By midday, the small party of boys, led by their schoolmaster, had reached a height of 2, 500 feet. At this point the party had to stop climbing because one of the boys became seriously ill. The only thing the master could do was to return to the mountain hut where they had spent the night. From there, he telephoned the police. As no rescue party could reach the boy quickly enough, the Royal Air Force Rescue Center sent a helicopter with a policeman and a doctor on board. The helicopter soon arrived on the scene, but the Sides of the mountain were so steep that it could not land. A helicopter usually lands on four wheels, but it can land on two. However, the slope was too steep even for that. The pilot, therefore, kept the helicopter in the air with only one wheel touching the mountainside while the party carried the boy on board.
The plane succeeded in carrying the boy on board with ( ) in the air.
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the (51) and have made up their minds to (52) the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run (53) through the
narrow High Street. "They not only make it (54) to sleep at night, but they are (55) damage to our houses and shops of historical (56) , "said John Norris, one of the protesters.
" (57) we must have these noisy trucks on the roads," said Jean Lacey, a biology student. "why don’ t they build a new road that goes round the town Burlington isn’ t much more than a (58) village. Its streets were never (59) for heavy traffic. "
Harry Fields also studying (60) said they wanted to make as much (61) possible to force the govemment officials to real
A. stand
B. aceept
C. know
D. share
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. (1) , many hold that a man can be injured only by violating his will, but this view is much too (2) . It fails to (3) the great dangers we shall face in the (4) of biomedical technology that stems from an excess of freedom, from the unrestrained (5) of will. In my view, our greatest problems will be voluntary self-degradation, or willing dehumanization, as is the unintended yet often inescapable consequence of sternly and successfully pursuing our humanization (6) .
Certain (7) and perfected medical technologies have already had some dehumanizing consequences. Improved methods of resuscitation have made (8) heroic efforts to "save" the severely ill and injured. Yet these efforts are sometimes only partly successful: They may succeed in (9) individuals, but these individuals may have sever brain damage and be
A. identify
B. promote
C. recognize
D. assist
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