单选题Justice in society must include both a fair trial to the accused and the selection of an appropriate punishment for those proven guilty. Because justice is regarded as one form of equality, we find in its earlier expressions the idea of a punishment equal to the crime. Recorded in the Old Testament is the expression "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." That is, the individual who has done wrong has committed an offence against society. To make up for his offence, society must get even. This can be done only by doing an equal injury to him. This conception of retributive justice is reflected in many parts of the legal documents and procedures of modern times. It is illustrated when we demand the death penalty for a person who has committed murder. This philosophy of punishment was supported by the German idealist Hegel. He believed that society owed it to the criminal to give a punishment equal to the crime he had committed. The criminal had by his own actions denied his true self and it is necessary to do something that will counteract this denial and restore the self that has been denied. To the murderer nothing less than giving up his own will pay his debt. The demand of the death penalty is a right the state owes the criminal and it should not deny him his due. Modern jurists have tried to replace retributive justice with the notion of corrective justice. The aim of the latter is not to abandon the concept of equality but to find a more adequate way to express it. It tries to preserve the idea of equal opportunity for each individual to realize the best that is in him. The criminal is regarded as being socially ill and in need of treatment that will enable him to become a normal member of society. Before a treatment can be administered, the cause of his antisocial behavior must be found. If the cause can be removed, provisions must be made to have this done. Only those criminals who are incurable should be permanently separated front the rest of the society. This does not mean that criminals will escape punishment or be quickly returned to take up careers of crime. It means that justice is to heal the individual, not simply to get even with him. If severe punishments is the only adequate means for accompanying this, it should be administered. However, the individual should be given every opportunity to assume a normal place in society. His conviction of crime must not deprive him of the opportunity to make his way in the society of which he is a part.
单选题His request for a day off ______ by the manager of the company.
单选题The amendments A
of
the laws on patent, trademark and copyright B
have enhanced
protection of C
intellectual property
rights and D
made them conform
to WTO rules.
单选题Under capitalism drug and alcohol are used by many as an escape ______.
单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}}
Jim Ayers had investigated all manner
of felonies in his fourteen-year career with the Oregon State Police. Like most
officers who had hired on as troopers, he was tall and well-muscled. He had
thick, wavy hair, and a rumbling deep voice. He had worked the road for eight
years, investigating accidents. He had seen much tragedy, but he had also
learned what was "normal" tragedy—if there could be such a thing—and what was
"abnormal" tragedy. Ayers had become an expert in both arson
investigation and psychosexual crimes, and he had investigated innumerable
homicides. Jerry Finch had a few years on him, both in age and experience.
Together the two men drove to the scene at 79th and the Sunset, not knowing what
to expect. The best detectives are not tough. If they were, they would not have
the special intuitive sense that enables them to see what laymen cannot. But Jim
Ayers, like his peers, usually managed to hide his own pain over what one human
being can do to another behind a veneer of black humor and professional
distance. After arriving at the scene, Finch and Ayers gazed
down at the slender woman who lay on the freeway shoulder, her face and head
disfigured by some tremendous force. They walked around the Toyota van and saw
the scratch—like dents in its right front end and where a mm signal lens was
broken out. Randy Blighton was still on the scene and he told Finch and Ayers
how he had found the van butting against the median barrier of the freeway. That
would have broken the signal light. They found the signal lens itself lying on
the freeway in the fast lane. They also saw the beige purse that had been
forcing the accelerator down before Bhghton kicked it away. It would have been
enough to keep her engine running while the car was in gear.
With flashlights Finch and Ayers looked into the van, playing light over
the child's carseat, the blood splatter on the interior roof, the splash of
blood on the interior hump over the transmission, and the pools of blood on the
floor behind the front seats. A white plastic produce bag fluttered on the
passenger-side floor. It too bore bloodstains. Jim Ayers had
come to a bleak conclusion. The purpose of sending the van onto the highway was
to cause it to be hit by other vehicles. Had that happened, had
vehicles approaching at fifty-five to sixty-five miles an hour rounded the
curve, they would have ineluctably smashed into the driver's side of the van,
and even though a fire might not have resulted, the evidence of the woman's body
and from the vehicle itself would have been obliterated.
Further, in all likelihood, a chain reaction of accidents would have
ensued, vehicle after vehicle piling up on this foggy night. Clearly, all
whoever had perpetrated this crime cared about was that the crime he covered by
a grinding collision of jagged steel, flying glass shards, and a proliferation
of bodies.
单选题The badly wounded have ______ for medical attention over those slightly hurt.
单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each
blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE
that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet.
For the people who have never traveled
across the Atlantic the voyage is a fantasy. But for the people who cross it
frequently one crossing of the Atlantic is very much like another, and they do
not make the voyage for the{{U}} (41) {{/U}}of its interest. Most of us
are quite happy when we feel{{U}} (42) {{/U}}to go to bed and pleased
when the journey{{U}} (43) {{/U}}. On the first night this time I felt
especially lazy and went to bed{{U}} (44) {{/U}}earlier than usual. When
I{{U}} (45) {{/U}}my cabin, I was surprised{{U}} (46) {{/U}}that
I was to have a companion during my trip, which made me feel a little unhappy. I
had expected{{U}} (47) {{/U}}but there was a suitcase{{U}} (48)
{{/U}}mine in the opposite comer. I wondered who he could be and what he
would be like. Soon afterwards he came in, He was the sort of man you might
meet{{U}} (49) {{/U}}, except that he was wearing{{U}} (50)
{{/U}}good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not{{U}} (51)
{{/U}}whoever he was and did not say{{U}} (52) {{/U}}. As I had
expected, he 'did not talk to me either but went to bed immediately.
I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was already
the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered{{U}} (53) {{/U}}, as
well as I could and tries to go back to sleep. Then I realized that a{{U}}
(54) {{/U}}was coming from the window opposite. I thought perhaps I
had forgotten{{U}} (55) {{/U}}the door, so I got up{{U}} (56)
{{/U}}the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold air was
coming from the window opposite, I crossed the room and{{U}} (57)
{{/U}}the moon shone through it on to the other bed{{U}} (58)
{{/U}}. there. It took me a minute or two to{{U}} (59) {{/U}}the
door myself. I realized that my companion{{U}} (60) {{/U}}through the
window into the sea.
单选题We had to learn to work with others and many of our own ideas had to be ______ for the good of the whole. A. thrown away B. compensated C. brushed aside D. neglected
单选题"Dimpy," as her friends call her, heard about the hazards of smoking in health class. "They showed pictures of lungs of people who smoked. It was gross," says the petite 14-year-old. Yet, as she shops along the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. , the ninth grader points out all the places where she regularly buys cigarettes without hassle. "All my friends smoke," She shrugs, explaining the habit she developed in the sixth grade. "Once they pressure you, you start. And it's kind of hard to stop. " As the cigarette industry draws increasing fire, teen smokers like Dimpy are becoming the focus of concerned policy makers around the country. Supported by a University of Michigan study showing a dramatic rise in adolescent tobacco use, the White House is considering ways to curb the surge. Among the options: eliminating cigarette vending machines, restricting tobacco advertising, increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes and launching a national media campaign directed at adolescents. A grand jury in New York has begun an investigation to determine whether Philip Moms Cos. concealed information linking nicotine levels and addictiveness. And the Justice Department is looking into whether tobacco company executives committed perjury in their April 1994 congressional testimony on how smoking affects health. Lack of credibility. But it's tough to get an antismoking message through to teens. The California Department of Health Service spends $12 million a year placing antismoking commercials on television, including popular MTV programs, but many teenagers aren't buying the message. Says Erica leona, who will enter eighth grade in the fail, "I don't think those ads work, because It's like a cartoon, it's too exaggerated. " In fact, teens seem skeptical about the potential effectiveness of any organized efforts to reduce smoking, like increasing taxes. While research shows that every time taxes go up, sales go down, including among teens, young people say the cost is relatively low in comparison with.other vices. "You want weed, it'll cost you," says Robert Caldwell, 14. "For cigarettes, you just go anywhere, put 12 quarters into one of those machines, take it and go. " Other teens maintain that eliminating vending machines won't make cigarettes any harder to buy. "You give a guy enough to buy you a pack and a beer, and he'll buy the pack," says Cameron Davis, 13. And advertising isn't really what entices adolescents to smoke. For the most part, they say, teens smoke because of peer pressure. "It's like sex. " says 13-year-old Frances, who started smoking at age 9. "You feel like, if you don't do it with your boyfriend, he won't like you. " In addition, messages that relate to health don't compute with adolescents, who often feel invincible. It doesn't help, says Roxanne Cannon, editorial director of Teen and Sassy magazines, that so many teen idols such as Ethan Hawke, Jason Priestley and Luke Perry are seen smoking. Teens say any message is more effective if it's communicated by Other kids. But eyen a White House appeal made by Chelsea Clinton might not get through to adolescents eager to smoke. "I don't listen to my morn when she tells me to stop," says Dimpy. "Why would I listen to anyone else./
单选题Research can have no economic impact if the new scientific discoveries are not______into marketable good and service.
单选题Surroundedwithnumerousstars,themoonseemsallthemore_____.
单选题To prevent a repetition of this dreadful occurrence, we must discover the element in the food that was served.
单选题He will remain in hospital for the ______ of the school year.
单选题Most patients think that being told the truth of their illness may ______.
单选题You cannot imagine how I feel______with my duties sometimes.(中国矿业大学2008年试题)
单选题The multibillion-dollar international pharmaceutical industry has been accused of manipulating the results of drug trials for financial gain and withholding information that could expose patients to possible harm. The stranglehold the industry has on research is causing increasing alarm in medical circles as evidence emerges of biased results, under-reporting and selective publication driven by a market worth more than 10 billion pounds in Britain alone. The industry has sponsored the trials of new drugs which have held out great promise for patients with cancer, heart disease, mental health problems and other illnesses. But the tests on the same drugs in independent trials paid for by non-profit organizations— governments, medical institutions or charities—have yielded very different results. The drugs for abnormal heart rhythm introduced in the late 1970s were killing more Americans every year by 1990 than the Vietnam War. Yet early evidence suggesting the drugs were lethal, which might have saved thousands of lives, went unpublished. Expensive cancer drugs introduced in the past 10 years and claiming to offer major benefits have increasingly been questioned. Evidence published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that 38 per cent of independent studies of the drugs reached unfavorable conclusions about them, compared with 5 per cent of the studies paid for by the pharmaceutical industry. In the latest case, the researchers commissioned by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to develop guidelines for the prescribing of anti-depressant drugs to children say they were refused access to the unpublished trials of the drugs held by the pharmaceutical companies. Published evidence suggested that the anti-depressant drugs were safe and effective for children. But when they obtained the unpublished evidence by contacting individual researchers who had worked on the trials and other sources, a different picture emerged—one of an increase in suicidal thoughts and attempted suicide. Only one of the drugs, Prozac, emerged as safe. Anti-depressant drugs, though not recommended for children, were widely prescribed in Britain until last year, when the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency issued a warning to doctors, prohibiting their use. This followed the safety concerns raised by campaigners and taken up in two BBC TV Panorama broadcasts which brought the biggest response in the program's history. Writing in the Lancet medical magazine, the researchers say: " On the basis of published evidence alone, we could have considered at least tentatively recommending use of these drugs for children and young people with depression. /
单选题
When television first began to expand,
very few of the people who had become famous as radio commentators {{U}}(31)
{{/U}} effective on television. Some of the difficulties they experienced
when they were trying to {{U}}(32) {{/U}}themselves to the new medium
{{U}}(33) {{/U}} When working {{U}}(34) {{/U}} radio for
example, they had become {{U}}(35) {{/U}} to seeing on behalf of the
listener. This art of seeing for others means that the commentator had to be
very good at taling. {{U}}(36) {{/U}} all he has to be able to create a
continuous sequence of visual images which add meaning to the sounds which the
listener hears. In the case of television, however, the commentator sees
everything with the viewer. His role, {{U}}(37) {{/U}}is completely
different. He is there to make sure that the viewer does not miss some point of
interest, to help him focus on particular things, and {{U}} (38)
{{/U}} the images on the television screen. Unlike his radio
colleague, he {{U}}(39) {{/U}} know the value of silence and how to use
it at those moments {{U}}(40) {{/U}} the pictures speak for
themselves.
单选题The United States was trying hard to smoke the enemy out of the holes in the target country.
单选题The argument that Children are no longer an economic as. set, but more of a {{U}}liability{{/U}}, drew more attention of the public.
单选题On any corner, sane men, fanatics and demagogues could secure audiences to listen to their oratory, in which they
adjured
their hearers to rise in their might and drive the invader from their sacred soil.
