Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying
Among terminally(晚期)ill people,attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____(51)or bad death,the results of a new study suggest Dr.Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____(52)heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____(53)about their preferences for dying“In this small study,terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___(54) Vig said”They did not hold the same views about such issues____(55)the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.
Many of the men considered____(56) in their sleep to be a good death.The reasons were varied and included not____(57)that death was imminent(即将发生的),and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men,a prolonged(拖延的)death was______(58)abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain,______(59)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their_____(60) were very important to them,but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____(61) of death. " Valuing family did not also___(62)wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.
"In fact,some expressed concerns____(63)burdening loved ones,Vig said.For instance,some men were worried about the emotional or_____(64) impact on their family members,according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____(65)their need for care would be a burden on their families,she said
51 A wrong B pure C good D whole
52 A frequent B terminal C early D light
53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks
54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully
55 A to B as C at D for
56 A working B dying C talking D dreaming
57 A arguing B proposing C hoping D knowing
58 A meant B presented C considered D taken
59 A where B unless C because D while
60 A families B friends C colleagues D wishes
61 A length B time C sake D hand
62 A stand B mean C help D quit
63 A round B within C about D into
64 A financial B original C social D historical
65 A SO B when C why D that