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  3. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or

Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or

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问题     Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories【C1】______on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior【C2】______they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through【C3】______with others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in【C4】______to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status,【C5】______as a rejection of middle, class values.
    Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, 【C6】______the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes【C7】______lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are【C8】______to criticism.
    Changes in the social structure may indirectly【C9】______juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that【C10】______to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment【C11】______make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in【C12】______lead more youths into criminal behavior.
    Families have also【C13】______changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents;【C14】______, children are likely to have less supervision at home【C15】______was common in the traditional family【C16】______. This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other【C17】______causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased【C18】______of drugs and alcohol, and the growing【C19】______of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act,【C20】______a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
【C8】
选项 A、immune
B、resistant
C、sensitive
D、subject
答案D
解析 本题要求判断选项中哪个形容词可以与介词to搭配，并作空格所在句子中be动词的表语。首先，四个形容词都可以和to搭配，如：immune to persuasion“不能被说服的”；resistant to corrosion“抗腐蚀的”；sensitive to criticism“对批评敏感的”；subject tocolds“容易感冒的”。关键看哪个能符合句意。空格所在句子是All theories are tentativeand are——to criticism。考生应注意句中由and连接的两个be动词后的表语都描述了主语所有理论的特点，因此是并列关系。把四个选项一一放入，只有subject to表达的容易受到批评和攻击与tentative表达的试验性的，不确定的在含义上近似，不确定就意味着容易遭受批评和攻击。
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