Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car, flying,
swallowing an aspirin tablet or eating a chickert sandwich-
they can all be fatal. Clearly some risks worth taking, especially 71.
when the rewards are high: a man surrounded by flames and
smoke generally considers that jumping out of a second- floor
window is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in medicine a 72.
few procedures, drugs , operations or tests are really a matter of 73.
life and death. There may be sound medicine reasons for 74.
accepting electrical shock treatment, but such reasons are totally
dependent in the balance of risks and benefits for the patients. 75.
Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the removal
of tonsils(扁桃体) cannot save anything a sore throat. Blood 76.
pressure drugs definitely help some people live after a heart
attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and harmful 77.
for those with only mild blood pressure problems.
Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing 78.
to put up with in the name of better health is a high personal 79.
matter, not a decision we should remain to doctors alone. 80.
[1993年6月大学英语六级考试试题参考答案]
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. C
41. B 42. B 43. D 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. D 49. C 50. B
51. C 52. D 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. A 59. C 60. A
61. B 62. D 63. C 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. C
71. (worth) ? are (worth) 72. its ? his
73. a (few) ? / (few) 74. medicine ? medical
75. in ? upon/on 76. (anything) ? (anything) but / except
77. necessary ? unnecessary/useless 78. preparing ? prepared/ ready / willing
79. high ? highly 80. remain ? leave
