2021年管理类联考英语练习（37）
来源：北京学苑教育
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Reading Comprehension
In the USA 85% of the population over the age of 21 approve of the death penalty. In the many states which can take up to 20 minutes to kill, while others use gas or lethal injection.
The first of these was the case of Ruth Ellis who was hanged for shooting her lover in what was generally regarded as a crime of passion. The second was hanged for murders which it was later proved, had been committed by someone else.
The pro-hanging lobby (赞成极刑的活动集团) uses four main arguments to support its call for the reintroduction of capital punishment. First there is the deterrence theory, which argues that potential murderers would think twice before committing the act if they knew that they might die if they were caught. The armed bank robber might, likewise go back to being unarmed.
The other two arguments are more suspect. The idea of retribution demands that criminals should get what they deserve: if a murderer intentionally set out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences. Retribution, which is just another word for revenge, is supported by the religious doctrine of an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.
The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian (人道主义的) . But there are also statistical reasons for opposing it: the deterrence Figures do not add up. In Britain, 1903 was the record year for executions and yet in l904 the number of murders actually rose. There was a similar occurrence in 1946 and 1947. If the deterrence theory were correct, the rate should have fallen.
The other reasons to oppose the death penalty are largely a matter of individual conscience and belief. One is that murder is murder and that the state has no more right to take a life than the individual. The other is that Christianity advises forgiveness, not revenge.
1. The passage is mainly about _______.
A) the argument in favor of the death penalty
B) the argument against the death penalty
C) the argument about the reintroduction of the death penalty
D) the argument about the abolition of the death penalty
2. All of the following death penalty methods are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT_______.
A) the electric chair B)the lethal injection
C) the poisonous gas D)the shooting
3. According to the first four paragraphs, which of the following statements if NOT correct?
A) The death penalty may help the potential murderers to arouse moral awareness.
B) Ruth Ellis was shot by his lover, which was regarded as a crime of passion.
C) The intentional murderer should eat his own bitter fruit.
D) According to the religious doctrine, punishment should be as severe as the injury suffered.
4.In paragraph 3, "deterrence" means _______.
A) proclamation B) protest C) protection D) prevention
5.We can learn from the last paragraph that _______.
A) neither the state nor the individual has the right to take a life
B) the state has the right to take a life but the individual does not
C) the death penalty has noting to do with individual consequence and belief
D) the deterrence figures have added up and the execution rate has fallen.
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参考答案：1---5: C D B D A
