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  3. In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life

In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life

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问题     In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters (年轻人) who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
    Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients—even when those patients are their parents. This deprives (剥夺) the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
    Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
    It is important for family members, doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies (幻想). Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition, and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death. [br] Children in America today are deprived of the chance________.
选项 A、to learn how to face death
B、to visit dying patients
C、to attend to patients
D、to have access to a hospital
答案 A
解析 细节题。通读全文可以看出，本文主题是谈及如何正确面对死亡。依据文章第二段“…We transfer them to a hospital，where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients…and it deprives the children of an experience of death，which is an important learning experience．”B项to visit dying patients是表层的，是原因；A项to learn how to face death才是深层的，是结果。故A项正确。
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