明天就要考试了 老师说就在这两篇里面选择啊.,请高人帮忙!我的语法很差啊,不想挂科啊!
Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car, flying, swallowing an aspirin tablet or eating a chicken sandwich they can all be fatal. Clearly (1) some risks worth taking, especially 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 (2) a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests are really a matter of life and (3) death. There may be sound medicine reasons for accepting electrical (4) shock treatment, but such reasons are totally dependent in the balance of (5) risks and benefits for the patients.
Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the removal of tonsils (扁桃体) cannot save anything a sore throat. Blood pressure drugs (6) definitely help some people live after a heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and harmful for those with only mild blood pressure (7) problems.
Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing to put up (8) with in the name of better health is a high personal matter, not a decision (9) we should remain to doctors alone. (10)
It is always interesting to visit another country, for those who have never traveled a great deal.
Domestic travel can be very educational for anyone. (1) if he is interested enough to make preparations at beforehand. Learning the language (2) of the new country would be difficult the traveller to attempt, but the benefits of such an (3) effort would become obvious immediately after his arrive. It may not seem important to him when he is comfortably situated at home, but (4) knows how to order a meal or rent a room is essential for the newcomer in a familiar country. (5) Without knowing the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to understand the people of the (6) new country and his customs.
Of course, in our small world, it is often possible to find someone who understand our own (7) but this is only second-best for the traveler. To be ensure, he can see places and things without (8) the use of a language, but places and things are the heart of any country. To get the greatest (9) benefit from a trip to another country, it is indeed important for the visitor to have an (10) understanding of the language.