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  3. With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most【C1】______ issue across the United States today is the death penalt

With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most【C1】______ issue across the United States today is the death penalt

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问题     With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most【C1】______ issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent(威慑)to murder,【C2】______ others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders.
    The principal argument【C3】______ by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a【C4】______ society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway.
    In our opinion, the death penalty is a【C5】______ evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were【C6】______ of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others.
    For example, it is one thing to【C7】______ the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and【C8】______ the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder,【C9】______ all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction, that the【C10】______ in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type of murderer.
【C9】
选项 A、unlike
B、as
C、like
D、alike
答案C
解析 从语法角度考虑，本题要求填人一个介词。D项alike(相同的，相像的)是形容词，用在这里显然不合适。B项as作介词时的意思是“作为”，如：He is very success—ful as a writer．“作为作家他很成功。”因此as用在这里与句意不合。A项unlike(不像)和C项like(像)都是介词，意思正好相反，因此需要结合上下文来考虑。由上文提到的两种凶杀案可知，杀人有度的区别(a matter of relative degree)。若填A项un一like，意味着所有其他的犯罪没有度的区别，这与常识不符，因而A不正确，而应填人C。
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