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1、1997年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section II: Cloze TestDirections:For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)Manpower Inc., with 560,0
2、00 workers, is the worlds largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people _41_ into the offices and factories of America, seeking a days work for a days pay. One day at a time. _42_ industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive _43_ reducing the number of employees
3、, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming._44_ its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers. This _45_ work force is the most important _46_ in American business today, and it is _47_ changing the relationship between peo
4、ple and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive _48_ avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens _49_ by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of _50_ that came from b
5、eing a loyal employee.41.A swarmB strideC separate）D slip42.A ForB BecauseC As（C）D Since43.A fromB inC on（D）D by44.A Even thoughB Now thatC If only（A）D Provided that45.A durableB disposableC available（B）D transferable46.A approachB flowC fashion（D）D trend47.A instantlyB reverselyC fundamentally（C）D
6、sufficiently48.A butB whileC and（B）D whereas49.A imposedB restrictedC illustrated（A）D confined50.A excitementB convictionC enthusiasm（D）D importanceSection III: Reading ComprehensionDirections:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A
7、, B), C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (40 points)Text 1It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing a
8、nd final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australias 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 Inte
9、rnet 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 groups on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isnt just something that happened in Australia. Its w
10、orld history.”The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally III 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, right to life groups and the Australian
11、Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia - where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part - other states are going to consider making a similar l
12、aw to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death - probably by a deadly injection or pill - to put an end to suffer
13、ing. 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 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of
14、Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “Im not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how Id go, because Ive watched people die in the hospital fighting for
15、oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.51.From the second paragraph we learn that _.A the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countriesB physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasiaC changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law（D）D it takes time to realize the significance of the laws passage52.When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means _.A observers are taking a wait and see attitude towa
