Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’ own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
Title: 71 Or Not
Different 72 | ·Most doctors are in 73 of lying for the patients’ own sake. |
·A great majority of patients 74 on being told the truth. | |
Reasons for 75 lying to patients | ·Informing patients of the truth about their condition destroys their hope, 76 to recovering more slowly, or deteriorating faster, perhaps even 77 themselves. |
Reasons 78 lying to patients | ·The truthful information helps patients to 79 their illness, help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. ·Most patients feel 80 when they learn that they have been misled. |
高三英语填空题中等难度题
Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’ own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
Title: 71 Or Not
Different 72 | ·Most doctors are in 73 of lying for the patients’ own sake. |
·A great majority of patients 74 on being told the truth. | |
Reasons for 75 lying to patients | ·Informing patients of the truth about their condition destroys their hope, 76 to recovering more slowly, or deteriorating faster, perhaps even 77 themselves. |
Reasons 78 lying to patients | ·The truthful information helps patients to 79 their illness, help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. ·Most patients feel 80 when they learn that they have been misled. |
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patient–to
speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In
medicine as in law, government, and other lines of
work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed
(变矮小)by greater needs: the need to protect from
brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to advance
the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctor reject that he is ill, or minimize fee gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often.At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient's own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate (恶化) faster, perhaps even commit suicide(自杀).
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians; a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled.We are also learning that truthful information, humanly conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: help them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after operation.
There is urgent need to debate this issue openly.Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception (欺骗).Yet the public has every reason to know professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust.Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."
60.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Whether patients really want to know the truth of their condition.
B.Whether patients should be told the truth of their illness.
C.Whether different studies should be carried on.
D.Whether doctors are honesty with their patients.
61.For the case mentioned in paragraph 2, most doctors will ____.
A.tell the patient the truth as soon as possible
B.choose to lie to him about his condition at that moment
C.tell him to shorten the family vacation
D.advise him to cancel the family vacation
62.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Sometimes government tells lies because they need to meet the public interest.
B.Doctors believe if they lie, those seriously-ill patients will recover more quickly.
C.Truthful information helps patients deal with their illness in some cases.
D.Many patients don't want to know the truth, especially about serious illness.
63.From the passage, we can learn that the author's attitude to professional deception is ____.
A.supportive B.indifferent C.opposed D.neutral
63.From the passage, we can learn that the author’s attitude to professional deception is .
A.supportive B.indifferent C.opposed D.neutral
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最适当的单词。注意:每空1个单词。
Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs; the need to protect patients from brutal news, to uphold a promise of secrecy or to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should doctors reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients’ own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them of risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide.
But other studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness; help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to know the professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”
Title: 1 Or Not
Different 2 | ·Most doctors are in 3 of lying for the patients’ own sake. |
·A great majority of patients 4 on being told the truth. | |
Reasons for 5 lying to patients | ·Informing patients of the truth about their condition destroys their hope, 6 to recovering more slowly, or deteriorating faster, perhaps even 7 themselves. |
Reasons 8 lying to patients | ·The truthful information helps patients to 9 their illness, help them tolerate pain better with less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. ·Most patients feel 10 when they learn that they have been misled. |
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
One doctor is being recognized as the best doctor.He ever took the time to____a young patient's broken toy.
The little boy,Ryan,has several health____.The 9-year-old has had eight operations in his life,so when he went to Children's Hospital for____in early November,he brought along his favorite toy for____.
His doctor,Groth,noticed the one-eyed toy was a little shabby and decided to____by sewing it back up,just like he____Ryan.“You might think this is his fourth or fifth one,”Groth said.“He is extremely____this toy.”When Ryan woke up from his operation to find his____recovering by his side,he was very____."With this little guy,I think it made a big____,"Groth said.“From a____aspect it helps a lot and it____him.”
The 44-year-old doctor has seen many kids come in with____toys and has made it a____to sew them up whenever he can.This was the first time,____,that someone caught him in the act.He didn't know the____was being taken,but since it was____to the website,it's been liked over 13000 times,____the attention of local and national media.
The doctor has a pretty good theory about why his small____has gotten so much attention online.“People just ____to see sympathy for others.It resonates(引起共鸣).”
That it does doctor,that it does.
1.A. put away B. sew up C. play with D. wash up
2.A. care B. education C. problems D. benefits
3.A. operation B. advice C. training D. complaint
4.A. treatment B. repair C. donation D. comfort
5.A. operate B. help C. exchange D. foster
6.A. worried about B. called for C. did with D. picked up
7.A. attached B. devoted C. limited D. attracted
8.A. injury B. parents C. doctor D. toy
9.A. painful B. excited C. energetic D. pessimistic
10.A. effort B. smile C. difference D. noise
11.A. commercial B. moral C. finance D. recovery
12.A. relaxes B. approaches C. serves D. reminds
13.A. carefully-chosen B. well-worn C. newly-designed D. brand-new
14.A. career B. view C. home D. practice
15.A. therefore B. besides C. however D. instead
16.A. photo B. toy C. measure D. seat
17.A. delivered B. posted C. applied D. fastened
18.A. requiring B. switching C. avoiding D. catching
19.A. change B. progress C. gesture D. misfortune
20.A. like B. fail C. try D. manage
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A.The woman needs to see the doctor. B.The woman should pretend to be a patient.
C.The woman needs to put in extra efforts. D.The woman should take magic tablets.
高三英语短对话困难题查看答案及解析
-Any danger for the patient on by Dr.Smith?
- Hard to say.Doctors are trying their best.
A.to operate B.being operated
C.to be operated D.operating
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
The IMA Blood Bank 1. (set) up in 1995 with a goal that no needy patient should ever die due to lack 2. blood in Dehradun and its surrounding areas.
Deeply 3.(move) by the pain and suffering of a child who was being taken to Delhi with a bleeding leg wrapped in plastic,4.(simple) because there was no blood bank in Dehradun,Dr Dipak started a movement to create a blood bank by engaging(联合) with the local community. 5. began as a small activity has taken the shape of an inspiring institution of international standards.Due to the huge voluntary support from the local people,the blood bank has enough blood to function round 6.clock to serve the local patients.
7.(help) more people in India,the IMA Blood Bank has also developed a team to educate the public about blood donation.They are trying to make people understand that donating blood is one of the highest 8.(form) of charity.It can be donated by almost any adult who is 9.(health).It is safe to donate every three to six months because blood is recovered very quickly in the body.
Meanwhile,the media plays a major role in 10.(create)a higher level of awareness about blood donation.This will encourage more and more people to donate blood voluntarily.
高三英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Should parents ever hit their children?
Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking(打屁股) has been falling over the years. But surverys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once.
I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment. And, no, I don’t feel I was damaged by it.
Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children.
But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn’t the answer.
Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive.
Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers(同等的人). It may be that children with lower IQqs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been counterpoductive(反作用的) to their mental development, as well.
Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks(用巴掌打) on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit.
Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never spanked. There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physi punished. Gunnoe’s research suggests they don’t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spank.
There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers(脾气). But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical puishment.
1.According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when ________.
A.they were dissatisfied with her grade
B.she showed no respect for the elder
C.they cannot control their temper
D.their discipline turns out to be not strict enough
2.According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished ________.
A.are less aggreesive toward others when they get older
B.have slower physical development
C.benefit from occasional spanking
D.may develop lower IQs than their peer
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A.40 percent of children grow up without ever being spanked
B.Children who suffer less physical punishment are better students
C.Occasional open-handed spanking on the bottom are mentally harmful
D.Researchers disagree over whether smacking is mentally harmful to children
4.The author seems to agree that ________.
A.parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or not
B.children who have been spanked tend to behave better than those who haven’t
C.good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable way
D.physical punishment should be the last resort of any parent
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Should parents ever hit their children?
Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking (打屁股) has been falling over the years. But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit spanking their child at least once.
I was raised in a zero-tolerance( 零容忍) home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment. And, no, I don’t feel I was damaged by it.
Nothing is more annoying than watching ill-mannered behavior from children.
But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isn’t the answer.
Two years ago , Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive(好斗的).
Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers. It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been counterproductive (反作用) to their mental development, as well.
Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks (用巴掌打) on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit.
Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never been spanked. There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoe’s research suggests they don’t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked.
There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers. But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline (管教) without ever turning to physical punishment.
1. What can we know from the research in the second paragraph?
A.Many of the parents made no response to the survey. |
B.More and more people support spanking in public. |
C.Most parents have the experience of spanking their children. |
D.Many of the parents think they should hit their children. |
2. According to Marjorie Gunnoe’s research, ________ .
A.the children who have never been spanked do better than those who were sometimes spanked |
B.instead of harmless, spanking can have a little benefit |
C.spanking has little effect on the children’s future performance |
D.the teens who were often spanked are more likely to be aggressive |
3. In the author’s opinion, the best parents are the ones ______.
A.who often use physical punishment | B.who never use physical punishment |
C.who use physical punishment properly | D.who take physical punishment as useful tool |
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.The author’s parents were strict with him when he was young. |
B.The author thinks his parents’ spanking did no harm to him. |
C.Murray Straus thinks spanking has nothing to do with children’s IQs. |
D.Some parents spank their children because they can’t control their tempers. |
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The doctor’s dilemma was _____ he should tell the patient the truth.
A. whether B. which C. that D. what
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析