首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Punishment depends as much on politics as it does on crime: crime rates have been stable in recent years but there’s been a stri
Punishment depends as much on politics as it does on crime: crime rates have been stable in recent years but there’s been a stri
admin
2010-11-27
55
问题
Punishment depends as much on politics as it does on crime: crime rates have been stable in recent years but there’s been a striking increase in the prison population, And because populism is coming so much to (1)_____ the political agendas, politicians are advocating sharp increases in penalties to take (2)_____ of public unease. The question is how far this will get. In the 21st century weak governments might try to win legitimacy by being especially (3)_____ on crime. That could mean high prison populations and draconian (4)_____ such as those adopted in the United States in recent years.
Luckily, there remain significant differences between the UK and the USA: social divisions are less extreme and racial (5)_____ are not as high. (6)_____ there is a great deal of minor violent crime here, rates of murder—(7)_____ particularly fuel public anxieties—are much (8)_____ because guns have not been so widely (9)_____. It’s unlikely that this will change greatly: the (10)_____ to tighten up the gun laws in Britain will continue, and all (11)_____ the toughest criminals will still have a view about what is and what isn’t "acceptable violence".
So I don’t believe we will see a huge (12)_____ in violent crime, but I (13)_____ rates of property crime and crimes of opportunity to remain high. There will also be much more electronic fraud because it’s so hard to (14)_____ and prevent. This is an important problem for business, but not one that (15)_____ much popular agitation.
It’s unlikely we’ll see the return of the death penalty: the police are (16)_____ about its effectiveness and its reintroduction would be highly problematic (17)_____ the recent Council of Europe protocol outlawing its use. (18)_____ punishment remains a pretty accurate temperature gauge, though: (19)_____ there is significant political pressure for the death penalty, it’s a (20)_____ of harsher attitudes towards crime generally.
选项
A、but
B、that
C、only
D、virtually
答案
A
解析
固定搭配。all和but构成搭配,意为"除了…"。该句意为,除了杀人不眨眼的犯罪分子外,没有什么人还会侈谈什么是"可接受的"暴力,什么不是。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/8yZ4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
ArecenthistoryoftheChicagomeat-packingindustryanditsworkersexamineshowtheindustrygrewfromitsappearanceinthe
Whatisimpliedinthefirstsentence?ThebasicprobleminJapanesepoliticsaspointedbythewriterliesin______.
(46)Arecentphenomenoninpresent-dayscienceandtechnologyistheincreasingtrendtowards"directed"or"programmed"researc
(46)Arecentphenomenoninpresent-dayscienceandtechnologyistheincreasingtrendtowards"directed"or"programmed"researc
Whatideadidtheauthorderivefromtherecentopinionpolls?Asaresultoftheenclosuresofthe17thand18thcenturies,__
Anawkward-lookingcharactersuchasCyranodeBergeracmightsniffatthesuggestion,butrecentscientificresearchshowsbeau
Supposeyouareacollegestudentonaschoolcampusoranemployeeinacompany.Recentlyyounoticedthatsomepeopleneverpa
随机试题
A、绝对收敛B、条件收敛C、发散D、敛散性与k有关A
中年男子,猛抬重物后腰剧痛并向右下肢放射,咳嗽时加重。下肢放射痛见于
岩石质量指标(RQD)是采用()得剑的。
下列关于年金的说法,正确的有()。
下列各项中,应在“管理费用”科目中核算的是()。
社会学习理论认为人类学习的实质应当是操作性学习。()
逮捕犯罪嫌疑人、被告人,一律经过人民检察院决定。()
甲、乙、丙各自利用相同的资金进行投资(收益滚入下一年投资额),四年后回顾发现:甲每年实现盈利20%,乙有两年每年盈利10%、另两年每年盈利30%,丙有一年亏损10%、其余三年每年盈利30%,则四年后甲、乙、丙各自所获收益从高到低依次为:
为了提高测试的效率,应该
______you______furtherproblemswithyourprinter,contactyourdealerforadvice.
最新回复
(
0
)