听力原文:W: We haven't gone out for over a month. Let's go somewhere this evening.
M: Fine, Where shall we go?
W: Look in the newspaper to see what's on at the cinema or the theater.
M: I see a new play opened this week.
W: I enjoy a concert.
M: According to the newspaper there arch't any tonight.
W: Aren't there any good films in town?
M: How about "Dancing in the Dark"? That should be interesting.
W: Good. Let's go.
What are they discussing about?
A. How to spend the weekend.
B. Where to go this evening.
C. What to do on Sunday evening.
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Is Brain Death a Real Death? Suppose a man has a car accident. He is hurt badly and is unconscious (失去知觉的) ;that is, he can't think, speak, or hear. His family takes him to the hospital. The doctors tell the family that his brain is dead. A machine can make him breathe.
Now the patient’s family must answer some difficult questions. Should they think he is dead? Should they ask the doctors to use the machine to make him breathe? Sometimes machines can make an unconscious person breathe for years. However, if his brain is dead, he will never think, speak, or hear again. Then, should his family ask the doctors not to use the machine and let him die?
Someone who is unconscious can’t say he wants to die. Can his family say this for him? Some people think this is a good idea. Some think otherwise.
Many people are hurt when machines keep a person alive. The unconscious person doesn’t know this. Machines only make the family and friends hurt longer.
Someone who is hurt badly and is unconscious ______ pain.
A. must feel
B. feels no
C. sometimes feels
D. probably feels
What is the author's attitude toward "fatalistic approach"?
A. Skeptical.
B. Apprehensive.
C. Supportive.
D. Indignant.
The term "ubiquitous"(Paragraph 5) most probably means
A. piercing.
B. overwhelming.
C. fashionable.
D. pervasive.
The word "Also"(Line 2, Paragraph 2) is used to ______.
A. continue the discussion of total U.S. electricity use
B. expand the topic of reduction of energy and water use
C. include the discussion of public transportation
D. shift the focus to the topic of the environment protection