When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means ________.

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• 1From the second paragraph we learn that ________.

  A.the objection to euthanasia is slow to come 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 law’s passage

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• 2When a number of people ________ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.

  A.pad

  B.pack

  C.squeeze

  D.cluster

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• 3Foreign disinvestment and the ________ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.

  A.displacement

  B.elimination

  C.exclusion

  D.exception

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• 4For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.

  A.to name a few

  B.let alone

  C.not to speak

  D.let’s say

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• 5Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the ________ of hunger.

  A.sensation

  B.cause

  C.purpose

  D.motive

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• 6When 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

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• 7The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of ________.

  A.opposition

  B.suspicion

  C.approval

  D.indifference

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• 8In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ________.

  A.rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US

  B.small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

  C.Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

  D.most Americans are ready to offer help

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• 9It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.

  A.culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship

  B.courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated

  C.various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends

  D.social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions

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• 10Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ________.

  A.to improve their hard life

  B.in view of their long-distance travel

  C.to add some flavor to their own daily life

  D.out of a charitable impulse

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