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noes(火山)______(46)
　　The Caribbean Islands are known by several names._____(47)The explorer Christopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near the coast of India．Later,Spain and France called the islands the Antilles．There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea_______(48)These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles Together, they account for about 90 percent of the land area of the Caribbean Islands
　　The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smaller．Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers (小片)of exposed coral．You can see why pirates(海盗)such as the famous Blackbeard satled these waters．_____(49)
　　The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny Sandy beaches line the coasts of many islands．This is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year______(50)
　　A But 1ife Oil the Caribbean Islands iS not always painful．
　　B The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies，later changed to the West Indies．
　　C Others are low-lying coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean
　　D They are Cuba，Puerto Rico，Jamaica，and Hispaniola．
　　E Many tourists arrive on cruise ships．
　　F There are countless smallislands to bury treasure or hide on．
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　　Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying
　　Among terminally(晚期)ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____(51)or bad death，the results of a new study suggest Dr．Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____(52)heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____(53)about their preferences for dying“In this small study，terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___(54) Vig said”They did not hold the same views about such issues____(55)the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.
　　Many of the men considered____(56) in their sleep to be a good death．The reasons were varied and included not____(57)that death was imminent(即将发生的)，and that death would be painless.
　　For close to half of the men，a prolonged(拖延的)death was______(58)abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain，______(59)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
　　Most men said that their_____(60) were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____(61) of death. " Valuing family did not also___(62)wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.
　　"In fact，some expressed concerns____(63)burdening loved ones，Vig said.For instance，some men were worried about the emotional or_____(64) impact on their family members，according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____(65)their need for care would be a burden on their families，she said
　　51 A wrong B pure C good D whole
　　52 A frequent B terminal C early D light
　　53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks
　　54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully
　　55 A to B as C at D for
　　56 A working B dying C talking D dreaming
　　57 A arguing B proposing C hoping D knowing
　　58 A meant B presented C considered D taken
　　59 A where B unless C because D while
　　60 A families B friends C colleagues D wishes
　　61 A length B time C s