The International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) decision to retain its ban on whaling does not mean that the killings will stop. Quite the (1) .
Save the Whale. It’s a phrase which became annoying with (2) , an unfavorable shorthand for liberal consciences. How appalling, then, that in the year 2010, it should be pressed (3) service again, to fight the whaling nations: Norway and Iceland, who exempted themselves from the 1986 prohibition (4) by the IWC, and Japan, which hunts whales under cover of " (5) research".
I am completely (6) by this week’s events in Morocco, where talks broke down. In my heart, I agree with those who have (7) the news that this year’s negotiations of the IWC have broken up, and (8) the prohibition would not be lifted (as the US proposed in a desperate (9) to break the deadlock). Yet reason (10) something else. If we do not (11) some kind of new control, the (12) will be able to go on with their slaughter (13) . Membership of the IWC is (14) , and the ban was only ever intended to be (15) . Japan, which has been buying the votes of nations with no interest in whaling (only in the 16 Japan offers in turn), will continue to press its case, having invested millions of dollars in its (17) . Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand’s Commissioner at the IWC, has proposed a year-long (18) period. In the meantime, more whales will die.
We stand at a crossroad for whales. We see the (19) existence of these animals as an indicator of ecological threat. As symbols of an endangered world, they evoke, and provoke, a feeling that they have the same qualities as human on a scale equal to their size and supposed (20) . To some this is so much sentimental words in the New Age.
6（）
A.convinced
B.surprised
C.moved
D.torn
参考答案：D
解析：
[试题考点] 上下文语意关系与动词词义辨析。
[解题思路] 本题空格位于句子谓语部分，且此谓语为被动语态，其宾语为“本周在摩洛哥发生的事(this week’s event in Morocco)”，根据紧跟其后的定语从句where talks broke down可判断，此处“摩洛哥事件”指“关于停止捕鲸的谈判失败了”，将四个选项代入文中，只有选项[D]符合文意。be torn by…意为“为……感到烦扰；为……感到困扰”，此处意为“对摩洛哥发牛的事情感到很揪心”。
[干扰排除] 选项[A](be) convinced (by)意为“被……说服”，选项[B](be) surprised (by)是错误的搭配，be surprised通常与at搭配，意为“为……所震惊；为……感到惊讶”，选项[C](be) moved (by)意为“被……感动、打动”，由于此处空格之后的宾语为“禁止捕鲸的谈判在摩洛哥失败了”，所以这三项都不能和语意及语法上同时符合要求，故排除。