复合题

Passage Two

In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters（年轻人） who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member. 

Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients—even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剥夺） the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience. 

Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We are most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome. 

It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies（幻想） . Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death. 

单选题 The American children _____ in the old days.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据第一段第一句话“In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life.”可知， 以前， 孩子常看家人的出生和死亡， 因此本题正确答案选C。
单选题 Children in America today are denied the chance of _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据第二段第二句和第三句“When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients”， “it deprives the children of an experience of death”可知， 家人生病住院， 不让孩子看望垂死的病人， 不让孩子学习如何面对死亡， 因此本题正确答案选A。
单选题 Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of _____.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第三段第二句后半部分“...in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well.”可知， 如何才能使家庭更加收益， 因此本题正确答案选择D。
单选题 The need of a dying patient for company shows _____.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据第四段第二句“Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly,honestly, and frankly about their trouble.”可知， 病人希望有人与之坦率， 真诚地谈论其病情， 由此可见他渴望与人交流。 因此本题正确答案选A。
单选题 It may be concluded from the passage that _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据第四段第三行“Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-dateon their medical condition”和“patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death”可知， 病人希望被告知其病情等真相， 那些被坦率真诚告知病情的病人更能更好地面对死亡的到来。 因此本题正确答案选C。