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  3. The lives of very few Newark residents are untouched by violence: New Jersey’s biggest city has seen it all. Yet the murder of t

The lives of very few Newark residents are untouched by violence: New Jersey’s biggest city has seen it all. Yet the murder of t

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问题     The lives of very few Newark residents are untouched by violence: New Jersey’s biggest city has seen it all. Yet the murder of three young people, who were forced to kneel before being shot in the back of the head in a school playground on August 4th, has shaken the city. A fourth, who survived, was stabbed and shot in the face. The four victims were by all accounts good kids, all enrolled in college, all with a future. But the cruel murder, it seems, has at last forced Newarker to say they have had enough.
    Grassroots organizations, like Stop Shootin’, have been flooded with offers of help and support since the killings. Yusef Ismail, its co-founder, says the group has been going door-to-door asking people to sign a pledge of non-violence. They hope to get 50, 000 to promise to "stop shootin’, start thinkin’, and keep livin’." The Newark Community Foundation, which was launched last month, announced on August 14th that it will help pay for Community Eye, a surveillance(监视)system tailored towards gun crime.     Cory Booker who became mayor 13 months ago with a mission to revitalize the city, believes the surveillance program will be the largest camera and audio network in any American city. More than 30 cameras were installed earlier this summer and a further 50 will be installed soon in a seven-square-mile area where 80% of the city’s recent shootings have occurred. And more cameras are planned.
    When a gunshot is detected, the surveillance camera zooms in on that spot. Similar technology in Chicago has increased arrests and decreased shootings. Mr. Booker plans to announce a comprehensive gun strategy later this week.
    Mr. Booker, as well as church leaders and others, believes(or hopes)that after the murder the city will no longer stand by in coldness. For generations, Newark has been paralyzed by poverty— almost one in three people lives below the poverty line — and growing indifference to crime.
    Some are skeptical. Steven Malanga of the conservative Manhattan Institute notes that Newark has deep social problems: over 60% of children are in homes without fathers. The school system, taken over by the state in 1995, is a mess. But there is also some cause for hope. Since Mr. Booker was elected, there has been a rise in investment and re-zoning for development. Only around 7% of nearby Newark airport workers used to come from Newark; now, a year, the figure is 30%. Mr. Booker has launched a New York-style war on crime. So far this year, crime has fallen 11% and shootings are down 30%(though the murder rate looks likely to match last year’s high).
The best title for the passage may be______.
选项 A、Stop Shootin’, Start Thinkin’, and Keep Livin’
B、Efforts to Fight against Gun Crimes
C、A Mission to Revitalize the City
D、Violent Murders in Newark
答案B
解析 主旨题我们大多都可以通过对第一段的理解以及对文章写作手法认知而解决。首段提问、首段独句、转移中心、大众观点、事例开头、类比开头都是我们在前面讲述过的能表述主旨的写作手法。本文首段采用了个案(事例)开头的手法，这样主题可能会在第一段的最后一句或者第二段的第一句表述。先看第一段最后一句：But the cruel murder，it seems，has at last forced Newarker to say they have had enough“但是，这次残忍的谋杀案终于迫使Newark的市民们说他们受够了”，本句中的转折词but起到“转移重心，提出主题”的作用，也就是说这次谋杀案在文中的作用只是引子，下文不再涉及，而本文的主题是“市民们被迫说他们受够了”，这就暗示他们要对犯罪有所行动了。基于这样的理解我们便可以确定本题答案为B。
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