23 ． This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ______ comfortably.

A ． is worn                                           B ． wears

C ． wearing                                          D ． are worn

24 ． Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage ______.

A ． relatively                                         B ． actually

C ． annually                                          D ． comparatively

25 ． Americans eat ______ as they actually need every day.

A ． twice as much protein                      B ． twice protein as much twice

C ． twice protein as much                      D ． protein as twice much

II. 完形填空。从 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。（本大题共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分）

Choose the most likely answers to complete the passage from the words given. (15 points)

In the USA, 85% of the population   26    the age of twenty-one   27    of the death penalty. In many states which still have the death penalty, some use the electric chair, which can take   28    to 20 minutes to kill,   29    others use gas or lethal injection.

Those who   30    for the death penalty use four main arguments to support their call   31    the reintroduction of the punishment. First there is the deterrence (