单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for
each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
By almost every measure, Paul Pfingst
is an unsentimental prosecutor. Last week the San Diego County district attorney
said he fully intends to try{{U}} (1) {{/U}}Charles Andrew Williams,
15, as an adult{{U}} (2) {{/U}}the Santana High School shootings.
Even before the{{U}} (3) {{/U}} Pfingst had stood behind the
controversial California law that{{U}} (4) {{/U}}treating murder
suspects as young as 14 as adults. So nobody would have wagered
that Pfingst would also be the first D. A. ( district attorney) in the U.
S. to{{U}} (5) {{/U}} his very own Innocence Project. Yet last June,
Pfingst told his attorneys to go back over old murder and rape{{U}} (6)
{{/U}}and see ff any unravel with newly developed DNA-testing tools.
In other words, he wanted to revisit past victories—this time playing for the
other team. "I think people misunderstand being conservative{{U}} (7)
{{/U}}being biased," says Pfingst. "I consider myself a pragmatic guy, and I
have no interest in putting{{U}} (8) {{/U}}people in jail."
Around the U. S. , flabbergasted defense attorneys and their jailed
clients cheered his move. Among prosecutors,{{U}} (9) {{/U}}, there was
an awkward pause.{{U}} (10) {{/U}}, each DNA test costs as much as $
5,000. Then there's the{{U}} (11) {{/U}}risk: if dozens of innocents
(12 , the D.A. will have indicted his shop. {{U}}
(13) {{/U}}nine months later, no budgets have been busted or
prosecutors ousted. Only the rare case merits review. Pfingst's team considers
convictions before 1993, when the city started{{U}} (14) {{/U}}DNA
testing. They discard cases if the defendant has been released. Of the 560{{U}}
(15) {{/U}}files, they have re-examined 200, looking for cases with
biological evidence and defendants who still{{U}} (16)
{{/U}}innocence. They have identified three so far. The most
compelling involves a man{{U}} (17) {{/U}}12 years for molesting a girl
who was playing in his apartment. But others were there at the time. Police
found a small drop of saliva on the{{U}} (18) {{/U}}shirt—too small a{{U}}
(19) {{/U}}to test in 1991. Today that spot could free a man. Test
results are due any day.{{U}} (20) {{/U}}by San Diego, 10 other counties
in the U.S. are starting DNA audits.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解题思路] 语篇连贯。根据本段的最后一句,我们不难看出Charles Andrew Williams是suspect(嫌疑犯),因此该空是下文的重现。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解题思路] 介词辨析。Charles Andrew Williams因为桑塔纳高中枪击案而受到审判,因此 for符合题意。