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For three weeks, every night at 11 p. m. , correspondents, officers and judges from justice courts, police departments and priso
For three weeks, every night at 11 p. m. , correspondents, officers and judges from justice courts, police departments and priso
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2008-12-13
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For three weeks, every night at 11 p. m. , correspondents, officers and judges from justice courts, police departments and prisons, psychiatrists, criminologists, victims and even criminals in prisons made their appearance on TV to debate on a topic "Crime in the United States".
Indeed, crime has been disturbing the American people and has become a serious social problem just next to the unemployment problem. Some figures are terrifying: 1 of 4 Americans has been a victim of some kind of crimes; nearly 22 million crime cases occurred last year throughout the country. A simple arithmetic calculation indicates that on average, a crime is being committed in every 2 seconds. Now the Americans are living in a horrible environment. Their safety and property are threatened by various crimes: robbery, theft, rape, kidnapping, murder, arson, vandalism and violence.
The most worrisome problem comes from the fact that about one-third of crime cases were committed by the juvenile and 53% of criminals in jails are youngsters below 25. A poll indicates that about 73% of citizens said they avoided teenagers in streets, especially at night.
To protect themselves from crime, according to a released figure, 52% of Americans keep guns at home. But some gun owners turn out to be potential criminals. Some people demand that strict law for gun control be enforced; but others oppose the ban of gun. No decision is in sight.
Some experts said poverty, unemployment and racial discrimination are the cause of crime. They cited figures to show that 47% of crime cases were committed by the black, though they account for only about 12% of the population of the nation. Others argued that about 54% of convicted criminals came from families associated with these evils.
The American state government and federal government spend billions of dollars each year in maintaining the police departments and jails. But police authorities complain that they have not sufficient well-trained hands and advanced equipment to detect and stop crimes. Several cases of criminal insurgence were reported as a result of resentment at overcrowded prisons. Taxpayers complain that they pay more and more tax but receive less and less protection from crime for their lives and property,
Though the host of the live TV programme made great efforts to search for a solution, so far no participant could put forward a measure that was approved by most of the attendants.
选项
A、demonstrate how to prevent crime.
B、show the seriousness of crime.
C、look into the causes of crime.
D、call for more government efforts.
答案
B
解析
此题为快速浏览题。本文报道一系列有关美国国内犯罪情况的电视辩论节目的内容,其目的是让观众了解犯罪问题的严重性(仅次于失业问题)。文章提及如何防止犯罪以及犯罪原因方面的内容,但那是辩论的话题,而非作者的主旨。作者告诉读者,在犯罪的预防措施和根源问题上人们存在分歧,人们对政府的工作表示不满。最后一段,作者更是指出参与辩论者就如何解决犯罪问题没有达成任何共识。A、C和D都不全面。
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