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The author's analogy between cancer and murder is made in order to show ______.

A. the lack of perfect solution to the present problems
B. the new discovery of modern science
C. the necessity of doing nothing till an ultimate cure is available
D. the availability of adequate punishment

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What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A. The objections of death penalty have become less severe.
B. The death itself is considered inhumane and unacceptable.
C. Death penalty opponents only care about how one is put to death.
D. The "hygienic" way of execution is even more barbaric.

听力原文: Today, most countries in the world have canals. Even in the 20th century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat that any other means of transport. Some canals such as the Suez or the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast. Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water.
In places where it does not rain very often, irrigation canals drain water from rivers or lakes such as the lake behind the Aswan Dam on the Nile River, and provide the irrigation water.
In places where there is too much water, canals can drain the water off the land for use in fanning. In Holland, acres and acres of land have been drained in this way. Since much of this drained land is below sea level, the water in the canals has to be pumped up to sea level. Dikes have been built in Holland to keep the sea from covering the land, as it did in the past.
Canals are also used to carry water to mills and factories. The water from a river is kept at a higher level than the river until it reaches the wheel of the mill. Then the water is poured over un61 it reaches the wheel of the mill. Then the water is poured over the mill wheel, making it turn. The same principle is used in more modern factories and in hydroelectric generating plants. The force of the water, falling from a certain height, provides a cheap way of producing electricity.
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A. Cheaper and sometimes faster.
B. More expensive, but faster.
Cheaper. but more dangerous.
D. Moro expensive and slower.

A.noneB.fewC.anyD.some

A. none
B. few
C. any
D. some

Passage One
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Passage Two
Listed below are some of the key events of the Asian economic crisis in 1997
July 2 Thai officials devalue the bath, the Thai currency, following a several-weck4ong sell-off by international
currency speculators, who behaved that it was overvalued
July 18 Alter weeks of pressure from speculators, currencies throughout Asia begin to plummet. The Singapore
dollar, the Malaysian ringgit and the Indonesian rupiah all decline sharply
Aug. 11 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) coordinates a $17 billion bailout package of loams to help
stabilize Thailand's economy
Oct. 22 The South Korean government intervenes to aid the Kia Group, one of the country's largest conglomerates
(集团). Kia is the fifth South Korean conglomerate in 1997 either to dc fault on loans or seek bankruptcy
protection
Oct. 31 The IMF pledges a $33 billion Bailout package for Indonesia; the following day the government shuts
down 16 insolvent banks
Nov. 3 After weeks of intense criticism of his handling of Thailand's economic crisis, Thai Premier Chavalit
Yongchaiyudh announces his resignation
Nov. 19 Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad survives a confidence vote on his leadership. The vote
was held following international condemnation of remarks he made criticizing currency speculators and
&

A. Y
B. N
C. NG

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