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．文章主题分析：
Preferences Vary on Circumstance of Dying
Among terminally （B级）ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes _l __ or bad death，the results of a new study suggest．（该句是观点句，很可能是文章的中心）
1. A. wrong B. pure C. good D. whole
1． C。 分析：根据语感：good or bad（好的或坏的）直接判断答案。同时了解到标题中的Preferences就是指 “人们的态度（attitudes）”。
1． 直接看题解题：
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：考察上下文中的用词。B与前文中的terminally呼应，而且“致命的心脏疾病或癌症”正好符合or要求前后词义对等的特点。
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：被选项中包含标题词或文章主题词时，答案往往出自是标题词或文章主题词的选项。考察文章中心。
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（态度不同）。该题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：考察习惯搭配结构。
Very: adj.绝对的; 一样的；正好的：
at the very end of his career在他职业生涯的最未期
the very question she asked yesterday她昨天问的同一个问题
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：结合文章主题用词，直接选择dying。
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