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Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

    Among terminally (晚期) ill people, attitudes differing on what they think constitute a     1    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     3    about their preferences for dying. In this small study, terminally ill men described good and bad deaths     4    , Vig said. They did not hold the same 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 (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     8    a bad death. Some of the men associated 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     13    burdening 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.1. 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 此句的意思是,晚期病人对待死亡的态度不同,由differ可以判断空格处应选与后面“bad”意思相反的词。故选项C为正确答案。