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A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police office

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问题      A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.
     Days after days my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrung with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
     Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
     Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on— accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law—and, ultimately, no society.
     My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
     Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"
     Yet more and more, especially in our larger suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.
     The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.
     I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
     We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
The key point of the passage is that
选项 A、stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and families.
B、more good examples should be set for people to follow.
C、more restrictions should be imposed on people’s behavior.
D、more people should accept the value of accountability.
答案D
解析 本题考查主旨。本题询问的是文章的重点(key point)。文章第二段最后一句表明：“A key ingredient is disappearing，and I think I know what it is：accountability．(一个重要的因素正在消失，我知道这就是：责任)”。第四段“Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty，kindness，and so on—accountability may be the most important of all．Without it，there can be no respect，no trust，no law—and，ultimately， no society，(在许多使文明成为一个整体的价值观一诚实、仁慈等等当中，责任是最重要的。没有它，就不会有尊重、不会有信任、不会有法律，而且，最主要的是没有社会)”。还有最后两段，作者都在阐述一个观点：人们应该接受责任这一价值观。选项D 正确。
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