanding expressions such as worship and prayer to refer exclusively to the practices of their tradition.
E. It is an aspect of human experience that may intersect, incorporate, or transcend other aspects of life and society.
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F. Religion is participatory-ordinary practicing members of a religious society help to perpetuate sacred traditions by attending religious services in community churches, mosques, synagogues, or temples.
G. Sometimes a spiritual power is understood broadly as an all embracing reality, and sometimes it is approached through its manifestation in special symbols. It may be regarded as external to the self, internal, or both.
E写作
It is said that the smoking is good to our health. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a famous saying goes: please the eye and plague the heart”.
In order to account for what has been discussed above, people have come up with several causes as listed below. In the first place (表序列), those who usually smoke have more opportunities to catch serious illness even cancer than those who do not. That is to say, the more they smoke, the sooner they will say goodbye to the world. In the second place, it is clear that those smokers who have suffered the sadness resulted from the smoking often assume their reponsibilities to bring home the bacon especially in the countryside. That means the smoking can cost their families the vigorous labors. There is one more point that we feel that we want to touch on the fact that when the smokers cannot afford to cover (熟词僻义) their medical fares, the government has to share their considerable medical expenses. Consequently (表结论), the smoking has posed a great threat to every aspect of our life.
Judging from what has been argued above, people have come to realize the harms of the smoking has been the crippling force of development of economy in China. So two effective steps should be taken more seriously. On one hand, the government should make stricter law to ban people from smoking in more public places. On the other hand, people should enhance the awareness of the harms of the smoking. Only by undergoing these measures, can (表倒装) we ffufill our gream: no smoking everywhere.
YU Mei Ren
Spring flowers and autumn moon- when will they be ending?
How many past events should we remember?
The east wind blew through my small lodge again last night
The old country, bathed in a bright moon.
Never forgot!
Those carved balustrades, those marble terraces-
They could still be there, Only have the rosy cheeks faded.
How much sorrow could a person subject himself to?
As spring torrent, without tarry!
Flowing eastward
构词法专题
一、常用前缀
1、表示“否定或相反意义”的常用前缀
ab-： abnormal反常的 abuse滥用 contra-：
contrary相反的、不利的 contrast对照；对比 de-：
decline拒绝、衰退 departure离开,出发 decrease减少 dis-：
disagree不同意 discover发现 disability残疾，无能 disadvantage不利条件 disobey违反 disorganize打乱 displease惹恼
dishonest不诚实的 il-： illegal非法的 illiterate文盲 illogical不合逻辑的 in-：
incomplete不完整的 incorrect不正确的 informal非正式的 inconvenient不方便的 independence独立，自主 incapable不能胜任的 im-：
impossible不可能的 impersonally非个人的
impatient不耐烦的 ir-：
irregular不规则的 irreparable无法修复的 irresistible不可抵抗的 irreplaceable不能替代的 irresponsible不负责任的 mis-：
misarrange排列错误,安排不妥当 mislead误导,使误解 mistrust不信任,怀疑 misunderstand误会 mistreat虐待 non-：
non-smoker不吸烟者 non-identical不同的 nonsense胡说 non-stop不停的 non-violent非暴力的 non-white有色人种 nontraditional非传统的 un-：
unbearable无法忍受的 unbelievable难以置信的 uncomfortable不舒服的 unconditional无条件的 unfit不适合的 unfair不公平的 unusual不寻常的 unpleasant不快乐
unmistakable明显的，不会错的uncountable不可数的 untie解开 uncover揭露
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