【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]29-31
[29]A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer. I have some urgent things to say to good people.
Something has gone wrong with our once-proud American way of life. A key ingredient is disappearing: responsibility, which means that every person is responsible for his actions. Without it, there can be no respect, no law, and ultimately, no society. My job as a police officer is to impose responsibility on people who refuse to impose it on themselves. [30]But as every policeman knows, controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restrictions such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. Yet gradually, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restrictions are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn't provide a stable home. I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal from responsibility, we become a society of endless excuses. [31]We desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
29．Why does the speaker have something urgent to say to good people?
[解析] 细节题。短文首句用名言指出：坏人得逞所必需的唯一条件就是好人不采取任何行动(也即“若好人坐视不管，罪恶自然猖狂泛滥”)。正确理解此句是本题的关键。C包含了good men do nothing的含义，故正确。
[点睛] 四个选项都在描述好人(good men/people)的“不好”方面，由此可知问题与“好人”有关。体现了开头处是考点的短文命题规律。把握因果关系和核心词是做题的保障。A、B、D均不合情理。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What is the best way to improve a person's responsibility?
[解析] 细节题。本题的难点在于准确理解原文中形容词的比较级结构：“controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restrictions” (外力控制人们的行为远不及内疚感、羞耻感和窘迫感这些内在的自我约束作用大)。由此推断，内在的自我约束更能增强一个人的责任感，故A正确。
[点睛] 体现了“比较级结构常为考点”以及“but转折之处出题”的命题原则。把握住这一比较级结构在短文中的含义即能排除干扰项C。B与文章内容无关， D与文意小符。