The police had to restrain the prisoners from escaping.A:prevent B:reduce C:disallow D:confine

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The police had to restrain the prisoners from escaping.

A:prevent
B:reduce
C:disallow
D:confine

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1.根据下列材料请回答 31~35 题:CThe police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135,000 demonstrators confronted the police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said that the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. “This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And the police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through the police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They carried placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes,” “Sunpower, Not Nuclear Power,” and “Stop Private Profits from Public Peril.” They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by the police failed to dislodge the protestors who had been prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally the gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist the police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace.第 31 题 What were the demonstrators protesting about?A. Private profits.B. The nuclear power station.C. The project of nuclear power construction.D. Public peril.

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  • 第1题:

    The poor police had never __________ of winning.

    A. made a chance

    B. took a chance

    C. stood a chance

    D. kept a chance


    参考答案:C

  • 第2题:

    Passage Four

    One evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had £ 100.00 in his pock et. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift (搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried.

    Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit (限制速度) was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase (追) him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook (赶上) him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green's car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green's name and address. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station, but the policeman said, "No, you will have to appear at the police station later." Mr. Green had to do as the policeman told him. The policeman wrote his name and address down, put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket and gave Mr. Green a talk about dangerous driving. Then Mr. Green started up his car again and drove on.

    Just as he reached the outskirts (郊区) of London, the passenger said, "! want to get off here." Mr. Green stopped the car, the man got out and said, "Thanks for the lift. You've been good to me. This is the least I can do in return (报答)." And he handed Mr. Green the policeman's notebook, which he stole while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.

    46. The man asking for a lift was ______.

    A. a robber who robs drivers

    B. a policeman who had worked in prison

    C. a prisoner who had escaped from prison

    D. a stranger with £ 100.00 in his pocket


    正确答案:C
    本题是对有关人物细节信息的考查。其中关键词是man...lift...was。首先,考生从选项中得知需判断搭车人的身份。通过第1段倒数第2句中的...the man...in prison for robbery...broken out of prison two days before了解到此人曾因抢劫而入狱,但又于两天前越狱逃走。 ABD项都与文中内容不符,应被排除。唯有C(越狱的犯人)合乎文中情节,是正确答案。

  • 第3题:

    James is reporting the car accident to the police on the spot.

    POLICE: Can you tell me what___1__ here

    JAMES: Yes. I had a bad traffic accident. Look, my car looks like a squashed Coke can.

    POLICE: Did you see the car before it hit you

    JAMES: No, I didn't. That car was too __2___.

    POLICE: Which lane were you in

    JAMES: I don't remember.

    POLICE: How fast were you__3___ then

    JAMES: Less than 30 miles per hour.

    POLICE: Which direction were you__4___ from And which direction were you heading

    JAMES: I was heading from east to west.

    POLICE: OK, please move your car off to the side of the road. We will check on it. Do you feel like you need an ambulance, sir

    JAMES: No, I didn't get __5___. Thanks for your concern.

    POLICE: No problem, sir.


    参考答案:1:happened; 2:fast; 3:driving; 4:coming; 5:hurt

  • 第4题:

    The poor police had never ____ of winning.

    A、stand a chance

    B、get a chance

    C、have a chance

    D、stood a chance


    正确答案:D

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    DNA Testing

    DNA testing reveals the genes of each individual person.Since the early twentieth century scientists
    have known that all human characteristics are contained in a person's genes and are passed from parents to
    children.Genes work as a chemical instruction manual for each part and each function of the body.Their
    basic chemical element is called DNA,a copy of which can be found in every cell. The existence of genes
    and the chemical structure of DNA were understood by the mid-1900s,but scientists have only recently been
    able to identify a person from just a drop of blood or a single hair.
    One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation.The very first use of DNA
    testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain,when a man confessed to killing a young woman in
    the English countryside.Because police had found samples of the killer's DNA at the scene of the crime,a
    biologist suggested that it might be possible to compare that DNA to some from the confessor's blood.To
    everyone's surprise,the tests showed that he was not the killer. Nor was he guilty of a similar murder that
    had happened some time earlier. At that point he admitted that he had confessed to the crimes out of fear
    and police pressure.The police then asked 5,000 local men for samples of their blood,and DNA testing
    revealed that one of them was the real murderer,so the first man was set free.
    In 1992,two law professors,Peter Neufeld and Bany Scheck,decided to use DNA evidence to help set free
    such mistakenly convicted prisoners.With the help of their students.they created a not-for-profit organization
    called the Innocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men,many from racial and ethnic minorities.In
    fact,studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background,and
    that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted. Some of these men had been sentenced to
    death,a form of punishment used in thirty eight states out of fifty(as of 2006).For most of these prisoners,their
    only hope was another trial in which DNA testing could be used to prove their innocence.
    Between 1992 and 2006,the Innocence Project helped free 100 men.Some of these prisoners had been
    in jail for ten,twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit.However,the goal of the Innocence
    Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail.They also hope to bring about real changes
    in the criminal justice system.
    Illinois in the late 1990s,a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring
    about such a change in that state.They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be inno-
    cent. Through DNA testing,the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the
    crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free,and in 2000,Governor Ryan of
    Illinois decided to stop carrying out death sentences until further study could be made of the prisoners'
    cases。
    The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world.Some fear that governments
    will one day keep records of everyone'sDNA,which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens.
    Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether
    or not they are guilty.But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men,DNA
    testing has meant nothing less than a return to life.And with the careful use of DNA testing,no innocent
    person should ever be convicted again.

    What is the main idea of this passage?
    A:DNA testing has changed the American legal system.
    B:DNA testing has helped innocent men go free in Illinois.
    C:DNA testing uses genetics to identify a person.
    D:DNA testing has played a key role in criminal investigation.

    答案:D
    解析:
    文章第一段总领全文,最后一段是对全文的总结,中间其他段落通过举例说明DNA测 试法在当今犯罪侦查中起着重要的作用。
    由文章第二段第二、三句话“The very first use of DNA testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain...Because police had found samples of the killer' s DNA...”可知答案为D。
    由文章第三段第一、二句话“In 1992...Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners…they created a not-for-profit organization called the Innocence Project.”可知答案为A。
    由文章第五段第三句话“Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of.”中,这些学生是指西北大学 的学生,由此可知答案为A。
    本文主要讲述了DNA测试法在犯罪侦查当中起的积极作用,同时还举了例子,比如西 北大学的一些学生用DNA测试法来证明了一些人的清白。既然作者认为这种方法是有效、积 极的东西,当然是对其支持的。选项中表示支持、赞成的词为Positive,由此可以确定本题答案 为B选项。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    DNA Testing

    DNA testing reveals the genes of each individual person.Since the early twentieth century scientists
    have known that all human characteristics are contained in a person's genes and are passed from parents to
    children.Genes work as a chemical instruction manual for each part and each function of the body.Their
    basic chemical element is called DNA,a copy of which can be found in every cell. The existence of genes
    and the chemical structure of DNA were understood by the mid-1900s,but scientists have only recently been
    able to identify a person from just a drop of blood or a single hair.
    One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation.The very first use of DNA
    testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain,when a man confessed to killing a young woman in
    the English countryside.Because police had found samples of the killer's DNA at the scene of the crime,a
    biologist suggested that it might be possible to compare that DNA to some from the confessor's blood.To
    everyone's surprise,the tests showed that he was not the killer. Nor was he guilty of a similar murder that
    had happened some time earlier. At that point he admitted that he had confessed to the crimes out of fear
    and police pressure.The police then asked 5,000 local men for samples of their blood,and DNA testing
    revealed that one of them was the real murderer,so the first man was set free.
    In 1992,two law professors,Peter Neufeld and Bany Scheck,decided to use DNA evidence to help set free
    such mistakenly convicted prisoners.With the help of their students.they created a not-for-profit organization
    called the Innocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men,many from racial and ethnic minorities.In
    fact,studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background,and
    that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted. Some of these men had been sentenced to
    death,a form of punishment used in thirty eight states out of fifty(as of 2006).For most of these prisoners,their
    only hope was another trial in which DNA testing could be used to prove their innocence.
    Between 1992 and 2006,the Innocence Project helped free 100 men.Some of these prisoners had been
    in jail for ten,twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit.However,the goal of the Innocence
    Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail.They also hope to bring about real changes
    in the criminal justice system.
    Illinois in the late 1990s,a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring
    about such a change in that state.They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be inno-
    cent. Through DNA testing,the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the
    crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free,and in 2000,Governor Ryan of
    Illinois decided to stop carrying out death sentences until further study could be made of the prisoners'
    cases。
    The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world.Some fear that governments
    will one day keep records of everyone'sDNA,which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens.
    Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether
    or not they are guilty.But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men,DNA
    testing has meant nothing less than a return to life.And with the careful use of DNA testing,no innocent
    person should ever be convicted again.

    What is the author's attitude toward DNA testing?
    A:Negative.
    B:Positive.
    C:Suspicious.
    D:Indifferent.

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第一段总领全文,最后一段是对全文的总结,中间其他段落通过举例说明DNA测 试法在当今犯罪侦查中起着重要的作用。
    由文章第二段第二、三句话“The very first use of DNA testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain...Because police had found samples of the killer' s DNA...”可知答案为D。
    由文章第三段第一、二句话“In 1992...Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners…they created a not-for-profit organization called the Innocence Project.”可知答案为A。
    由文章第五段第三句话“Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of.”中,这些学生是指西北大学 的学生,由此可知答案为A。
    本文主要讲述了DNA测试法在犯罪侦查当中起的积极作用,同时还举了例子,比如西 北大学的一些学生用DNA测试法来证明了一些人的清白。既然作者认为这种方法是有效、积 极的东西,当然是对其支持的。选项中表示支持、赞成的词为Positive,由此可以确定本题答案 为B选项。

  • 第7题:

    The parents have to restrain their daughter from playing cyber games.

    A:disallow
    B:reduce
    C:prevent
    D:confine

    答案:C
    解析:
    本句话的意思是:她父母亲不得不控制她玩网络游戏。prevent:防止、阻碍,例如:The rain prevented us from playing football.这场雨使我们不能踢足球了。disallow:不允许、禁止,例如:The judge disallowed their claim.法官否决了他们的要求。reduce:降低、减少,例如:She tried to reduce her weight.她设法降低自己的体重。confine:限制、监禁,例如:He was confined to prison for ten years.他在狱中被监禁了十年。

  • 第8题:

    A police officer claimed that the young man had attempted to()paying his fare.

    Aavoid

    Breject

    Crefuse

    Dneglect


    A

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    I told the policeman ______ had happened when I was taken to the police station as a witness.
    A

    which

    B

    who

    C

    what

    D

    that


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    句意:当我被带到警局作证时我把所发生的事情告诉了警察。what既引导宾语从句,又作从句的主语。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    A crew member is having an epileptic convulsion. You should().
    A

    give the victim artificial respiration

    B

    completely restrain the victim

    C

    give the victim one 30 mg tablet of phenobarbital

    D

    keep the victim from injuring him or herself


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    The robber had escaped and was nowhere to be found when the police _____.
    A

    arrived

    B

    had arrived

    C

    arrive

    D

    have arrived


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    句意:当警察赶到时,抢匪已经逃离,哪里都找不到了。这里主要考查动词的时态。when引导的是时间状语从句。主句是过去完成时,从句用过去时,且根据句意我们也可以判断,抢匪逃离发生在警察到来之前,用过去完成时,是过去的过去,那么警察到来就应该是过去时。

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    Practice 8  In 1992, two law professors, Peter Neufeld and Barry Seheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners. With the help of their students, they created a not-for-profit organization called the Innocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men, many from racial and ethnic minorities. In fact, studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background, and that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted.  Between 1992 and 2006, the Innocence Project helped free 100 men. Some of these prisoners had been in jail for ten, but twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit. However, the goal of the Innocence Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail. They also hope to bring about real changes in the criminal justice system.  Illinois in the late 1990s, a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring about such a change in that state. They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be innocent. Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free, and in 2000, Governor Ryan of Illinois decided to stop carrying out death sentences until further study could be made of the prisoners cases.  The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world. Some fear that governments will one day keep records of everyone’s DNA, which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens. Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether or not they are guilty. But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men. DNA testing has meant nothing less than a return to life. And with the careful use of DNA testing, no innocent person should ever be convicted again.

    正确答案:
    【参考译文】
    1992年,两位法律教授,Peter和Barry决定使用DNA证据来帮助释放那些误判的囚犯。在其学生的帮助下,他们创造了一个非营利性组织——无罪项目。他们的客户绝大多数都是穷人,许多是少数种族和少数民族。事实上,研究已经表明美国法官和陪审团往往受到种族和民族背景的影响,来自少数群体的人们更有可能被判有罪。
    在1992年到2006年之间,无罪项目已帮助100人重获自由。其中一些囚犯因为他们没有犯下的罪行坐了10年、20年甚至更久的牢。然而,无罪项目的目标不仅仅是释放那些误判的人,他们还希望能真正改变刑事司法体系。
    在二十世纪九十年代后期的伊利诺伊州,美国西北大学一群新闻系学生改变了该州的刑事司法体系。他们开始调查一些声称无辜的伊利诺伊州囚犯。通过DNA鉴定,学生得以证明囚犯事实上没有犯下他们被指控的罪行。他们中十三人无罪释放,在2000年,伊利诺伊州州长Ryan决定废除死刑,直到案情需要进一步研究。
    在刑事案件中使用DNA这件事在世界各地仍然争论不休。一些人担心政府某天会将每个人的DNA存档,这可能会限制公民隐私和自由。其他人误信了DNA鉴定的科学性,认为不管客户有没有罪,律师都利用它来使其脱离罪状。而对于那些已被证明无罪的自由人,DNA鉴定仅意味着重新回归生活。随着DNA鉴定的谨慎使用,无辜的人不应该再次被判有罪。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    From the first paragraph, we learn that ______.

    A. the number of prisoners in America is increasing

    B. America has the largest prison in the world

    C. crime in America is getting much more serious

    D. it is easy for a person to be locked up in America


    正确答案:A

    37.答案为A。根据第一段第四句,That shows an increase of nearly 840,000 prisoners during the 1990s and makes the United States the country with the highest prisoner population in the world作出该项选择。选项B“the largest prison”与原文不符;选项C“crime is getting much more serious”与原文不符;选项D“easy”不恰当。

  • 第14题:

    They were at work when they received _______SOS from _______school, and they immediately stared their police cars.

    A. the, the

    B. a, a

    C. an, a

    D. the, a


    正确答案:C

    参考译文:当他们在工作时接到了来自一所学校的求助,于是他们赶紧发动了警车。两空均为泛指,“S”元音开头,前应用an

  • 第15题:

    The police caught a young couple trying to ___ a huge quantity of heroin from somewhere in the Mediterranean.

    A、export

    B、relate

    C、import

    D、feed


    正确答案:C

  • 第16题:

    She had to restrain herself from crying out in pain.

    A:disallow
    B:reduce
    C:prevent
    D:confine

    答案:C
    解析:
    本句意思:她不得不强忍疼痛,不哭喊出来。restrain意思是“约束,忍住”,与prevent(阻止,阻挠)意思相近。disallow不接受,驳回;reduce减少;confine限制,限定。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    DNA Testing

    DNA testing reveals the genes of each individual person.Since the early twentieth century scientists
    have known that all human characteristics are contained in a person's genes and are passed from parents to
    children.Genes work as a chemical instruction manual for each part and each function of the body.Their
    basic chemical element is called DNA,a copy of which can be found in every cell. The existence of genes
    and the chemical structure of DNA were understood by the mid-1900s,but scientists have only recently been
    able to identify a person from just a drop of blood or a single hair.
    One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation.The very first use of DNA
    testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain,when a man confessed to killing a young woman in
    the English countryside.Because police had found samples of the killer's DNA at the scene of the crime,a
    biologist suggested that it might be possible to compare that DNA to some from the confessor's blood.To
    everyone's surprise,the tests showed that he was not the killer. Nor was he guilty of a similar murder that
    had happened some time earlier. At that point he admitted that he had confessed to the crimes out of fear
    and police pressure.The police then asked 5,000 local men for samples of their blood,and DNA testing
    revealed that one of them was the real murderer,so the first man was set free.
    In 1992,two law professors,Peter Neufeld and Bany Scheck,decided to use DNA evidence to help set free
    such mistakenly convicted prisoners.With the help of their students.they created a not-for-profit organization
    called the Innocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men,many from racial and ethnic minorities.In
    fact,studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background,and
    that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted. Some of these men had been sentenced to
    death,a form of punishment used in thirty eight states out of fifty(as of 2006).For most of these prisoners,their
    only hope was another trial in which DNA testing could be used to prove their innocence.
    Between 1992 and 2006,the Innocence Project helped free 100 men.Some of these prisoners had been
    in jail for ten,twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit.However,the goal of the Innocence
    Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail.They also hope to bring about real changes
    in the criminal justice system.
    Illinois in the late 1990s,a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring
    about such a change in that state.They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be inno-
    cent. Through DNA testing,the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the
    crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free,and in 2000,Governor Ryan of
    Illinois decided to stop carrying out death sentences until further study could be made of the prisoners'
    cases。
    The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world.Some fear that governments
    will one day keep records of everyone'sDNA,which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens.
    Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether
    or not they are guilty.But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men,DNA
    testing has meant nothing less than a return to life.And with the careful use of DNA testing,no innocent
    person should ever be convicted again.

    DNA testing was first used in a criminal case by___________.
    A:a lawyer in New York
    B:students in Illinois
    C:doctors in the United States
    D:police in Great Britain

    答案:D
    解析:
    文章第一段总领全文,最后一段是对全文的总结,中间其他段落通过举例说明DNA测 试法在当今犯罪侦查中起着重要的作用。
    由文章第二段第二、三句话“The very first use of DNA testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain...Because police had found samples of the killer' s DNA...”可知答案为D。
    由文章第三段第一、二句话“In 1992...Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners…they created a not-for-profit organization called the Innocence Project.”可知答案为A。
    由文章第五段第三句话“Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of.”中,这些学生是指西北大学 的学生,由此可知答案为A。
    本文主要讲述了DNA测试法在犯罪侦查当中起的积极作用,同时还举了例子,比如西 北大学的一些学生用DNA测试法来证明了一些人的清白。既然作者认为这种方法是有效、积 极的东西,当然是对其支持的。选项中表示支持、赞成的词为Positive,由此可以确定本题答案 为B选项。

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    DNA Testing

    DNA testing reveals the genes of each individual person.Since the early twentieth century scientists
    have known that all human characteristics are contained in a person's genes and are passed from parents to
    children.Genes work as a chemical instruction manual for each part and each function of the body.Their
    basic chemical element is called DNA,a copy of which can be found in every cell. The existence of genes
    and the chemical structure of DNA were understood by the mid-1900s,but scientists have only recently been
    able to identify a person from just a drop of blood or a single hair.
    One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation.The very first use of DNA
    testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain,when a man confessed to killing a young woman in
    the English countryside.Because police had found samples of the killer's DNA at the scene of the crime,a
    biologist suggested that it might be possible to compare that DNA to some from the confessor's blood.To
    everyone's surprise,the tests showed that he was not the killer. Nor was he guilty of a similar murder that
    had happened some time earlier. At that point he admitted that he had confessed to the crimes out of fear
    and police pressure.The police then asked 5,000 local men for samples of their blood,and DNA testing
    revealed that one of them was the real murderer,so the first man was set free.
    In 1992,two law professors,Peter Neufeld and Bany Scheck,decided to use DNA evidence to help set free
    such mistakenly convicted prisoners.With the help of their students.they created a not-for-profit organization
    called the Innocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men,many from racial and ethnic minorities.In
    fact,studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background,and
    that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted. Some of these men had been sentenced to
    death,a form of punishment used in thirty eight states out of fifty(as of 2006).For most of these prisoners,their
    only hope was another trial in which DNA testing could be used to prove their innocence.
    Between 1992 and 2006,the Innocence Project helped free 100 men.Some of these prisoners had been
    in jail for ten,twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit.However,the goal of the Innocence
    Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail.They also hope to bring about real changes
    in the criminal justice system.
    Illinois in the late 1990s,a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring
    about such a change in that state.They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be inno-
    cent. Through DNA testing,the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the
    crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free,and in 2000,Governor Ryan of
    Illinois decided to stop carrying out death sentences until further study could be made of the prisoners'
    cases。
    The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world.Some fear that governments
    will one day keep records of everyone'sDNA,which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens.
    Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether
    or not they are guilty.But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men,DNA
    testing has meant nothing less than a return to life.And with the careful use of DNA testing,no innocent
    person should ever be convicted again.

    Some students in Northwestern University__________.
    A:proved some prisoners were not guilty
    B:believed some suspects were from ethnic groups
    C:told the governors of Illinois not to free the prisoners
    D:showed DNA testing was not always reliable

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段总领全文,最后一段是对全文的总结,中间其他段落通过举例说明DNA测 试法在当今犯罪侦查中起着重要的作用。
    由文章第二段第二、三句话“The very first use of DNA testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain...Because police had found samples of the killer' s DNA...”可知答案为D。
    由文章第三段第一、二句话“In 1992...Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners…they created a not-for-profit organization called the Innocence Project.”可知答案为A。
    由文章第五段第三句话“Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of.”中,这些学生是指西北大学 的学生,由此可知答案为A。
    本文主要讲述了DNA测试法在犯罪侦查当中起的积极作用,同时还举了例子,比如西 北大学的一些学生用DNA测试法来证明了一些人的清白。既然作者认为这种方法是有效、积 极的东西,当然是对其支持的。选项中表示支持、赞成的词为Positive,由此可以确定本题答案 为B选项。

  • 第19题:

    The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that police were sure it was a case of ( )

    A.vagabond
    B.sabotage
    C.paradox
    D.tachyon

    答案:B
    解析:
    考查名词辨析。句意:这个机械装置完全被破坏了,警察认定这是一起蓄意破坏事件。vagabond“流浪者,游手好闲者”,sabotage “阴谋破坏;怠工”,paradox “悖论,自相矛盾的人或物”,tachyon“超光速粒子”。根据语境可知,B项符合题意。

  • 第20题:

    A police officer claimed he had attempted to()paying his fare.

    Aavoid

    Breject

    Crefuse

    Dneglect


    A

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    A police officer claimed that the young man had attempted to()paying his fare.
    A

    avoid

    B

    reject

    C

    refuse

    D

    neglect


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    A crew member is having an epileptic convulsion. You should().
    A

    give the victim artificial respiration

    B

    completely restrain the victim

    C

    give the victim one 30 mg. tablet of phenobarbital

    D

    keep the victim from injuring him or herself


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    A

    Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons.

    B

    Most of their prisoners are expected to work.

    C

    Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training.

    D

    Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    细节题。录音中提到“some are allowed out of the ground to study or to do community work”,这说明囚犯是被允许到外面学习或工作的,即A项正确。