单选题
Mr. Smith, a passenger on the transcontinental train, appeared before the judge. A police officer claimed he had attempted to
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paying his fare. The defendant refused to consult a lawyer
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suggested that the officer
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aware
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all the circumstances. He appealed
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the judge, when interpreting the evidence, to
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into account the absence of any
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criminal record in his
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His ticket, he said, was stolen shortly before the train crossed the international
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. At that time and in that territory he was unwilling to
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the incident to the local railway authorities or cancel the
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of his journey, in
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of the severe maltreatment to which he might be
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He emphasized his readiness to
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any
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punishment the judge imposed.
In his summary the
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indicated he was convinced that Smith"s
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was partly justified. Technically,
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, he had committed an offence. Crime must not be encouraged or the processes of the law interfered
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. He found Smith
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and fined him one dollar.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 从结构上看，avoid后要求接名词或动名词；从语义上看，avoid paying the fare=evade paying the fare，意为“逃票”，因此avoid符合题意。reject= refuse to accept，意为“不采纳”；refuse to do sth．意为“拒绝、不肯做某事”； neglect=pay no attention to，意为“疏忽”。从结构搭配和语义搭配上看， reject、refuse和neglect均不合题意。