1、英语阅读(一)自考题-36 及答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数:0,分数:0.00)二、B(总题数:1,分数:10.00)If you are looking for an explanation of why we dont get tough with criminals, you need only look at the numbers. Each year almost a third of the households in America are victims of violence or theft. This amoun
2、ts to more than 41 million crimes, many more than we are able to punish. There are also too many criminals. We dont have room for any more!The painful fact is that the more crime there is, the less we are able to punish it. We think that punishment prevents crime, but it just might be the other way
3、around. When there is so much crime it is simply impossible to deal with it or punish it. This is the situation we find ourselves in today, the gradual increase in the criminal population has made it more difficult to get into prison. Some of the most exclusive prisons now require about five serious
4、 crimes before a criminal is accepted.These features show that it makes little sense to blame the police or judges for being soft on criminals. There is not much else they can do. The police cant find most criminals and those they do find are difficult and costly to convict. Those convicted cant all
5、 be sent to prison. The public demands that we do everything we can against crime. The practical reality is that there is very little the police, courts or prisons can do about the crime problem.We could, of course, get tough with the people we already have in prison and keep them locked up for long
6、er periods of time. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates, this would probably produce, longer prison sentences are not worth the cost to states and local governments. Besides, those states that have tried to gain voters approval for building new prisons often discover that the public is u
7、nwilling to pay for prison constructions. And if it were willing to pay, long prison sentences may not be effective in reducing crime.More time spent in prison is also more expensive. The best estimates are that it costs an average of $13,000 to keep a person in prison for one year. If we had a plac
8、e to keep the 124,000 released prisoners, it would have cost us $1.6 billion to prevent 15,000 crimes. This works out to more than $100,000 per crime prevented. But there is more. With the average cost of prison construction running around $50,000 per bed, it would cost more than $6 billion to build
9、 the necessary cells. The first-year operating cost would be $150,000 per crime prevented, worth it if the victim were you or me, but much too expensive to be feasible as a national policy.Faced with the reality of the numbers, I will not be so foolish as to suggest a solution to the crime problem.
10、My contribution to the public debate begins and ends with this simple observation, getting tough with criminals is not the answer.(分数:10.00)(1).By saying “it just might be the other way around“ (para. 2), the writer means _. A. severe punishment lowers crime rates B. soft measures lead to the rise o
11、f crime rates C. easy policies are more effective than strict ones D. the increase in crime makes punishment difficult(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(2).It is wrong to blame the police or judges for not being hard on criminals partly because _. A. trials are expensive B. criminals are very dangerous C. the police
12、 force is weak D. the public fill to support the court(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(3).The cost for constructing prisons is _. A. $13,000 per bed B. $50,000 per bed C. $100,000 per bed D. $150,000 per bed(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(4).The writer of the passage bases his argument mainly upon _. A. statistical evidence B.
13、public opinions C. criminal psychology D. personal experience(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.(5).The tone of the passage is _. A. playful B. serious C. satirical D. angry(分数:2.00)A.B.C.D.三、B第二部分 非选择题/B(总题数:0,分数:0.00)四、B(总题数:1,分数:20.00)BIFF: Why didnt you answer?WILLY: Biff! What are you doing in Boston?BIFF: Why d
14、idnt you answer? U U 1 /U /U.WILLY: I just heard you. U U 2 /U /U. Did anything happen home?BIFF: U U 3 /U /U.WILLY: What do you mean?BIFF: Dad.WILLY: Biffo, whats this about? Putting his arm around Biff. Come on, lets go downstairs and get you a malted.BIFF: Dad, U U 4 /U /U.WILLY: Not for the term
15、?BIFF: The term. I havent got enough credits to graduate.WILLY: U U 5 /U /U?BIFF: He did, he tried, but I only got a sixty-one.WILLY: And they wouldnt give you four points?BIFF: U U 6 /U /U. I begged him, Pop, but he wont give me those points. You gotta talk to him before they close the school. U U
16、7 /U /U, Im sure hed come through for me. The class came right before practice, see, and I didnt go enough. U U 8 /U /U? Hed like you, Pop. You know the way you could talk.WILLY: U U 9 /U /U. Well drive right back.BIFF: Oh, Dad, good work! U U 10 /U /U!WILLY: Go downstairs and tell the clerk Im chec
17、kin out. Go right down.A. I was in the bathroom and had the door shutB. Im sure he will change it for youC. Youre a good boyD. I flunked mathE. He looks forward to it all dayF. You mean to say Bernard wouldnt give you the answersG. Would you talk to himH. Birnbaum refused absolutelyI. DadI let you d
18、ownJ. Because if he saw the kind of man you are, and you just talked to him in your wayK. Ive been knocking for five minutes, I called you on the phoneL. Youre on(分数:20.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、B(总题数:9,分数:36.00)1.(distant) A straight line is the shor
19、test 1 between two points.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_2.(horrify) He was 1 at the thought of his son moving about on a stage in tights.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_3.(violence) Ten years later, when she saw her friend again, her heart began to beat 1.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_4.(concern) This is significant because many people are so
20、 1 about water-borne pollutants that they drink only bottled water, worldwide sales of which are forecast to reach $72 billion by next year.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_5.(recede) For the economy to fall back into 1, consumption would have to collapse dramatically.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_6.(boom) Though financial market
21、s are not bright, consumers, profits and losses are still buoyed (支撑) by a 1 housing market.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_7.(slug) Others point out that wage growth looks increasingly 1.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_8.(technic) The institute is also providing 1 training, so native language speakers can use computers as tools f
22、or teaching languages.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_9.(solute) The 1 here was the creation in the 1980s of a unified written language for all these dialects.(分数:4.00)填空项 1:_六、B(总题数:1,分数:24.00)motionless grow up overemphasize listen to beside dareas down get valise breaks off merchandiseWILLY: after a pause. Well,
23、 better U U 1 /U /Ugoing. I want to get to the school first thing in the morning. Get my suits out of the closet, Ill get my U U 2 /U /U, Biff doesnt move. Whats the matter? Biff remains U U 3 /U /U, tears falling. Shes a buyer. Buys for J.H. Simmons. She lives U U 4 /U /Uthe halltheyre painting. Yo
24、u dont imagine. He U U 5 /U /U. After a pause. Now listen, pal, shes just a buyer. She sees U U 6 /U /Uin her room and they have to keep it looking just so. Pause. Assuming command. All right, get my suits. Biff doesnt move. Now stop crying and do U U 7 /U /UI say. I gave you an order. Bill, I gave
25、you an order! Is that what you do when I give you an order? How U U 8 /U /Uyou cry! Putting his arm around Biff: Now look, Bill, when you U U 9 /U /Uyoull understand about these things. You mustntyou mustnt U U 10 /U /Ua thing like this. Ill see Birnbaum first thing in the morning.BIFF: Never mind.W
26、ILLY: getting down U U 11 /U /UBiff: Never mind! Hes going to give you those points. Ill see to it.BIFF: He wouldnt U U 12 /U /Uyou.(分数:24.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、B(总题数:1,分数:10.00)The following 2 questions are based on the passage. Rea
27、d the passage carefully again and answer the questions briefly by referring back to the passage.If you are looking for an explanation of why we dont get tough with criminals, you need only look at the numbers. Each year almost a third of the households in America are victims of violence or theft. Th
28、is amounts to more than 41 million crimes, many more than we are able to punish. There are also too many criminals. We dont have room for any more!The painful fact is that the more crime there is, the less we are able to punish it. We think that punishment prevents crime, but it just might be the ot
29、her way around. When there is so much crime it is simply impossible to deal with it or punish it. This is the situation we find ourselves in today, the gradual increase in the criminal population has made it more difficult to get into prison. Some of the most exclusive prisons now require about five
30、 serious crimes before a criminal is accepted.These features show that it makes little sense to blame the police or judges for being soft on criminals. There is not much else they can do. The police cant find most criminals and those they do find are difficult and costly to convict. Those convicted
31、cant all be sent to prison. The public demands that we do everything we can against crime. The practical reality is that there is very little the police, courts or prisons can do about the crime problem.We could, of course, get tough with the people we already have in prison and keep them locked up
32、for longer periods of time. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates, this would probably produce, longer prison sentences are not worth the cost to states and local governments. Besides, those states that have tried to gain voters approval for building new prisons often discover that the pub
33、lic is unwilling to pay for prison constructions. And if it were willing to pay, long prison sentences may not be effective in reducing crime.More time spent in prison is also more expensive. The best estimates are that it costs an average of $13,000 to keep a person in prison for one year. If we ha
34、d a place to keep the 124,000 released prisoners, it would have cost us $1.6 billion to prevent 15,000 crimes. This works out to more than $100,000 per crime prevented. But there is more. With the average cost of prison construction running around $50,000 per bed, it would cost more than $6 billion
35、to build the necessary cells. The first-year operating cost would be $150,000 per crime prevented, worth it if the victim were you or me, but much too expensive to be feasible as a national policy.Faced with the reality of the numbers, I will not be so foolish as to suggest a solution to the crime p
36、roblem. My contribution to the public debate begins and ends with this simple observation, getting tough with criminals is not the answer.(分数:10.00)(1).According to the author, why is it that getting tough with criminals cannot reduce crime rates?(分数:5.00)_(2).What reasons does the writer give to su
37、pport his argument against keeping criminals longer in prison?(分数:5.00)_英语阅读(一)自考题-36 答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、B第一部分 选择题/B(总题数:0,分数:0.00)二、B(总题数:1,分数:10.00)If you are looking for an explanation of why we dont get tough with criminals, you need only look at the numbers. Each year almost a third of
38、 the households in America are victims of violence or theft. This amounts to more than 41 million crimes, many more than we are able to punish. There are also too many criminals. We dont have room for any more!The painful fact is that the more crime there is, the less we are able to punish it. We th
39、ink that punishment prevents crime, but it just might be the other way around. When there is so much crime it is simply impossible to deal with it or punish it. This is the situation we find ourselves in today, the gradual increase in the criminal population has made it more difficult to get into pr
40、ison. Some of the most exclusive prisons now require about five serious crimes before a criminal is accepted.These features show that it makes little sense to blame the police or judges for being soft on criminals. There is not much else they can do. The police cant find most criminals and those the
41、y do find are difficult and costly to convict. Those convicted cant all be sent to prison. The public demands that we do everything we can against crime. The practical reality is that there is very little the police, courts or prisons can do about the crime problem.We could, of course, get tough wit
42、h the people we already have in prison and keep them locked up for longer periods of time. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates, this would probably produce, longer prison sentences are not worth the cost to states and local governments. Besides, those states that have tried to gain voter
43、s approval for building new prisons often discover that the public is unwilling to pay for prison constructions. And if it were willing to pay, long prison sentences may not be effective in reducing crime.More time spent in prison is also more expensive. The best estimates are that it costs an avera
44、ge of $13,000 to keep a person in prison for one year. If we had a place to keep the 124,000 released prisoners, it would have cost us $1.6 billion to prevent 15,000 crimes. This works out to more than $100,000 per crime prevented. But there is more. With the average cost of prison construction runn
45、ing around $50,000 per bed, it would cost more than $6 billion to build the necessary cells. The first-year operating cost would be $150,000 per crime prevented, worth it if the victim were you or me, but much too expensive to be feasible as a national policy.Faced with the reality of the numbers, I will not be so foolish as to suggest a solution to the crime problem. My contribution to the public debate begins and ends with this simple observation, getting tough with criminals is not the answer.(分数:10.00)(1).By saying “it just might be the other way around“ (para.