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Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying

Among terminally ill people, attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a __l __ 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 questions about their __3__for dying.

"In this small study, terminally ill men described good and bad deaths __4__" Vig said. "They did not hold uniform 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, and that death would be painless.

For close to half of the men, a prolonged death was__8__ a bad death. Some of the men equated 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 about __13__ 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.

词汇 ：

terminally adv. 末期地，晚期地；不治地，致命地

imminent adv. 即将发生(或来临)的(指危险、祸患、不幸等)

prolong vt. 延长；拖长；拉长

equate vt. 使等同

1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole

2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible

3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references

4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly

5. A. like B. as C. including D. for

6. A. working B. dying C. talking D. dreaming

7. A. regarding B. thinking C. wanting D. knowing

8. A. meant B. presented C. considered D. taken

9. A. when B. although C. because D. while

10. A. families B. friends C. colleagues D. wishes

11. A. beginning B. time C. period D. end

12. A. stand B. mean C. represent D. signal

13. A. missing B. helping C. burdening D. leaving

14. A. financial B. physical C. social D. historical

15. A. unless B. if C. why D. that