天道酬勤，实践出真知，多次练习是攻克英语四级阅读的最终途径。下面是2014年6月英语四级阅读练习。
Intheolddays,childrenwerefamiliarwithbirthanddeathaspartoflife.ThisisperhapsthefirstgenerationofAmericanyoungsters(年轻人)whohaveneverbeenclosebyduringthebirthofababyandhaveneverexperiencedthedeathofafamilymember.
Nowadayswhenpeoplegrowold,weoftensendthemtonursinghomes.Whentheygetsick，wetransferthemtoahospital,wherechildrenareforbiddentovisitterminallyillpatients—evenwhenthosepatientsaretheirparents.Thisdeprives(剥夺)thedyingpatientofsignificantfamilymembersduringthelastfewdaysofhislifeanditdeprivesthechildrenofanexperienceofdeath,whichisanimportantlearningexperience.
SomeofmycolleaguesandIonceinterviewedandfollowedapproximately500terminallyillpatientsinordertofindoutwhattheycouldteachusandhowwecouldbeofmorebenefit,notjusttothembuttothemembersoftheirfamiliesaswell.Weweremostimpressedbythefactthateventhosepatientswhowerenottoldoftheirseriousillnesswerequiteawareofitspotentialoutcome.
Itisimportantforfamilymembers,anddoctorsandnursestounderstandthesepatients’communicationsinordertotrulyunderstandtheirneeds，fears，andfantasies(幻想).Mostofourpatientswelcomedanotherhumanbeingwithwhomtheycouldtalkopenly,honestly，andfranklyabouttheirtrouble.Manyofthemsharedwithustheirtremendousneedtobeinformed,tobekeptup-to-dateontheirmedicalcondition，andtobetoldwhentheendwasnear.Wefoundoutthatpatientswhohadbeendealtwithopenlyandfranklywerebetterabletocopewiththeapproachofdeathandfinallytoreachatruestageofacceptancepriortodeath.
Itmaybeconcludedfromthepassagethat__.
A.dyingpatientsareafraidofbeingtoldoftheapproachofdeath
B.dyingpatientsshouldbetruthfullyinformedoftheircondition
C.mostdoctorsandnursesunderstandwhatdyingpatientsneed
D.mostpatientsareunabletoacceptdeathuntilitisobviouslyinevitable
B推理题。文章最后一段表明许多病人要求被告知实情，接受现代化的医疗，并告知其死期。那些能够公开地坦诚地被告知的患者能更好地对付死亡的临近，达到接受死亡的境界。因此a、c、d均可排除，B为正确答案。
