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  3. Most of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer, and most of the time we’re right. Boys (1)_____ about 85% of all

Most of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer, and most of the time we’re right. Boys (1)_____ about 85% of all

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问题     Most of us think we know the kind of kid who becomes a killer, and most of the time we’re right. Boys (1)_____ about 85% of all youth homicides, and in those cases about 90% (2)_____ a pattern in which the line from bad parenting and bad (3)_____ to murder is usually clear. Their lives start with abuse, neglect and (4)_____ deprivation at home. Add the effects of racism, poverty, the drug and gang cultures, and it is not (5)_____ that in a violent society like ours, (6)_____ children become deadly teens.
    (7)_____ what about the other 10% of kids who kill: the boys who have (8)_____ parents and are not poor? Are their parents to blame when these kids become (9)_____?
    Most children do fine while young enough to be (10)_____ by loving parents, but change as adolescents subjected to peer competition, bullying and rejection, (11)_____ in big high schools. The "normal" culture of adolescence today contains elements that are so nasty that it becomes hard for parents to (12)_____ between what in a teenager’s talk, dress and taste in music, films and video games indicates (13)_____ trouble and what is simply a (14)_____ of the times. Most kids who have multiple body piercing, or listen to Marilyn Manson, or play the video games are normal kids caught in a toxic (15)_____ Intelligent kids with good social skills can be quite skillful at hiding who they really are from their parents. They may do this to (16)_____ punishment, to escape being identified as "crazy", or to protect the parents they love from being (17)_____ or worried. Anyway, how many parents are (18)_____ of thinking the worst of their son—(19)_____, that he harbors murders fantasies, or that he could (20)_____ so far as acting them out.

选项 A、confusing
B、astonishing
C、bewildering
D、surprising
答案D
解析 语义衔接题。从句子可以看出这里作者在谈论这些少年杀人犯所在的社会环境：racism(种族歧视)、poverty(贫穷)、drug(毒品)、gang cultures(团伙影响)。surprising意为"惊人的，意外的"，是通用词，它的含义是使人一愣，这种吃惊可能包含着高兴也可能包含着害怕或忧虑。本句中表示这些恶劣的生活环境自然导致了孩子走上犯罪道路。confusing意为"让人糊涂的"，bewildering意为"令人困惑的，使人糊涂的"，这两个词放入句中与surprising表达的意思相反，根据常识可知，恶劣的生活环境会让孩子误入歧途，这很自然，不可能让人感到困惑，因此排除confusing和bewildering。astonishing意为"令人惊讶的，惊异的"，在现代英语中astonishing通常表示某事使人震惊得难以置信，句中没有表示让人惊异万分的语境，因此选用通用词surprising即可。
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