Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them.
Their values-this can"t be repeated too often-are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort,
cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time
to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old
person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering(干涉) with personal
freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better
care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying
this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and
safety of the old.
Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical
maintenance(机械维修,保养) as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the
provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however
good the results will be. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right
to try to push off death by seeking the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to
activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You can"t ask doctors or scientists to decide,
because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on
the principle that while there"s life, there"s hope.
When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy
or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.
3. According to the author, which of the following is right?
In general , people talk about two groups of colors : warm colors and cool colors . 1_________ :
people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors .
2______. Where there are warm colors and a lot of light , people usually want to be active . People
think that red , for example , is exciting. Sociable people , those who like to be with others , like red .
The cool colors are green , blue and violet . These colors , unlike warm colors are relaxing . Where
there are cool colors , people are usually quiet . 3_________.
Red may be exciting , but one researcher says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with
warm colors than in a room with cool colors . He suggests that a warm color , such as red or orange
is a good color for a living room or restaurant . People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to
pass quickly. 4 _______Researchers do not know why people think some colors are warm and
other colors are cool . However , almost everyone agrees that red , orange , and yellow are warm and
that green , blue , and violet are cool .5____. Because in the north the sun is higher during summer ,
the hot summer sunlight appears yellow .
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