Passage 1       The widespread sale and use of illegal drugs poses a major challenge to governmentsthroughout the world. A UN report estimated that the total value of the international illegal drugtrade was annually $400 billion, larger than the value of international trade in iron, steel and motorvehicles. In the war on drugs, several countries, including Singapore, have adopted a zero tolerancelaw regarding drug trafficking and possession. Especially, Singapore is in a rather uniquegeographical position as an air, land, and sea hub for Southeast Asia. This fact makes it particularlyattractive as a transit point for drug traffickers.        In April 2023, a Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabiswas executed. A sentence lambasted by human rights groups and campaigners for its severity at atime when many other nations have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs and capitalpunishment. While cannabis has been legalized in a growing number of nations worldwide,Singapore maintains some of the world's harshest drug laws, and its government remains adamantthat capital punishment works to deter drug traffickers and must remain in place to maintain publicsafety.     However, human rights groups point to the fact that many of those executed in Singapore areamong the most impoverished and vulnerable of the population, including a large number of foreignnationals and migrant workers. In the case of drug trafficking convictions, it has been argued thatthose found guilty are usually the drug users. What this means is that minor players are executedwhile the major players, those who lead the drug trafficking operations, are able to escapepunishment, and continue to command their illegal operations. Furthermore, human rights groupsargue that despite the harsh laws, drug abuse has not abated, particularly among the poorest andleast educated young people in Singapore.     Certainly, part of Singapore's approach to deal with the use of illegal drugs can be related tothe government's intense concern over national security since independence from Britain. Thepolitical system that has developed in Singapore depends on the continued use of powersestablished to deal with communist threats in the Southeast Asian peninsula in the 1950s. A keyinstrument in wielding this power is the Internal Security Act (ISA) which was legislated in 1960and modeled on the British government's Preservation of Public Security Ordinance in 1955. Underthe law, anyone caught trafficking, importing or exporting certain quantities of illegal drugs likemethamphetamine, heroin, cocaine or cannabis products receives the mandatory death sentence.Furthermore, citizens can be arrested without warrant and detained without trial if they are"suspected of criminal activity" including the sale or use of illegal drugs in the country. Once thephysical act of trafficking, shown by the fact of possession of the drugs, as well as the intent todeliver, carry or sell the drug are proved, the conviction would be confirmed. Singapore'sgovernment claims these harsh laws as a few effective ways to keep drugs out in the country.
【題組】36. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) To solve the increasing number of drug sales in Singapore.
(B)To compare contemporary Singapore's drug policy with the Britain's in 1960s.
(C) To discuss the challenges of drug problems in Singapore.
(D) To prove the dehumanization of Singapore's drug policy.