单选题{{B}}Text 3{{/B}} All Sue Rodriguez wanted was to die with dignity and within the law, but it turned out that she could not do both. Last week the British Columbian woman, totally disabled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (肌萎缩性侧索硬化), challenged Canada's law against doctor - assisted suicides and took her life, presumably with the help of drugs administered by a still unidentified physician. The case caused a political and legal furor across Canada not only because the law was challenged, but also because a Member of Parliament was at Rodriguez's side when she died. Svend Robinson, an enthusiastic right-to-die supporter and Canada's only openly gay federal legislator, retained a criminal lawyer to defend him against possible charges that he encouraged the commission of a crime. The M.P. said he was present during the suicide at Rodriguez' s invitation: "I considered it a privilege and an honor that she trusted me." Rodriguez,43, spent two years challenging the 1892 law that makes doctor-assisted suicide illegal, taking her case all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled 5 to 4 last September that the law was valid and said its repeal was up to the House of Commons. The momentum for such a move is strong. Legislators still recall dramatic videotaped testimony offered by Rodriguez before a parliamentary committee in 1992. "I want to ask you, gentlemen," she said in a quavering voice, "If I cannot give consent to my own death, then whose body is this? Who owns my life.'?" Robinson is expected to lead the charge for repeal. What remains unclear is whether his presence during Rodriguez's suicide makes him vulnerable to legal action; experts say it is not against the law to be present at an assisted suicide. Robinson says he will respect Rodriguez' s wish to keep confidential the identity of the doctor involved, even if an official inquiry insists that he reveal it.

单选题Whatdoesthemanprefertoworkfor?A.Alargecompany.B.Asmallcompany.C.Acompanyofhisown.D.Allkindsofcompanies.

单选题 {{B}}Christmas in Germany{{/B}} In the Bavarian Alps, Christmas Shooting is a tradition that dates back many hundreds of years. In southern Germany, too, at Christmas time the so-called Berchtenrunners are part of the traditional scene. Named for Frau Berchta, who in old German folklore made the fruit of the fields grow, these runners today wear frightening masks. Carrying chains, brooms and pickaxes, they go from farm to farm asking for little presents in payment for Berchta' s services. {{B}}Canadian Christmas{{/B}} The most spectacular creation is the Santa Claus parade. The parade consists of a series of house—drawn floats, each one to the elaborate portrayal of some scene from story book or fairy tale, such as "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs" or "Red Riding Hood". Fabulously spectacles are created from these characters of fiction and fantasy by the department store window dressing staffs. The high point of the parade occurs when the fairy saint with his eight reindeer hitched to a sleigh winds up the rear in a blaze of glory. {{B}}Christmas in Switzerland{{/B}} We notice that many homes on Christmas Eve are serenaded by "star singers" as the Swiss call them, from the fact that their leader carries a large white star shining with the light of a candle within. In the Middle Ages, when the custom originated, the "star singers" dressed in costumes representing Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, and the Magi, and the peasants believed that the houses where they stopped to sing would be blessed with happiness and prosperity in the next year. {{B}}Christmas in Italy{{/B}} Everywhere in Italy, the custom of the Presepio, is faithfully followed. The Presepio is a visual presentation of the Nativity through the use of statues or statuettes representing the Holy Family. In its simplest form it consists of a manager on the straw-covered floor on which rests the crib with the newly born Christ Child. Around the crib one finds Mary and Joseph, one or two shepherds, an ox and a donkey. In doing this, the churches and the homes welcome the birth of the Redeemer and surround it with a sweetly poetic atmosphere. {{B}}Christmas in Mexico{{/B}} The pinata is a clay pot disguised as a lamb, siren moon ,bull or other appropriate or inappropriate to the occasion. The pinata is then hung from the ceiling. Each guest, after being blindfolded and turned around until dizzy, takes a whack at it with a large stick. If the pinata is hit, it will crack and the goodies will come showering down on the guests and a mad scramble results to retrieve the treasures of the pinata.{{I}} Now match each of the referred in different countries with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements.{{/I}} {{B}}statements{{/B}} [A] a vessel which contains lots of goodies [B] a group of carolers who brought happiness and prosperity [C] an activity held in memory of Frau Berchta [D] a character in fairy tales who wears a red cap [E] an exhibition of statues representing Christ Child and his Holy family[F] a clown who is made for fun[G] a character who appeared in the Santa Claus parade

单选题Questions 22 to 25 are based on the following monologue.

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单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as market system, the administered system and the traditional system. In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market, transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy, real goods such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence, the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market economy, goods and services are bought or sold for money. An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or commands as to how much of each goods and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economy. The central plan, drawn up by the government, shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production, consumption, and exchange for the whole economy. In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition: every person's place within the economy system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too People belonging to a certain group may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, agree for their health, and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone, progress may be difficult to achieve.

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单选题Whydoesthemanthinkthathisfirstholidayawayfromhomewasn'tveryhappy?A.Hewantedtotakeallhistoyswithhim,butcouldn'tdoit.B.Hefeltveryhomesick.C.Hedidn'tlikethesea.D.Hecouldn'tkeepalongwellwithhisaunt.

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单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Another common type of reasoning is the search for causes and results. We want to know whether cigarettes really do cause lung cancer, what causes malnutrition, the decay of cities, or the decay of teeth. We are equally interested in effects: what is the effect of sculpture or lead in the atmosphere, of oil spills and raw sewage in rivers and the sea, of staying up late on the night before an examination? Causal reasoning may go from cause to effect or from effect to cause. Either way, we reason from what we know to what we want to find out. Sometimes we reason from an effect to a cause and then on to another effect. Thus, if we reason that because the lights have gone out, the refrigerator won't work, we first relate the effect (lights out) to the cause (power off) and then relate that cause to another effect (refrigerator not working). This kind of reasoning is called, for short, effect to effect. It is quite common to reason through an extensive chain of causal relations. When the lights go out we might reason in the following causal chain: lights out — power off — refrigerator not working — temperature will rise — milk will sour. In other words, we diagnose a succession of effects from the power failure, each becoming the cause of the next. Causes are classified as necessary, sufficient, or contributory. A necessary cause is one which must be present for the effect to occur, as combustion is necessary to drive a gasoline engine. A sufficient cause is one which can produce an effect unaided, though there may be more than one sufficient cause: a dead battery is enough to keep a car from starting, but faulty spark plugs, or an empty gas tank will have the same effect. A contributory cause is one which helps to produce an effect but cannot do so by itself, as running through a red light may help cause an accident, though other factors — pedestrians or other cars in the intersection — must also be present. In establishing or refuting a causal relation it is usually necessary to show the process by which the alleged cause produces the effect. Such an explanation is called a causal process.

单选题Nowadays, a standard for measuring power has changed. These changes foretell a new standard for measuring power. No longer will a nation's political influence be based solely on the strength of its military forces. Of course, military effectiveness will remain a primary measure of power. But political influence is also closely tied to industrial competitiveness. It's often said that without its military the Soviet Union would really be a third-world nation. The new standard of power and influence that is evolving now places more emphasis on the ability of a country to compete effectively in the economic markets of the world. America must recognize this new course of events. Our success in shaping world events over the past 40 years has been the direct result of our ability to adapt technology and to take advantage of the capabilities of our people for the purpose of maintaining peace. Our industrial prowess (杰出才能) over most of this period was unchallenged. It is ironic that it is just the prowess that has enabled other countries to prosper(繁荣) and in turn to threaten our industrial leadership. The competitiveness of America's industrial base is an issue bigger than the Department of Defense and is going to require the efforts of the major institutional forces in our society--not be a strong force in the process because we will. But we simply cannot be, nor should we be, liked upon by others as the savior (救星) of American industry.

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单选题One reason for the difference between the British people working abroad and the average person at home is that the former ______.

单选题Generations of Americans have been brought (26) to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the (27) of the day, we have all been (28) , is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car (29) starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by (30) pleasures. So (31) all the efforts, they still take no (32) Between 1978 arid 1983, the latest years for which figures are (33) , the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased (34) 33 percent--from 8.8 million to 11.7 million (35) the Chinese-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of (36) about not having breakfast, (37) , there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years (38) that, for adults especially, there may be nothing (39) with omitting breakfast. "Going (40) breakfast does not affect (41) "Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, (42) does giving people breakfast improves performance. (43) evidence relating breakfast to better health or (44) performances is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not (45) "The literature," says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, "is poor./

单选题It can be learnt from the passage that the health benefits of exercise ______.

单选题Text Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (26) I became an animal collector in the first (27) . The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (28) was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”, (29) the word “zoo”, which I would (30) over and over again with a shrill (31) until someone, in group to (32) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (33) a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (34) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time (35) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (36) to my collection of pets. (37) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (38) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, (39) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (40) had enough money of my own to be able to (41) my first trip and I have been going (42) ever since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of (43) , it is certainly a job which will appeal (44) all those who love animals and (45) .