2021年考研英语(真题)阅读理解专题(十).docx

精品word学习资料 可编辑资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --考研英语 〔 真题 〕阅读懂得专题 〔 十〕Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patientspain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient.Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who "until nowhave very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that mighthasten death."George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctorhas done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug tohasten death. "Its like surgery," he says. "We dont call thosedeaths homicides because the doctors didnt intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If youre a physician, you can risk your patients suicide as long as you dont intend their suicide."On another level, many in the medical community1- - -细心整理 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - 第 1 页，共 5 页精品word学习资料 可编辑资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. Just three weeksbefore the Courts ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science 〔NAS〕 released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life.It identifies the under treatment of pain and the aggressive use of "ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying" as the twin problems of end-of-life care.The profession is taking steps to require young doctorsto train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code forhospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life. Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaningmedical initiatives translate into better care. "Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering," to the extent that it constitutes "systematic patient abuse." He says medical licensing boards "must make it clear that painful deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and2- - -细心整理 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - 第 2 页，共 5 页精品word学习资料 可编辑资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --should result in license suspension."1. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that . [A]doctors used to increase drug dosages to control theirpatients pain.[B] it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end theirlives.[C] the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide.[D] patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide.2. Which of the following statements its true according to the text.[A]Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patientsdeath.[B]Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.[C]The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.[D]A doctors medication is no longer justified by his intentions.3. According to the NASs report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is .3- - -细心整理 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - 第 3 页，共 5 页精品word学习资料 可编辑资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --[A]prolonged medical procedures. [B]inadequate treatment of pain. [C]systematic drug abuse. [D]insufficient hospital care.4. Which of the following best defines the word "aggressive" 〔line 3, paragraph 7〕.[A]Bold. [B]Harmful. [C]Careless. [D]Desperate.5. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they .[A] manage their patients incompetently.[B] give patients more medicine than needed. [C]reduce drug dosages for their patients. [D]prolong the needless suffering of the patients.参考答案 :1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D考研英语 〔真题〕阅读懂得专题 〔十〕 相关内容 :4- - -细心整理 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - 第 4 页，共 5 页5。