B. Questions of Conscience

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B. Questions of Conscience.

 

1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The possible relationship between the two speakers is __________.

a. husband and wife b. doctor and patient c. doctor and nurse
(2) The patient appears to have had ___________. a. a very quiet night b. a very restless night c. a very miserable night
(3) The doctor wants to increase the dosage of dismorphine to __________ milligrammes. a. fifty-five b. fifty c. forty-five
(4) The patient ___________. a. was given an operation yesterday b. will be given an operation tomorrow c. is going to have an operation after the injection
(5) The patient is suffering from _________. a. a heart trouble b. cancer c. an abdomen trouble
(6) The nurse refuses to carry out the doctor's instructions because _________. a. she is not on good terms with the doctor b. it is time for her to go home c. she doesn't want to take the responsibility

2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
Doctor: I'm quite
that. However, when I
on the patient
, I found his
was riddled with
. I'm sure you
what that means.
Nurse: Yes, I do, doctor. But I still don't feel I can accept
for
such
.
Doctor: Can't you? What
do you
, then?
Nurse: That if you're
it's the
thing to do, you ought to
yourself.
Doctor: Hmm. I see
. Very well,
.

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B. Questions of Conscience.

 

1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The possible relationship between the two speakers is __________.

a. husband and wife b. doctor and patient c. doctor and nurse
(2) The patient appears to have had ___________. a. a very quiet night b. a very restless night c. a very miserable night
(3) The doctor wants to increase the dosage of dismorphine to __________ milligrammes. a. fifty-five b. fifty c. forty-five
(4) The patient ___________. a. was given an operation yesterday b. will be given an operation tomorrow c. is going to have an operation after the injection
(5) The patient is suffering from _________. a. a heart trouble b. cancer c. an abdomen trouble
(6) The nurse refuses to carry out the doctor's instructions because _________. a. she is not on good terms with the doctor b. it is time for her to go home c. she doesn't want to take the responsibility

2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
Doctor: I'm quite
that. However, when I
on the patient
, I found his
was riddled with
. I'm sure you
what that means.
Nurse: Yes, I do, doctor. But I still don't feel I can accept
for
such
.
Doctor: Can't you? What
do you
, then?
Nurse: That if you're
it's the
thing to do, you ought to
yourself.
Doctor: Hmm. I see
. Very well,
.