11. A. beginning B. time C. period D. end
12. A. stand B. mean C. represent D. signal
13. A. missing B. helping C. burdening D. leaving
14. A. financial B. physical C. social D. historical
15. A. unless B. if C. why D. that
答案及解析：
1．文章主題分析：
Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying
Among terminally （B級(jí)）ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes _l __ or bad death，the results of a new study suggest．（該句是觀點(diǎn)句，很可能是文章的中心）
1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole
1． C。 分析：根據(jù)語感：good or bad（好的或壞的）直接判斷答案。同時(shí)了解到標(biāo)題中的Preferences就是指 “人們的態(tài)度（attitudes）”。
1． 直接看題解題：
2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible
Elizabeth K．Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues
interviewed 26 men with __2__ heart disease or cancer．
2．B．分析：考察上下文中的用詞。B與前文中的terminally呼應(yīng)，而且“致命的心臟疾病或癌癥”正好符合or要求前后詞義對(duì)等的特點(diǎn)。
3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references
men were asked to describe good and bad deaths，and they also answered questions
about their __3__for dying．
3．C．分析：被選項(xiàng)中包含標(biāo)題詞或文章主題詞時(shí)，答案往往出自是標(biāo)題詞或文章主題詞的選項(xiàng)?？疾煳恼轮行摹?BR> 4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly
“In this small study，terminally i11 men described good and bad deaths __4__”Vig said．
4．A. 分析：考察文章中心（態(tài)度不同）。該題也可直接借助句意解答。
5. A. like B. as C. including D. for
“They did not hold uniform views about such issues __5__the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death．’’
5． B。分析：考察習(xí)慣搭配結(jié)構(gòu)。
Very: adj.絕對(duì)的; 一樣的；正好的：
at the very end of his career在他職業(yè)生涯的最未期
the very question she asked yesterday她昨天問的同一個(gè)問題
You are the very person I am looking for.
6. A. working B. dying C. talking D. dreaming
Many of the men considered __6 __in their sleep to be a good death．
6．B. 分析：結(jié)合文章主題用詞，直接選擇dying。
12. A. stand B. mean C. represent D. signal
13. A. missing B. helping C. burdening D. leaving
14. A. financial B. physical C. social D. historical
15. A. unless B. if C. why D. that
答案及解析：
1．文章主題分析：
Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying
Among terminally （B級(jí)）ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes _l __ or bad death，the results of a new study suggest．（該句是觀點(diǎn)句，很可能是文章的中心）
1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole
1． C。 分析：根據(jù)語感：good or bad（好的或壞的）直接判斷答案。同時(shí)了解到標(biāo)題中的Preferences就是指 “人們的態(tài)度（attitudes）”。
1． 直接看題解題：
2. A. either B. terminal C. final D. terrible
Elizabeth K．Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues
interviewed 26 men with __2__ heart disease or cancer．
2．B．分析：考察上下文中的用詞。B與前文中的terminally呼應(yīng)，而且“致命的心臟疾病或癌癥”正好符合or要求前后詞義對(duì)等的特點(diǎn)。
3. A. perfections B. presence C. preferences D. references
men were asked to describe good and bad deaths，and they also answered questions
about their __3__for dying．
3．C．分析：被選項(xiàng)中包含標(biāo)題詞或文章主題詞時(shí)，答案往往出自是標(biāo)題詞或文章主題詞的選項(xiàng)?？疾煳恼轮行摹?BR> 4. A. differently B. similarly C. strangely D. heartlessly
“In this small study，terminally i11 men described good and bad deaths __4__”Vig said．
4．A. 分析：考察文章中心（態(tài)度不同）。該題也可直接借助句意解答。
5. A. like B. as C. including D. for
“They did not hold uniform views about such issues __5__the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death．’’
5． B。分析：考察習(xí)慣搭配結(jié)構(gòu)。
Very: adj.絕對(duì)的; 一樣的；正好的：
at the very end of his career在他職業(yè)生涯的最未期
the very question she asked yesterday她昨天問的同一個(gè)問題
You are the very person I am looking for.
6. A. working B. dying C. talking D. dreaming
Many of the men considered __6 __in their sleep to be a good death．
6．B. 分析：結(jié)合文章主題用詞，直接選擇dying。