When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will ________. [A] face his death with calm characteristic

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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, 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 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 Ill 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 Ill 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.

56. From the second paragraph we learn that ________.

[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries

[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia

[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law

[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage

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Dialogue Two

Steve: Francesca， what’s your favourite piece of music， would you say ？

Francesca: I think it’s "Pie Jesu" by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Steve: Really ？

Francesca: ___5____

Steve: When did you first hear it？

Francesca: Oh， about five years ago my sister was in a choir concert and that was the first time I heard it， and I thought it was really beautiful.___6____ What’s your favourite？

Steve: Well， it’s a big piece. It’s Mahler’s "Second Symphony".

Francesca: Oh， yeah， yeah ! When...when did you first hear that？

Steve: ___7____

Francesca: A long time ago.

Steve: Yeah. But it stays with me and I’ve seen it performed several times since then.

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A.Um...about 1953. I think， when I was eighteen.

B.What about you？

C.Yeah， I really like that.

D.Actually， I don"t like it that much.

A.Visiting Lloyd in the institution

B.The professional help from religious workers

C.The passage of time, and the financial and emotional independence

D.Believing that her children are doing well in another world

A.Because she asks similar questions about his life

B.Because she is protective of him

C.Because she shares similar feeling of patronization

D.Because she sees Lloyd as immature

A.A.made out

B.B.turned out

C.C.worked out

D.D.taken out

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright attempted to integrate house and its site.()

Five years of huge losses ______.

A．have made Lloyd's change its business scope

B．of Lloyd's have ruined nearly 5% of its members

C．of Lloyd's has undermined the base for its long-term profitability

D．have ruined Lloyd's long-term competitiveness

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In the Lloyd's system, all the members ______.

A．underwrite with unlimited liabilities

B．underwrite without unlimited liabilities

C．underwrite with limited liabilities

D．underwrite without limited liabilities