Far Away From Euthanasia

Far away from homeI am loving every single day but sometimes I feel so.我是如此的爱恋每一天的生活，但只是不时自我感觉如此。

I hope to find a little peace of mind and I just want to know.渴望找寻到一丝内心的平静，仅仅是想知道And who can heal those tiny broken hearts,and are we to be.谁能医治那破碎的心，我们将何去何从。

Where is home on the Milky way of stars,I dry my eyes again.星光灿烂，何处是家园，我只得再一次的擦干泪眼。

In my dreams I am not so far away from home.梦中我未曾远离家园。

What am I in a world so far away from home.现实中却如此远离家园。

All my life all the times so far away from home.终我一生都将原理家园。

Without you I will be so far away from home.无你相伴我将远离家园。

If we could make it through the darkest night we have a brighter day. 如果我们能穿越黑夜，将能拥有光明的明天。

The world I see beyond your pretty eyes,makes me want to say.透过你那明眸我看到了一个世界，它是如此让我留恋。

And who can heal those tiny broken hearts,and what are we to be.谁能医治那破碎的心，我们将何去何从。

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现身情侣们幸福的手牵手走在路上仿佛一切都过得很好但真相只有彼此知道第一通电话握着听筒的手在发抖第二通电话在你的答录机裏留了话第七通电话说着要不要出来碰个面就像普通日常的会话情侣们幸福的手牵手走在路上仿佛一切都过得很好但真相只有彼此知道第十通电话两人相约出游远方手牵着手走在路上让人感觉有点害羞後来又经过了多少个夜晚相吻在回家的车上好喜欢洁白闪亮的雪但去年却没能一同度过不知今年的冬天是否能一起看雪不知是否能一起过是否能说出口那句没能说出口的圣诞快乐闪耀在无名指上的戒指彼此究竟有多少次其实想要摘下？情侣们幸福的手牵手走在路上仿佛一切都是啊仿佛一切所有都过得很好但是事实的真相又有谁知道作者：滨崎步女神2007-6-12 03:09 回复此发言--------------------------------------------------------------------------------kanariya 金丝雀街头的喧闹人心的烦躁飞入暗夜的鸟儿们早已安歇就像害怕梦醒时分也在害怕心的解体不曾有过付出也不曾寄盼获得只是不断的在寻找理由沉默的金丝雀们并非失去了歌声只是她们不想哭沉默的金丝雀们并非失去了歌声沉默的金丝雀们并非失去了歌声只是决心不要哭或许是这样但你不晓得她们决心不要哭或许只是这样倘若你能早一点晓得...Duty人人都在寻觅都在渴望的那件东西应该就在未来的某处我和每一个人都如此深信不疑哪想得到它居然是在过去裏究竟有多少人能够注意到实在出人意表我确实曾亲眼目睹一个时代的结束但怎会知道下回轮到的竟是自己是啊倘若在经过一番细细咀嚼後再说出来那东西也不过是记忆的一连串排列组合而已如果是这样那麽每个人应该都在不知不觉裏曾经拥有过可惜却没留意我确实曾亲眼目睹一个时代的结束其实我也知道下回轮到的就是自己如果是你你应该能够找到如果是你你一定能够找到我愿意赌一赌（我确实曾亲眼目睹一个时代的结束但怎会知道下回轮到的竟是自己）就喜欢这一句～vogue 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超现实只懂得选择自己的所爱并不代表不负责任如果连自己的所爱都找不着更遑论什麽不负责任决定肩负的决心有多少可能性就有多少什麽东西没必要同情心最没必要一点用处也派不着凡是真正重要的东西一定伴随着痛苦免不了就好比独自所感受的孤独绝比不上两人在一起的孤独更令人难受无论面临何等的孤独无论遭受何等的痛苦也千万别将感觉封闭起来纵使不知该说些什麽就算嘴上说得再如何自暴自弃一旦跌了跤还是会双手着地自我保护其实就是这麽回事Ah-曾经勾过指头许下的往日承诺独自一人实在难以信守Ah-曾经促膝畅谈一夜的昔日梦想独自一人实在难以实现无法对任何人说却又好想找个人说诉说那人对我有多麽的重要la la la -在一个不存在的地方我站着一如我就是我自己但愿你也能继续做你自己希望你永远不改变la la la -在一个不存在的地方我站着一如我就是我自己但愿你也能继续做你自己希望你永远就是你AUDIENCE 观众来吧张开双手让我们一边拍手一起走如果想大步跑就来这儿一同起步吧从没有那个意思要比别人走在前头不过也没那个打算要跟随在别人身後在你们之中有人大声喊道YES!我肯定也会一块儿大声喊说YES!来吧张开双手让我们一边拍手一起走如果想大步跑就来这儿一起同起步吧我以你们为傲在看似乏味的每一天裏其实藏有幸福的小秘诀而它必须是和大家分享而来的是不是能赢得高明其实并不重要何不跟我一起漂漂亮亮的输一场来吧张开双手让我们一边拍手一起走听见你们的声音让我从此一无所惧从此不再孤独来吧张开双手让我们一边拍手一起走来吧张开双手让我们一边拍手一起走如果想大步跑就来这儿一同起步吧我以你们为傲teddy bear你曾经这麽对我说当我醒来时枕边将摆着一份美丽的礼物你还轻抚着我的发你从背後看来依旧显得纤细而无助不过踫到了有趣的话题还是会一起开心的笑然而人为何总要犯下同样的错究竟必须重演几回方能唤起後侮再次回想起原已埋葬的过去的夜晚你曾经这麽对我说当我醒来时枕边将摆着一份美丽的礼物你还轻抚着我的发我抱着满心的期待沉沉入睡内心期盼着即将到来的晨曦当我一觉醒来枕边摆着一个大大的玩具熊代替了原本应该在身边的你的踪影你曾经这麽对我说当我醒来时枕边将摆着一份美丽的礼物你还轻抚着我的发...Key ~eternal tie ver.~如果能用无数色彩描绘出我的心情我将拿起笔画出一幅幅画如果能用文字言语表达出我的心情我将拿起笔写下一封封信但因为我做不到这些只好来唱这首歌其它的我都不会锁上钥匙送给你在你流泪的那一天我曾深深的许下誓言我要陪在你身边...所以说请你别再哭虽然我表达得不是很好当你欢笑的那一天我愿以加倍的温柔歌咏你我的两情相悦...从今日到永远...girlish靠着干无趣的事说无趣的话情绪高涨地到早晨这样是对的吗是错的吧也不是什麽大不了的问题但好像什麽也不考虑一下是这样吗感受到所有的我们至今遭遇过形形色色的事物纵然也经历着各式各样的际遇但却如此轻松容易地看惯了这一切如同爱是凭借着爱而存在一般心裏就这麽想着然後前进吧别去寻找什麽所谓快乐这档子事你看若是能够去享受现在也很好la la la...I am... 唯我是问...请你好好倾听我将呐喊直到传达了我的讯息我一直都在这裏在这裏在这裏被时间追着跑在勉强吃力的日子前方究竟又有些什麽我如此匆忙的生活方式是否很滑稽你尽管笑吧希望你看着我的眼睛希望你呼唤我的名希望你握着我的手告诉我一切不用愁希望你推我一把否则我真不知该如何往下走如果这是谎言请继续让我相信这谎言到最後把自己交给时光的过往在漂流的尽头又将到达何方这样一个充满矛盾的我是否能被原谅呢请你告诉我希望你能了解我想说的并不是那些希望你能发现我想要的并不是这些希望你能放手我想去的并不是那裏我一直在寻觅着那短短的一句话希望你看着我的眼睛希望你呼唤我的名希望你握着我的手告诉我一切不用愁希望你推我一把否则我真不知该如何往下走如果这是谎言请继续让我相信这谎言到最後希望你能了解我想说的并不是那些希望你能发现我想要的并不是这些希望你能放手我想去的并不是那裏我一直在寻觅着那短短的一句话Connected 牵系看见发现下定断言凝视着迷满足的感觉但是仰望看见互相比较你看轻视心慌惨遭放弃是的我们在每一个地方牵系在一起当然也包括针对这句话在思考的你啊直到我们有一天进入永远的长眠在这之前可曾交谈过多少深藏的语言看见发现下定断言凝视着迷满足的感觉但是仰望看见互相比较你看轻视心慌惨遭放弃是的我们在每一个地方牵系在一起当然也包括针对这句话在思考的你但愿我们从此不要再分开...有件事想要告诉你知道快乐的时候可以和任何人分享但辛酸难过的时刻是啊除了你没有别的人能够来填补纵使在这个连做梦都显得困难的时代希望你也别忘怀把自己放在右手爱则放在左手让我们怀抱着两者向前走哪怕时时会跌倒迎接一成不变的早晨令人烦忧突然间四四方方的天空看起来也好空洞破晓时刻突如其来的有时眼泪不禁就会往下掉边哭着我边跟你诉说人是空幻飘渺的但是呢也很坚强我有我应该守护的那就是你把自己放在右手爱则放在左手让我们怀抱着两者向前走哪怕时时会跌倒wow wow wow哦evolution 进化我们仿佛迎接了一个崭新的时代感觉就像奇迹一般这样的滋味很难再有品尝的机会请你再一次回想起诞生到这个地球上的那一天想必有许多的欣喜想必有许多的悲痛于是我们哭了起来wow yeah wow yeah wow wow yeah现实永远不能去信赖但这样的判断都可能出错其中的价值必须靠一双眼睛来仔细看以自己的尺来判断诞生在这样的一个时代但是我们依然努力前进于是我们努力站在这裏我们正在走过今天wow yeah wow yeah wow yeah诞生到这样的地球上有太多的欣喜有太多的悲痛我们放声大哭wow yeah wow yeah wow wow yeah诞生在这样的一个时代不过我却遇见了你诞生到这样的地球上因此我才会遇见你诞生到这个地球上的那一天。

What is Euthanasia?Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.There are different euthanasia laws in each country. The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient".Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries, U.S. states, and Canadian Provinces. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. Involuntary euthanasia is usually considered murder. As of 2006, euthanasia is the most active area of research in contemporary bioethics.In some countries there is a divisive public controversy over the moral, ethical, and legal issues of euthanasia. Those who are against euthanasia may argue for the sanctity of life, while proponents of euthanasia rights emphasize alleviating suffering, bodily integrity, self-determination, and personal autonomy. Jurisdictions where euthanasia or assisted suicide is legal include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Estonia, Albania, the US states of Washington, Oregon and Montana, and, starting in 2015, the Canadian Province ofQuebec.The Euthanasia DebateHistorically, the euthanasia debate has tended tofocus on a number of key concerns. According toeuthanasia opponent Ezekiel Emanuel, proponentsof euthanasia have presented four main arguments:a) that people have a right to self-determination,and thus should be allowed to choose their ownfate; b) assisting a subject to die might be a betterchoice than requiring that they continue to suffer; c)the distinction between passive euthanasia, whichis often permitted, and active euthanasia, which isnot substantive (or that the underlying principle–the doctrine of double effect–is unreasonable orunsound); and d) permitting euthanasia will notnecessarily lead to unacceptable consequences.Pro-euthanasia activists often point to countrieslike the Netherlands and Belgium, and states likeOregon, where euthanasia has been legalized, toargue that it is mostly unproblematic.Similarly, Emanuel argues that there are four majorarguments presented by opponents of euthanasia:a) not all deaths are painful; b) alternatives, such ascessation of active treatment, combined with theuse of effective pain relief, are available; c) thedistinction between active and passive euthanasiais morally significant; and d) legalising euthanasiawill place society on a slippery slope, which will leadto unacceptable consequences.Right to DiePRO: Brittany Maynard, a 29-year old with stage 4Glioblastoma multiforme (a malignant brain tumor),who launched a campaign with Compassion &Choices to raise awareness about Death withDignity laws and who took lethal medicationprescribed by her doctors in Oregon on Nov. 1,2014, stated the following in an Oct. 6, 2014 Peoplemagazine article, available at :"There is not a cell in my body that is suicidal or thatwants to die. I want to live. I wish there was a curefor my disease but there's not... My glioblastoma isgoing to kill me, and that's out of my control. I'vediscussed with many experts how I would die from it,and it's a terrible, terrible way to die. Being able tochoose to go with dignity is less terrifying... Rightnow it's a choice that's only available to someAmericans, which is really unethical... The amountof sacrifice and change my family had to go throughin order to get me legal access to Death withDignity--changing our residency [from California toOregon], establishing a team of doctors, having aplace to live--was profound... There's tons ofAmericans who don't have time or the ability orfinances [to move to a legal state] and I don't thinkthat's right or fair... I believe this choice is ethical,and what makes it ethical is it is a choice. Thepatient can change their mind up to the last minute.I feel very protected here in Oregon."CON: The Family Research Council on its "Human Life and Bioethics" page, available at (accessed Aug. 13, 2014), stated:"Disabling diseases and injuries, including those for which there is a terminal diagnosis, are tragic. However, there is no such thing as a life not worth living. Every life holds promise, even if disadvantaged by developmental disability, injury, disease, or advanced aging. FRC believes that every human life has inherent dignity, and that it is unethical to deliberately end the life of a suffering person (euthanasia), or assist or enable another person to end their life (assisted suicide)... True compassion means finding ways to ease suffering and provide care for each person, while maintaining the individual's life and dignity."PRO: Michael Irwin, MPH, MD, former Medical Director at the United Nations and current Coordinator of the Society for Old Age Rational Suicide (SOARS), in an Aug. 19, 2013 Mirror article, "Euthanasia: The Right to Die Should Be a Matter of Personal Choice," stated:"The right to die should be a matter of personal choice.We are able to choose all kinds of things in life from who we marry to what kind of work we do and I think when one comes to the end of one's life, whether you have a terminal illness or whether you're elderly, you should have a choice about what happens to you... I’m pro life - I want to live as long as I possibly can,but l also believe the law should be changed to letanyone with some severe medical condition which iscausing unbearable symptoms to have an assistedsuicide. I wouldn't want to be unnecessarily keptalive against my own will."CON: Wesley Smith, JD, Senior Fellow at theDiscover Institute's Center on HumanExceptionalism and legal consultant to the PatientsRight Council, in an Oct. 13, 2011 Noozhawk article,"Wesley Smith: Assisted Suicide Is the Euthanasia ofHope," stated:"If we legalize assisted suicide, some patients willdie instead of ultimately regaining their joy in living.For some reason, this message doesn't resonate asvividly as the siren song of doctor-prescribed death.But know this: If we are seduced into legalizingassisted suicide, we will cheat at least some peopleout of the universe's most precious andirreplaceable commodity: Time.Assisted suicide isn't 'choice;' it is the end of allchoices. Doctor prescribed death is not 'death withdignity;' it is really the euthanasia of hope."PRO: Stephen Hawking, PhD, cosmologist andtheoretical physicist, in a Sep. 17, 2013 interviewwith the BBC, available at , stated:"I think those who have a terminal illness and are ingreat pain should have the right to choose to endtheir lives and those that help them should be freefrom prosecution. We don’t let animals suffer, sowhy humans?"CON: Peter Kavanagh, LLB, Australian politician andformer member of the Victorian Legislative Council,in a Nov. 13, 2010 News Weekly article, "Opinion:Why We Should Not Legalize Euthanasia," availableat .au, stated:"Legalising euthanasia would have a wide range ofprofoundly detrimental effects. It would diminishthe protection offered to the lives of all. It wouldallow the killing of people who do not genuinelyvolunteer to be killed, and any safeguards, althoughinitially observed, would inevitably weaken overtime.There would be other long-term consequences oflegalising euthanasia that we cannot yet envisage.We can be sure that these consequences would bepernicious, however, because they would emanatefrom an initiative which, while nobly motivated, iswrong in principle - attempting to deal with theproblems of human beings by killing them."PRO: Michael White, JD, Member of the Board ofDirectors at the Death With Dignity National Center,in an Apr. 22, 1997 speech, "Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?," at the Fred FriendlySeminar, available at , stated:"Physician-assisted suicide should be a lawfulmedical procedure for competent, terminally illadults, because it is a compassionate response torelieve the suffering of dying patients."CON: William Burke, MD, PhD, Professor at Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, in a Jan. 4, 2007 email to , stated:"In many states it is now legal to euthanize disabled persons by starvation and dehydration without any evidence of their wishes based on the 'best interest' form of substituted judgement... In my view this is not only murder it is torturing a person to death. Why do state and Federal law allow this barbaric behaviour?"。

遥远（Far away)
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〓晨曦之光制作
童党乐队- 遥远
☆专辑:遥远
music...
有天没来牵我的手
你说你已经走到最后
丢失了太多的拥有
拥有了太多的沉默
沉默得到失去拥有
你说你感到了困惑
这条路是否有结果
我们是否该这样结束
我们在这路上旋转
时间把你我都改变
当这条路越走越远
我们却在原地搁浅
Oh far away Oh far away
fa away it's far away
I can't find my way
I just lost my way
it's far away
it's far away
I can't find my way
I just lost my way
far away
请问我是你最爱的人吗
请问你是我最爱的人吗
花儿就让它永远开放
我蒙着眼睛走在路上
以上就是关于遥远（Far away)的歌词，感谢您的阅读！。

史蒂芬霍金名言史蒂芬霍金名言据央视新闻报道，著名物理学家斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金去世，享年76岁。

斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金，1942年1月8日出生于英国牛津的毕业于牛津大学和剑桥大学，获剑桥大学博士学位。

21岁时，他不幸患上运动神经元疾病，全身瘫痪，不能言语，只有三根手指可以动。

但他坚强地活了下来，并在23岁时成功取得了博士学位。

以下是史蒂芬霍金名言，欢迎阅读。

Stephen Hawking on why the universe exists:If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason---for then we would know the mind of god.宇宙起源：如果我们找到了宇宙起源的答案，那会是人类理性的永恒胜利。

那意味着我们可以阅读上帝的思想了。

Stephen Hawking on GOD:Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing…It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set Universe going.关于上帝：因为万有引力定律，宇宙完全可以自行从无到有地衍生出来……我们无需祈求上帝点亮他的蓝色火种，并推动宇宙运行。

Stephen Hawking on the possibility of contact with alien life:I think it would be a disaster: The extraterrstrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.关于与外星联系的可能性：我想那会是个灾难。

一、什么样的人需要安乐死呢?医学上无法救治的人,怎样证明无法救治?谁来证明呢?那一级的医疗机构才能证明呢?以目前的医疗水平还很难达到,现在世界上也只有荷兰立法通过'安乐死'但依然有很大争议,很多病人现在在部分医生眼里,是不治之症,但医学会有奇迹发生,而且生命也会发生奇迹,如果病人被安乐死了, 医生可能真的变成杀手了?病人就真的成了冤死鬼了,如果医生医德缺失,安乐死,就会成为医生借口.而病人家属如果对病人没有爱心,产生厌烦心里,安乐死就会成为抛弃病人的借口二、反方观点：不支持安乐死各位来宾，大家好！诚然，生命不是为了死亡的终结而存在。

每个人都只有一次的生命，即便这一次生命多么坎坷，多么不平，它还是发生了。

人，活在世上，生命的无常无时不在发生着，没有人知道下一秒钟我们会怎样，明天睁开眼睛世界是怎样。

我们的人生这样无常地发生着，其实，说到底，也不过就是遵照生命运转的自然规律，由始至终而已。

安乐死，是一种为他人选择死亡的方式。

这样不人道的做法，本身就已经违背了自然运转的规律。

我方观点认为：安乐死是一种不尊重生命的方式。

首先，我们不得不承认，安乐死在一定程度上减少了患者的病痛，使得患者得以早升极乐。

但是，我们却更清醒地看到，在这种貌似“安乐”的背后，却是在世者深深地受到伤害的心。

想想那些躺在病床上的人，不是别人，不是与我们毫无关系的人，而是那些与我们息息相关，与我们有深厚感情牵绊的最最亲爱的人啊。

我们难道就真的看见他们那样“安乐”地死去而感到放下胸口的一块大石了吗？难道就只有为他们选择死亡，才是我们这些最亲密的人应该选择的吗？如果说患者选择安乐死是为了让自己得以减轻痛苦，那么，相对于那些还生存着的人来说，他们为自己最亲的人选择了死亡，他们的心情到底是一种怎样的伤痛啊！况且，我们的刑法中也明确规定了，如果他人想结束生命，医护人员及家属协助满足其要求，这是一种“帮助自杀”的行为，涉嫌故意杀人罪。

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far away from homei'm loving living every single day but sometimes i feel so....i hope to find a little peace of mind and i just want to know.and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be.where is home on the milkyway of stars, i dry my eyes again.in my dreams i'm not so far away from homewhat am i in a world so far away from homeall my life all the time so far away from homewithout you i'll be so far away from home if we could make it thrue the darkest night we'd have a brither day.the world i see beyond your pretty eyes, makes me want to stay.and who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be.where is home on the milkyway of stars, i dry my eyes again.in my dreams i'm not so far away from homewhat am i in a world so far away from homeall my life all the time so far away from homewithout you i'll be so far away from home i count on you, no matter what they say, cause love can find it's time.i hope to be a part of you again, baby let us shine. 家太遥远孤单回味共渡的每一天，难以走出自我的纠缠。

翻译硕⼠英语考试试题XX⼤学2011年硕⼠研究⽣⼊学考试试题考试科⽬：（ 211 ）( 翻译硕⼠英语 )适⽤专业：（ 0552 ）( 翻译 )（答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题或其它纸上⽆效）I. Multiple Choice (20*0.5 point)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. You will be ______ the fine if you tell us who else was involved.A. sparedB. revealedC. forgivenD. given2. He has been ______ every mail as he cherishes a hope that one day his missingbrother will contact him.A. watching outB. watching atC. watching forD. watching in3. Some people enjoy talking about their fears while others ______ being asked todiscuss their personal feelings.A. refuseB. declineC. resentD. promote4. He was arrested and sentenced to 10 years’imprisonment for ______ severalcrimes.A. committingB. makingC. conductingD. undertaking5. As you are married, you are required to fill in this form with the names of you andyour ______.A. partnerB. spouseC. husbandD. wife6. In order to prevent corruption, the top leaders of government are required to announce their income ______.A. on timeB. on cueC. in publicD. at ease7. With the development of our national economy, more and more people ______ themarket economy.A. believe inB. take onC. put offD. put on8. The vegetarian restaurant makes its dishes resemble meat in every way except______.A. contentsB. insidesC. ingredientsD. Tastes9. Nowadays, the ATM machine is very popular because people can get money almost______ when the code number is put in.A. instantaneouslyB. spontaneouslyC. intentionallyD. marginally10. Students who always do things ______ might lack of creativity.A. on the bookB. with the bookC. by bookD. by the book11. The best moral ______ is that of conscience, the worst is the fear of punishment.A. sanctionB. functionC. operationD. acquisition12. My friends and I don’t like to see his films because they have been criticized for being ______ violent.A. excitedlyB. overlyC. usuallyD. absolutely13. Some problem students who were always in low spirit were diagnosed as suffering from ______ crisis.A. identifyB. idealismC. identityD. status14. We should carefully plan the process of negotiation and any ______ acts will be harmful to the result.A. impulseB. impulsionC. instinctD. impulsive15. Life was pure ______ last month; the children were ill and I had little money.A. miseryB. merrinessC. mythicD. merit16. His friends ______ him on the back when he said he was getting married.A. strokeB. hitC. beatenD. slapped17. Many people feel worried that foreign goods such as cars and appliances may______ through the Chinese market after China enters the World Trade Organization.A. run amokB. run outC. run offD. run away18. When kids become grown-ups and independent, they sometimes feel that theirmothers are ______ old women.A. meddlesomeB. troublesomeC. dynamicD. prudent19. He is really jealous when his girlfriend ______ a friendship with another youngman.A. strikes onB. strikes atC. strikes upD. strikes with20. He is so conservative that he is ______ with modern life.A. out of fashionB. out of stepC. going backD. is basedII Cloze (10*1 point)Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. Fill in each blank with the word in the following that best fits into the passage (fifteen choices are supplied). Write down your choices on the Answer Sheet.Yet crime has certainly not decreased in ___1___ to the rise in imprisonment. Experts say the law of diminishing returns is___2___ work here: As judges send more and more people to jail, a greater proportion of prisoners will ___3___ be less-frequent offenders. What’s ___4___, most criminologists agree ___5___ the steep rise in incarceration rates has been___6___ largely by low-level drug offenders. Giving them more and longer ___7___ has done ___8___ to stop the drug trade, scholars say, since there always seem to be others ___9___ on the street to ___10___ their place.III. Error Correction (10*1 point)Directions: There is one error in each line marked in number, correct them and write the right on the Answer Sheet.An outstanding example of hardwired capabilities with greatflexibility for programming by us is language. Specialists agree that“the human brain genetically programmed f or language 1 development,” and that“speech can be explained only on the basis of an innate language-processed capacity within our brain.” Unlike 2the rigidity that is displayed in the instinct behavior of animals, 3 therefore, there is tremendous flexibility in a human’s use of this 4 hardwired capacity for language.A specific language is not hardwired into our brains, and we are 5 preprogrammed with the capacity for learning languages. If twolanguage are spoken in the home, a child can learn both. If exposed 6to the third language, the child can learn it also. One girl was 7exposed to a number of langu8ges from babyhood. By the time shewas five she spoke eight fluently. In the view of such innate abilities 8it is not surprise that a linguist said that chimpanzee experiments 9with sign language “actually prove that chimps are capable of even 10the most rudimentary forms of human language.”IV. Reading (40 points)Section One Reading Comprehension (30*1 point)Passage 1David Frost ——AutobiographyDavid FrostLooked at one way, it is faintly ludicrous that Sir David Frost should be writing his autobiography already. That he should have written just the first 30 years’ worth might be thought strange. Here he is, not yet 55 years old, producing a volume of 528 pages that takes us no further than l969.It is, true, the period of his life that established his name and fortune, that swift rise from undergraduate cabaret turn to star host on both sides of the Atlantic, joint founder of an ambitious ITV company and long since able to invite show business stars, business tycoons and a British Prime Minister to breakfast at three days’ notice. (An event recalled in his book with such empty indifference that you cannot decidewhether the comprehensive name-dropping is intended to impress or just a habit. ) And yet David Frost, a significant figure in British television, certainly in the rapidly changing environment of the 1960’s, remains something of a mystery. Never far from positions of influence, wealthier from his broadcasting activities than all but the biggest moguls, he is in many ways on the edge of things.His book, like his career, perhaps, is as fascinating as it is unsatisfactory. The 1ength is due to its liberal resort to program transcripts, which yield verbatim exchanges with his many interviewees as well as detailed recall of the highs and lows of That Was The Week That Was and the scripting process that achieved them.The private Frost is to be caught only in passing, as he remains true to his preface: “Where there was a choice between a’60s tale and a personal one I have tried always to include the former.”The outcome is, I think, an insider’s book, dependent on remembering the times or knowing the people. But at that level, it is highly suggestive of its era, offers a view from a unique angle, yields some new insights -- into the formation of London Weekend Television, for instance ——and earns its place in the history of British Television. Like its author.1. The autobiography covers the author’sA. last thirty years.B. life after 1969.C. life before 1969D. first 55 years.2. David Frost isA. an inf1uential TV host.B. a famous movie star.C. an ambitious politician.D. a fascinating novelist.3. The autobiography is described as an insider’s book because it requires a knowledge ofA. all his personal experiences.B. his unique insights into British history.C. the development of British television.D. what was really happening in the 1960s.Passage 2He Came in on Cat PawsQuietly, almost unnoticed by a world sunk into the Great Depression, Germany on Jan. 30, l933, was handed to a monster. Adolf Hitler arrived, not in jackboots at the head of his Nazi legions but on cat paws, creeping in the side door.The president, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, 85 and doddering, hated Hitler and all he represented. In 193l, after their first meeting, Hindenburg said Hitler “might become minister of posts but never chancellor”. In l932 Hitler challenged Hindenburg. The president ——Protestant, Prussian, a conservative monarchist -- won with the votes of Socialists, Unions, Centrist Catholics and Liberal Democrats.Hitler ——Catholic, Austrian and a former tramp-carried upper ——class Protestants, Prussian landowners and monarchists.Nearly senile and desperate for any way to establish order in the fractious environment, Hindenburg fel1 prey to intriguers. Papen began plotting to bring himself to power and his supposed friend Schleicher to the top of the army. Papen offered Hindenburg a government with Hitler’s support but without Hitler in the cabinet. Hindenburg made Papen chance11or and Schleicher defense minister.In the July 1932 parliamentary elections, the Nazis won 230 of 608 seats, and Hitler demanded the chancellorship; Hindenburg refused. Papen lost a confidence vote in August, and his government fell after losing in the fourth election in a year in November. Schleicher, whose very name means “intriguer”, turned on Papen, persuading Hindenburg to name him chancellor. Hitler’s propagandist Joseph Goebbels noted: “He won’t last long.”To get revenge, Papen proposed sharing power with Hitler in January 1933; Hitler agreed, but with Papen as vice chancellor. Ever eager for order, Hindenburg shifted once again and fired Schleicher. “I am sure,”the president said “I shall not regret this action in heaven. Schleicher replied bitterly, “After this breach of trust, sir, I am not sure you will go to heaven.”Schleicher would later say: “I stayed in power only 57 days, and on each and every one of them I was betrayed 57 times. Don’t ever speak to me of German loyalty!At noon on Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as chancellor. Within one month, the Reichstag burned and civil liberties were suspended. Within two months, the Enabling Act stripped parliament of power and made Hitler dictator. On April 1, Hitler decreed a boycott of Jewish business. On April 4, he created the Reich Defense Council and began secretly rearming Germany. On July 14, Hitler made the Nazi Party “the only political party in Germany”.As they sowed, so they reaped. In the Blood Purge of 1934, a Nazi SS squad murdered Kurt von Schleicher in the doorway of his home. Franz von Papen lingered on, so powerless an errand boy for Hitler that he was acquitted at the Nuremberg trials.4. The author says that Hitler came into power “On cat paws” becauseA. he seized power illegally.B. he seized power by military force.C. he quietly took advantage of the internal conflict.D. he cleverly took advantage of the Depression.5. Hitler first asked to be made chancellor whenA. Papen lost a confidence vote.B. Hitler had won a third of the votes.C. Hindenburg fired Schleicher.D. Schleicher was fired.6. The chancellor was held byA. Papen, Schleicher, and then Hitler.B. Schleicher, Papen, and then Hitler.C. Hindenburg, Schleicher, and then Hitler.D. Hindenburg, Papen, and then Hitler.Passage 3Mercedes-Benz Gets Turned Upside downIris Rossner has seen eastern Germany customers weep for joy when they drive away in shiny, new Mercedes-Benz sedans.“They have tears in their eyes and keep saying how lucky they are,”says Rossner, the Mercedes employee responsib1e for post-delivery celebrations. Rossner has also seen the French pop corks on bottles of champagne as their national f1ag was hoisted above a purchase. And she has seen American business executives, Japanese tourists and Russian politicians travel thousands of miles to a Mercedes plant in southwestern Germany when a classic sedan with the trade mark three-pointed star was about to roll off the assemb1y line and into their lives. Those were the good economic miracle of the l960s and ended in l99l.Times have changed. “Ten years ago, we had clear leadership in the market,”says Mercedes spokesman Horst Krambeer.“But over this period, the market has changed drastically. We are now in a pitched battle. The Japanese are part1y responsible, but Mercedes has had to learn the hard way that even German firms like BMW and Audi have made efforts to rise to our standards of technical proficiency.”Mercedes experienced one of its worst years ever in 1992. The auto maker’s worldwide car sales fell by 5 percent from the previous year, to a low of 527, 500. Before the decline, in 1988, the company could sell close to 600,000 cars per year. In Germany alone, there were 30, 000 fewer new Mercedes registrations last year than in 1991. As a result,production has plunged by almost 50,000 cars to 529,400 last year, a level well beneath the company’s potential capacity of 650, 000. Mercedes’competitors have been catching up in the United States, the world’s largest car market. In 1986, Mercedes soldl00, 000 vehicles in America; by 1991, the number had declined to 59,000. Over the last two years, the struggling company has lost a slice of its US market share to BMW, Toyota and Nissan. And BMW outsold Mercedes in America last year for the first time in its history. Meanwhile, just as Mercedes began making some headway in Japan, a notorious1y difficult market, the Japanese economy fell on hard times and the company saw its sales decline by 13 percent in that country.Revenues will hardly improve this year, and the time has come for getting down to business. At Mercedes, that means cutting payrolls, streamlining production and opening up to consumer needs--revolutionary steps for a company that once considered itself beyond improvement.7. The author’s intention in citing various nationalities’ interests in Mercedes is to illustrate Mercedes’A. sale strategies.B. market monopoly.C. superior quality.D. past record.8. Mercedes is having a hard time becauseA. it is lagging behind in technology.B. Japan is turning to BMW for cars.C. its competitors are catching up.D. sales in America have dropped by 13%.9. In the good years Mercedes could sell aboutA. 527,500 cars.B. 529,400 cars.C. 600,000 cars.D. 650,000 cars.10. What caused the decline of Mercedes’ sales in Japan?A. Japan is a very difficu1t market.B. The state of the economy there.C. Competition from other car companies.D. BMW and Audi’s improved technical standards.Passage 4What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be. Such consensus cannot be gained from society's present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer’s epics p informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that an asocial, narcissistic (⾃我陶醉的) personality has become characteristic of Americans, and that it is this type of personality that makes for the lack of well-being, because it prevents us from achieving consensus that would counteract a tendency to withdraw into private worlds. In his study of narcissism, Christopher Lasch says that modern man, “tortured by self consciousness, turns to new therapies not to free himself of his personal worries but to find meaning and purpose in life, to find something to live for”. There is widespread distress because national morale has declined, and we have lost an earlier sense of national vision and purpose.Contrary to rigid religions or political beliefs, as are found in totalitarian (极权主义) societies, our culture is one of great individual differences, at least in principle and in theory. But this leads to disunity, even chaos. Americans believe in the value of diversity, but just because ours is a society based on individual diversity, it needsconsensus about some dominating ideas more than societies based on uniform origin of their citizens. Hence, if we are to have consensus, it must be based on a myth ——a vision ——about a common experience, a conquest that made us Americans, as the myth about the conquest of Troy formed the Greeks. Only a common myth can offer relief from the fear that life is without meaning or purpose. Myths permit us to examine our place in the world by comparing it to a shared idea. Myths are shared fantasies that form the tie that binds the individual to the members of his group. Such myths help to ward off feelings of isolation, guilt, anxiety, and purposelessness ——in short; they combat isolation and the breakdown of social standards and values.11. In the author’s view, the greatest trouble with the US society lies in theA) lack of serious disagreement over the organizations of social life.B) non-existence of unanimity on the forms the society should take.C) general denying of its conformity with what it was unexpected to be.D) public negation of the consensus on how to conduct social reforms.12. Homer’s epics mentioned in Paragraph 1 exemplify the fact thatA) the present is varying too fast to be caught up easily.B) the future may be so indefinite as to be unpredictable.C) the past can help to shape a consensus in the present.D) the past determines social moralities for later generations.13. The a social personality of Americans results fromA) the multiracial constituents of the US society.B) the absence of a common religion and ancestry.C) the want of shared myths they possess in life.D) the obstruction of achieving a general agreement.14. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Christopher Lasch is most probablyA) an earnest nationalist. B) an advanced psychologist.C) a radical reformer. D) a social historian.15. The author concludes that only shared myths can help Americans .A) to bring about the uniformity of their culture.B) to diminish their great individual differences.C) to avoid the sense of being isolated and anxious.D) to regain the feelings of social values and morale.Passage 5Genetic engineering holds great potential payoffs for farmers and consumers by making crops resistant to pets, diseases, and even chemicals used to kill surrounding weeds. But new research raises concerns that altering crops to withstand such threats may pose new risks ——from none other than the weeds themselves. This is due to the weed’s ability to acquire genes for the neighboring agricultural crops. Researchersfound that when a weed cross-breeds with a farm-cultivated relative and thus acquires new genetic traits ——possibly including artificial genes engineered to make the crop hardier the hybrid (杂交) weed can pass along those traits to future generations.“The result may be very hard, hard-to-kill weeds,”said Allison Snow, a plant ecologist at Ohio state university in Columbus who conducted the experiments over the past six years along with two colleague. They presented their results last week at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Madison, Wisconsin. The findings suggest the genetic engineering done with the aim of improving crops ——giving them new genetic traits such as resistance to herbicides (chemicals which kill weeds) or pest ——could ultimately have unintended and harmful consequences for the crops if weeds acquire the same trait and use it to out compete the crops. “Gene movement from crops to their wild relatives is an ongoing process that can be u1timately harmful to crops,” said Snow.“The results of the experiments challenge a common belief that hybrids gradually die out over several generations,”Snow explained. “There has been an assumption that genes would not persist in crop-weed hybrids because hybrids are thought to be less successful at reproducing,”she said. However, Snow’s research contradicted his assumption: Hybrid wild radishes survived in all six generations that were grown since the study began.Although the genetic traits the scientists monitored were natural and not genetically engineered, the findings nonetheless suggest that artificial improvements introduced into crops through genetic engineering could spread to weeds and become permanent traits of the weed population.So strengthened, the weeds may pose a serious risk to the long-term health of agricultural crops. The danger exists in a number of crops plants ——including rice, sunflower, and carrots ——that are closely related to weeds with which they compete. Snow is concerned that the transfer of genes from crops to related weeds could rapidly render many herbicides ineffectual. That situation, she said, would be much like bacterial disease acquiring resistance to antibiotics.Because plant hybrids arise in a single generation, however, it could happen much more quickly.“Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on herbicides,”she said, “so people will notice when those do not work anymore.”16. The word “This” (Line 4, Para. 1) refers toA) the results of recent research B) dangers inherent in the nature of weedsC) risk of altering crop’s genetic make-upsD) threats posed by chemical used to kill weeds17. According to the passage, genetic engineering can be used toA) kill weeds through cross-breeding B) make crops free from chemicalsC) improve the yield and quality of most cropsD) make crops resistant to chemical fertilizers18. Genetically modified crops could have harmful effects becauseA) genetically modified plants can bring new diseasesB) genetically modified plants are likely to develop into weedsC) gene movement between cultivated plants and wild ones is inevitableD) hybrids are generally more successful at breeding than natural plants19. The potential that some weeds may do serious harm to genetically modified plants is greatest forA) crops who rely on herbicides and pesticides for effective harvestsB) areas in which cross-breeding is kept to a minimumC) agricultural crops grown for their grainsD) crops that are intimately related to their weeds20. According to the author, the main impact gene transfer between crops and weeds could have isA) the rapid deve1opment of unintended plant hybridsB) the development of pest-and-herbicide-resistant weedsC) the collapse of the agricultural industry D) the dying-out of hybridsPassage 6Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with sub-millimeter accuracy ——far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves ——goals that pose a real challenge. “while we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error,”says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program atNASA, “we can not give a robot enough common sense to reliably interact with a dynamic world.”Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of optimism in the l960s and l970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 20l0, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain's roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented ——and human perception far more complicated ——than previously imagined. They have built robot that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the 98 Percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side of a winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer system on earth can not approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still do not know quite how we do it.2l. Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated inA) the use of machines to produce science fiction.B) the wide use of machines in manufacturing industry.C) the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work.D) the elite’s cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work.22. The word “gizmos” (Line 1, Para. 2) most probably meansA) devices. B) experts. C) programs. D) creatures.23. According to Paragraph 3, what is beyond man's ability now is to design a robot thatA) can fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surgery.B) can respond independently to a changing world.C) can have a little common sense. D) can interact with human beings verbally.24. According to the passage, which of the following can robots do now?A) Make a few decisions for themselves.B) Deal with some errors with human intervention.C) Improve factory environments. D) Cultivate human creativity.25. The author uses the example Of a monkey to argue that robots areA) expected to copy human brain in internal structure.B) able to perceive abnormalities immediately.C) best used in a controlled environment.D) far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information.Passage 7On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices “active”euthanasia: intentionally administering a lethal drug to a terminally ill patient who has asked to be relieved of suffering. Twenty times a day, life-prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn when there is no hope that it can affect an ultimate cure. “Active”euthanasia remains a crime on the Dutch statute books punishable by l2 years in prison. But a series of court cases over the past l5 years has made it clear that a competent physician who carries it out will not be prosecuted.Euthanasia, often called “mercy killing”, is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. But more and more doctors and nurses in Britain, West Germany, Holland and elsewhere readily admit to practicing it, most often in the “passive”form of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a sometimes fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves up-holding sacred principles of respect for life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British subjects favor euthanasia in some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll taken late last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find. Europeans, like Americans, are now living longer. The average European male now lives to the age of 72, women to almost 80. As Derek Humphrey, a leading British advocate of “rational euthanasia”says, “lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death.”And so the euthanasists have begun to press their case with greater force. They argue that every human being should have the right to “die with dignity”, by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization. Most advocates of voluntary euthanasia have argued that the right to die should be accorded only to the terminally and incurably ill, but the movement also includes a small minority who believe in euthanasia for anyone who rationally decides to take his own life.That right is unlikely to get legal recognition any time in the near future. Even in the Netherlands, the proposals now before Parliament would restrict euthanasia to a small number of cases and would surround even those with elaborate safeguards.26. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?A) “Active” euthanasia is regarded as a crime by Dutch law.B) The doctor who carries out euthanasia will be charged.C) An unqualified doctor carrying out euthanasia will be accused.。

Unit 1Text Coping with the ComplimentKey Words and Phrasesgiggle 咯咯笑，痴笑（尤用于少女）blurt (out) 脱口而出paradox矛盾的说法inarticulate不善言辞的blink 眨眼adroit熟练的；机敏的；灵巧的poise 自信；自制etiquette礼节；礼仪bestow…upon…/on…把……赠予……carry sb. away 使失去自控力；使失去理智well off富裕的；顺利的, 走运的get possession of 拥有……put one’s mind to sth. 潜心做……come up with 找到；提出brush sth. off 拒绝；置之不理on the right track 在正轨上的；以正确方式思考或者行事的be inept at doing sth. 不擅长做某事fall flat 落空；没有达到预期的效果fall apart四分五裂the chances are (that) 很可能……vibrate (l.13) 震动，颤动overlook(l.16) 俯瞰，俯视downright (l.21)彻底的，十足的stunning (l.33) 极富魅力的，给人印象极深的glowingly (l.54) 热情洋溢地appal(l) (l.57) 使惊骇或沮丧，使大吃一惊retort (l.62) 反驳；回嘴verdict (l.73) 意见；评价Further Reading The Joy of Giving (Affirmation) —The Healing Effect of ComplimentsKey Words and Phrasesaffirm / affirmation 证实；肯定compassionate 富于同情心的disheartening 使人气馁的，令人灰心的commend 表扬；称赞deflated气馁的；情绪低落的walk of life 行业；职业；身份fit（活动或感情的）突发；冲动stoop 降低自己的道德标准（做某事）verbalize用言语表达（思想或感情）veiled掩饰的，隐藏的substantial大量的，可观的outdo超过；胜过seminar（专题）研讨会liken…to…比较两事物显示其相像suffice能满足需要；足够futile无效的；无用的intriguing引起兴趣（或好奇心）的tenacity坚持；坚韧1. It is one of the paradoxes of social intercourse that a compliment is harder to respond to than an insult. 在社会交往中，应对恭维比对付辱骂要艰难得多，这话听起来有点矛盾，却有一定的道理。