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With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death pe

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问题     With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders.
    The principal argument advanced by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway.
    In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been these extreme individuals in every society who were capable of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others.
    For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type of murderer.
    The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the overwhelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10. 4 murders for each 100 000 population. The sharp climb in the state’s murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence. It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed, innocent people will be murdered—some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected.
The author’s response to those who urge the death penalty for all degrees of murder would most likely be one of______.
选项 A、supportive
B、hostile
C、negative
D、friendly
答案C
解析 此题是一道具体细节题。问题问作者对那些鼓励对所有的杀人犯施行死刑的人持何种态度。利用查阅式阅读法，我们发现文章第四段指出，例如，一种是因一阵狂怒而杀人，一种是蓄意残酷地杀人。像其他犯罪一样，杀人也有度的区别，虽然可以有理由认为对于前者仅实行隔离即关押就够了，但是，对于后者则不能仅此了事。言外之意，要对后者施以死刑。因此，本题的正确答案应是C，作者对那些对惩罚杀人犯都采用死刑的一概而论的做法持否定态度。
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