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It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentar

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问题     It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debating, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure was passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service,Death NET. Says Hofsess:"We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history. "
    The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally I11 Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief; others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part. Other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
    Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death—probably by a deadly injection or pill—to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a "cooling off" period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally 111 Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. "I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks, "he says.
What is the author’s attitude towards euthanasia? ______
选项 A、Hostile.
B、Suspicious.
C、Approving.
D、Indifferent.
答案C
解析 主旨态度题。赞成的态度。本文中心议题是讨论安乐死及其所产生的影响。本文最后一段所举例子为判断作者态度提供了明确的依据。在最后一段里，作者通过54岁的肺癌病人Nickson先生的话，实际上对安乐死作了结论：他本人赞成安乐死。以此暗示作者自己的赞同观点。此外，文中对反对安乐死的态度，作者只是轻描淡写，也可以佐证作者倾向。因此，其他选项[A]敌对的；[B]怀疑的;[D]漠不关心，显然都不可取。
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