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(1)The YouTube video starts with the road sign: Croxteth, City of Liverpool. A youth races a motorbike down a street, another en
(1)The YouTube video starts with the road sign: Croxteth, City of Liverpool. A youth races a motorbike down a street, another en
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(1)The YouTube video starts with the road sign: Croxteth, City of Liverpool. A youth races a motorbike down a street, another encourages a snarling dog to harass a victim and a faceless young man points a shotgun to the camera, followed by more guns, street scenes and the rap boasting of gang culture. The video has been posted on the website since October, viewed perhaps by thousands attracted by the violence of gang culture. In February the Chief Constable of Merseyside gave a stark warning: families that did nothing to stop their children’s involvement in gun crime could find themselves identifying their child in the morgue. Yesterday Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old murdered, as he played football, by a hooded youth in a ride-by shooting, was the focus of nationwide horror at this latest victim of gangs with guns. The Chief Constable’s warning could not have been more cruelly justified.
(2)Despite the publicity and alarm at the spate of murders of inner city teenagers in recent months, Britain is not, as some politicians have said, in a "state of anarchy". Gun crime is far, far below the levels of Los Angeles or Washington.
(3)Last year firearms were used in 61 homicides in England and Wales, 12 offences more than the 49 recorded in 2005-2006. Robberies involving guns were down 4 per cent on 2005, and hand-gun offences fell 11 per cent. But these figures conceal several ugly and dangerous trends. More than half all the gun crime occurred in only three places: Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the London Metropolitan Police area. Guns are being used mainly by criminals linked to drug culture, but increasingly also they are acquired by gangs and are used for self-defence, to settle scores or enforce "respect". This seepage is all the more alarming as the age of both users and victims is going down. In 2003 teenage victims of shooting formed 16 per cent of all victims; last year they were 31 per cent.
(4)Since the 1996 Dunblane massacre, Britain has had some of the toughest gun-control laws in the world. The importation and private possession of any gun is illegal. Those found with a gun face a minimum of five years in jail, and the loophole that allowed those aged 18-20 to avoid the five-term term has been closed. Yet access to guns, according to the police, has rarely been easier. Weapons are smuggled in, either from the Balkans or via Ireland, and are readily available.
(5)To fight the gun and gang culture, the police have focused on areas where it is most pernicious. Only a small section of the inner cities is involved; but the effect is disproportionately felt in black communities. In London, 75 per cent of all firearm homicides and shootings and 79 per cent of all suspects come from the African and Caribbean community. Operation Trident, the Met’s high-profile effort to involve this community in the fight against crime, has shown some success. But progress is negated by other trends: the growing involvement of teenagers in drug use and distribution, the cult of "respect", the proliferation of gangs and peer pressure.
(6)There is no need for new legislation, though penalties for the possession of guns by teenagers must be increased. The police need to extend the Trident operation, but on their own can do only so much. Far more support must come from the communities afflicted. In cracking down hard on gun culture, the police must insist on involving parents, community leaders and social workers. The prospect of more teenage killings is horrific. It can be countered only by eternal vigilance.
Why does the author say "the effect is disproportionately felt in black communities" in Para. 5?
选项
A、Because the fight against gun crimes is more successful in black communities.
B、Because black people in Britain commit more crimes than white people.
C、Because black people have to fight with racial discrimination in Britain.
D、Because black people are more sensitive than white people in Britain.
答案
B
解析
第5段提到,警方的行动只涉及一小部分中心城区,但是在黑人社区能感受到的影响力非常大。根据接下来的数据可推测,这是因为黑人的犯罪比例较白人高,故选B。D中的sensitive看似与题干中的felt呼应,有一定的迷惑性;C与本文主题完全无关,答题时可以最先排除。
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