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EachofthepassagesbeIowisfoIIowedbysomequestions・Foreachquestiontherearefour

answersmarked[A].[B],[C]and[D]・Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswer

toeachofthequestions.ThenmarkyouranswerontheANSWERSHEETbybIackeningthe

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45inthemorningv/henthevotewasfinalIytaken・Aftersixmonthsofarguing

andfinal16hoursofhotparIiamentarydebates,Australia^sNorthernTerritorybecamethe

firstIegaIauthorityintheworIdtoallowdoctorstotaketheIivesofincurabIyiIIpatients

whowishtodie・Themeasurepassedbytheconvincingvoteof15to10.AImostimmediateIy

wordfIashedontheInternetandwaspiekedup,haIfaworIdaway,byJohnHofsess.executive

directoroftheRighttoDieSocietyofCanada・Hesentitonviathegroup*son-1ineservice.

DeathNET・SaysHofsess:

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justsomethingthathappenedinAustralia・It'

sworIdhistory

ThefuIIimportmaytakeawhiletosinkin.TheNTRightsoftheTerminallyIIIIaw

hasleftphysiciansandcitizensaliketryingtodeaIwithitsmoraIandpractical

impIications・SomehavebreathedsighsofreIief.others,includingchurches,right-to-1ife

groupsandtheAustraIianMedicaIAssociation.bitterIyattackedthebiIIandthehasteof

itspassage・ButthetideisunIikeIytoturnback・InAustralia一一whereanagingpopuIation.

Iife-extendingtechnoIogyandchangingcommunityattitudeshaveaII

pIayedtheirpart一一

otherstatesaregoingtoconsidermakingasimiIarIawtodeaIwitheuthanasia・IntheUS

andCanada,wheretheright-to-diemovementisgatheringstrength,observersarewaiting

forthedominoestostartfalling・

UnderthenewNorthernTerritoryIawfanadultpatientcanrequestdeath一一probably

byadeadIyinjectionorpill——toputanendtosuffering・Thepatientmustbediagnosed

asterminallyiIIbytwodoctors・Aftera"

coolingoff”periodofsevendays,thepatient

cansignacertificateofrequest・After48hoursthewishfordeathcanbemet.ForLloyd

Nickson.a54-year-oldDarwinresidentsufferingfromlungcancer,theNTRightsof

TerminaIIyIIIIawmeanshecangetonwithIivingwithoutthehauntingfearofhissuffering:

aterrifyingdeathfromhisbreathingcondition."

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inthehospitaIfightingforoxygenandcIawingattheirmasks,”hesays・

51・FromthesecondparagraphweIearnthat・

[A]theobjectiontoeuthanasiaisslowtocomeinothercountries

[B]physiciansandcitizenssharethesameviewoneuthanasia

[C]changingtechnologyischieflyresponsibleforthehastypassageoftheIaw

[D]ittakestimetoreaIizethesignificanceofthelaw'

spassage

52.WhentheauthorsaysthatobserversarewaitingforthedominoestostartfaIIing,he

means.

[A]observersaretakingawait一and-seeattitudetowardsthefutureofeuthanasia

[B]simiIarbillsareIikeIytobepassedintheUS.Canadaandothercountries

[C]observersarewaitingtoseetheresuItofthegameofdominoes

[D]theeffect-takingprocessofthepassedbiIImayfinalIycometoastop

53.WhenLIoydNicksondies,hewiII・

[A]facehisdeathwithcaImcharacteristicofeuthanasia

[B]experiencethesufferingofaIungcancerpatient

[C]haveanintensefearofterribIesuffering

[D]undergoacoolingoffperiodofsevendays

54.Theauthor1sattitudetowardseuthanasiaseemstobethatof・

[A]opposition

[B]suspicion

[C]approvaI

[D]indifference

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AreportconsistentIybroughtbackbyvisitorstotheUSishowfriendly,courteous.

andheIpfuImostAmericansweretothem.Tobefair,thisobservationisaIsofrequently

madeofCanadaandCanadianstandshouIdbestbeconsideredNorthAmerican.Thereare.of

course,exceptions・SmaIHmindedofficiaIs.rudewaiters.and

iII-manneredtaxidriversare

comment.deservesitthatfrequentlysomadeobservationanisitYetUS.theinunknownhardIy

Foralongperiodoftimeandinmanypartsofthecountry,atravelerwasaweIcome

breakinanotherv/iseduIIexistence・DuIInessandlonelinesswerecommonprobIemsofthe

famiIieswhogeneraIIyIiveddistantfromoneanother・Strangersand

traveIerswereweIcome

sourcesofdiversion.andbroughtnewsoftheoutsideworId・

TheharshreaIitiesofthefrontieraIsoshapedthistraditionofhospitaIity.Someone

traveIingaIone,ifhungry,injured,orill,oftenhadnowheretoturnexcepttothenearest

cabinorsettIement.ItwasnotamatterofchoiceforthetravelerormereIyacharitabIe

impuIseonthepartofthesettlers・ItrefIectedtheharshnessofdaiIylife:

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takeinthestrangerandtakecareofhim,therewasnooneeIsewhowouId・Andsomeday.

remember,youmightbeinthesamesituation.

TodaytherearemanycharitabIeorganizationswhichspeciaIizeinhelpingtheweary

traveIer・Yet.theoIdtraditionofhospitaiitytostrangersisstillverystronginthe

US.especiaIIyinthesmaIlercitiesandtownsawayfromthebusytouristtraiIs・"

Iwas

justtraveIingthrough,gottaIkingwiththisAmerican.andprettysoonheinvitedmehome

fordinner--amazing.”SuchobservationsreportedbyvisitorstotheUSarenotuncommon.

butarenotaIwaysunderstoodproperIy.ThecasuaIfriendIinessofmanyAmericansshouId

beinterpretedneitherassuperficiaInorasartificial,butastheresuItofahistoricaIIy

deveIopedcu11uraItradition.

Asistrueofanydevelopedsociety.inAmericaacomplexsetofculturaIsignaIs,

assumptions.andconventionsunderIiesaIIsociaIinterreIationships・And.ofcourse,

speakingaIanguagedoesnotnecessarilymeanthatsomeoneunderstandssocialandcultural

patterns・Visitorswhofailto"

transIate"

culturaImeaningsproperIyoftendrawwrong

coneIusions・ForexampIe,whenanAmericanusesthewordufriend,nthecultural

impIicationsofthewordmaybequitedifferentfromthoseithasinthevisitor'

sIanguage

andculture・Ittakesmorethanabriefencounteronabustodistinguishbetweencourteous

conventionandindividualinterest.Yet,beingfriendIyisavirtuethatmanyAmericansvaIue

highlyandexpectfrombothneighborsandstrangers・

55・IntheeyesofvisitorsfromtheoutsideworId.・

[A]rudetaxidriversarerareIyseenintheUS

[B]smaIl-mindedofficiaIsdeserveaseriouscomment

[C]CanadiansarenotsofriendIyastheirneighbors

[D]mostAmericansarereadytoofferheIp

56・ItcouIdbeinferredfromtheIastparagraphthat・

[A]cultureexercisesaninfIuenceoversociaIinterreIationship

[B]courteousconventionandindividuaIinterestareinterreIated

[C]variousvirtuesmanifestthemseIvesexcIusiveIyamongfriends

[D]sociaIinterreIationshipsequaIthecompIexsetofculturalconventions

57.FamiIiesinfrontiersettlementsusedtoentertainstrangers

toimprovetheirhardIife

inviewoftheirIong-distancetraveI

toaddsomefIavortotheirowndailyIife

outofacharitableimpuIse

Thetraditionofhospitalitytostrangers・

[A]tendstobesuperficiaIandartificiaI

[B]isgeneraIIyweIIkeptupintheUn