完型填空例题解析：

　　阅读下面的短文。短文中有十五个空白，在文章的后面，每空白都列了四个备选

　　答案。请文章的内容选择合适的词或短语填在空白处。

　　B/C级难度

　　Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying

　　Among terminally ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a __l __ or bad death，the results of a new study suggest.

　　Dr.Elizabeth K.Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26 men with __2__ heart disease or cancer.The men were asked to describe good and bad deaths，and they also answered questions about their __3__for dying.

　　“In this small study，terminally i11 men described good and bad deaths __4__”Vig said.“They did not hold uniform views about such issues __5__the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.’’

　　Many of the men considered __6 __in their sleep to be a good death.The reasons were varied and included not __7__ that death was imminent，and that death would be painless.

　　For close to half of the men，a prolonged death was__8__ a bad death.Some of the men equated a prolonged death with prolonged pain， __9__others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.

　　Most men said that their __10__ were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the __11__ of death.“Valuing family did not also __12__ wanting family present at the very end of life,'”Vig said.

　　“In fact，some expressed concerns about __13__ loved ones，”Vig said.For instance，

　　some men were worried about the emotional or __14__ impact on their family members，

　　according to the Washington researcher.Some were worried __15__their need for care would be a burden on their families，she said.

　　词汇：

　　terminally adv.末期地，晚期地;不治地，致命地

　　imminent adv.即将(或来临)的(指危险、祸患、不幸等)

　　prolong vt.延长;拖长;拉长

　　equate vt.使等同

　　1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole

　　2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible

　　3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references

　　4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly

　　5. A. like B. as C. including D. for

　　6. A. working B. dying C. talking D. dreaming

　　7. A. regarding B. thinking C. wanting D. knowing

　　8. A. meant B. presented C. considered D. taken

　　9. A. when B. although C. because D. while

　　10. A. families B. friends C. colleagues D. wishes

　　11. A. beginning B. time C. period D. end

　　12. A. stand B. mean C. represent D. signal

　　13. A. missing B. helping C. burdening D. leaving

　　14. A. financial B. physical C. social D. historical

　　15. A. unless B. if C. why D. that

　　答案及解析：

　　1.文章主题分析：

　　Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying

　　Among terminally (B级)ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes _l __ or bad death，the results of a new study suggest.(该句是观点句，很是文章的中心)

　　1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole

　　1. C。 分析：语感：good or bad(好的或坏的)直接判断答案。到标题中的Preferences指 “人们的(attitudes)”。

　　1. 直接看题解题：

　　2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible

　　Elizabeth K.Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues

　　interviewed 26 men with __2__ heart disease or cancer.

　　2.B.分析：考察上下文中的用词。B与前文中的terminally呼应，而且“致命的心脏疾病或癌症”正好符合or要求前后词义对等的特点。

　　3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references

　　men were asked to describe good and bad deaths，and they also answered questions

　　about their __3__for dying.

　　3.C.分析：被选项中包含标题词或文章主题词时，答案往往出自是标题词或文章主题词的选项。考察文章中心。

　　4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly

　　“In this small study，terminally i11 men described good and bad deaths __4__”Vig said.

　　4.A. 分析：考察文章中心(不同)。该题也可直接借助句意解答。

　　5. A. like B. as C. including D. for

　　“They did not hold uniform views about such issues __5__the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.’’

　　5. B。分析：考察习惯搭配结构。

　　Very: adj.的; 一样的;正好的：

　　at the very end of his