阅读填词(课堂用).doc

阅读填词
Passage 1
Whether or not to tell the seriously ill about their true condition has long been a ___1___ for medical professionals. Many doctors believe that ___2____the facts from those patients will benefit them psychologically and may help them recover. But new studies show that ____3____ to this widespread belief, the overwhelming majority of patients want to be told the truth, even in the case of ___4___ illnesses. If they are not, they feel ___5___ and misled. As it is, lying makes it difficult for patients to make choices ___6___ their own health. And keeping a dying patient in the dark prevents him from making decisions about the end of his life. Lying can also cause doctors to lose their integrity and credibility and do harm to ___7___ who are honest with their patients. In the long run, lying hurts the entire medical ___8___. As a ___9___ of the current concerns, many hospitals have adopted patients’ bills of rights, but patients still need to be wary because the days of physicians ___10___ patients are certainly not over yet and may never be.

A. colleagues B. aspect C. conflict D. concerning E. concealing
F. content G. betrayed H. helped I. deceiving J. grave
K. professional L. contrary M. headache N. profession O. reveal

Passage 2
Most people ___1___ work with punishment or think of it as a necessary burden. But the truth is work provides people with personal satisfaction and, individual pride, a sense of accomplishment. Aside from offering ___2___ support, work can keep us healthy not only physically but also mentally. For example, patients suffering from depression could often be ___3___ when provided with gainful employment. The ___4___ is also true. Retirement and ___5___ can be harmful to one’s health. People with no chance to work and derive ___6___ from a job may suffer from the symptoms of acute illness even though they are not physically sick. While at work, people tend to enjoy the company of other ___7___ because the relationships among them are not so complicated as those in other ___8___ of life. Besides, people want to work with a winner --- a best work group or in a well-known ___9___ --- rather than a loser, for a successful unit can bring us ___10___ as well as self-confidence.

A. financial B. mechanical C. unemployment D. organization E. associate
F. status G. help H. aspects I. renewed J. respect
K. staff L. reverse M. given N. statue O. contentment

Passage 3
Author Mortimer Adler argues that we should mark books---but only when they are our own ___1___. As we all know, we have to “read between the __2___”, but we should also write between them. He points out that we are not really in full owning of a book until we have done so. However, we should not do this to all books. Not, for example, to rare editions or expensive volumes with ___3___ binding or printing, nor to works of popular fiction, which we might pass time for an evening of ___4___ reading. But we do it to great books, which are rich in ideas and raise and try to answer fundamental questions. He says we do not ___5___ ideas from an important thinker the way we do the songs of a ___6___ singer. As far as great books are concerned, therefore, reading should be active. And the physical act of writing in books brings the words and sentences before our minds and ___7___ them better in our memory. We do this by making ___8___ notes. As we read we record our thoughts and the questions we have, pints of agreement, disagreement, doubt and ___9___. If we should stop reading and continue a week later, there are all the points we made before and we can begin where we ___10___ off. Above all, he expects that active reading is a conversation between author and readers.

(A) absorb (B) quick (C) left (D) need (E) preserve
(F)lines (G) magic (H) popular (I) ones (J) inquiry
(K)easy (L) necessary (M) light (N) magnificent (O) automatic

Passage 4
How do we get more people to increase their consumption of iron-rich foods? Many nutritionists __1__ the increase of a number of foods. This may help, but I contend that we should also _2__ our efforts in nutrition education among our young people. I simply do not buy the argument that it is __3___ to try to change eating habits. Once an intelligent person----and this includes adolescents----understands the need for a healthy diet, I think he or she will act __4___. As for specific actions, I suggest that blood should be checked as a __5__ part of a youngster’s yearly physical examination. It should contain at least 11 grams iron per 100 milliliters of blood for a girl and at least 12 grams for a boy. If it is any lower, the physician probably will __6___ an easily absorbed iron supplement. Adolescents ---and everyone else---should cut out highly processed foods and drinks, which may be low in iron and other nutrients. Read the labels for iron ___7___. Especially make sure that all bakery products are made with ___8__ flour or whole grains. Try adding liver (chicken, beef or any other variety) to the weekly ___9___. Finally, even when you are trying to lose weight, always eat a __10___, well-balanced diet made up of a variety of flesh or very lightly processed foods. This way, you stand a good chance of getting not only enough iron, but also adequate amounts of all the other essential nutrients.

(A) menu (B) access (C) ineffective (D) enhanced (E) routine
(F)particularly (G) content (H) content (I) prescribe (J) advocate
(K)accordingly (L) sensible (M) intensify (N) enriched (O) automatic