【正文】 As ［ D］ Since 3.［ A］ from［ B］ in［ C］ on ［ D］ by 4.［ A］ Even though［ B］ Now that ［ C］ If only［ D］ Provided that 5.［ A］ durable［ B］ disposable［ C］ available［ D］ transferable 6.［ A］ approach［ B］ flow ［ C］ fashion［ D］ trend 7.［ A］ instantly ［ B］ reversely［ C］ fundamentally［ D］ sufficiently 8.［ A］ but ［ B］ while［ C］ and［ D］ whereas 9.［ A］ imposed［ B］ restricted［ C］ illustrated［ D］ confined 10.［ A］ excitement［ B］ conviction［ C］ enthusiasm［ D］ importance Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each questions there are four answers marked \[A\], \[B\], \[C\] and \[D\]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points) Passage 1 It was 3: 45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia39。s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Inter and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group39。s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn39。t just something that happened in Australia. It39。s world history. The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, righttolife groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australiawhere an aging population, lifeextending technology and changing munity attitudes have all played their partother states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the righttodie movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling. Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request deathprobably by a deadly injection or pillto put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a cooling off period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54yearold Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. I39。m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I39。d go, because I39。ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks, he says. 11. From the second paragraph we learn that. \[A\] the objection to euthanasia is slow to e in other countries \[B\] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia \[C\] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law \[D\] it takes time to realize the significance of the law39。s passage 12. When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means. \[A\] observers are taking a waitandsee attitude towards the future of euthanasia \[B\] similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries \[C\] observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes \[D\] the effecttaking process of the passed bill may finally e to a stop 13. When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will. \[A\] face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia \[B\] experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient \[C\] have an intense fear of terrible suffering \[D\] undergo a cooling off period of seven days 14. The author39。s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of. \[A\] opposition\[B\] suspicion \[C\] approval\[D\] indifference Passage 2 A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Smallminded officials, rude waiters, and illmannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves ment. For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a wele break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were mon problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were wele sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn39。t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable anizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pret