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  3. President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American is the right to be free from domestic violence.

President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American is the right to be free from domestic violence.

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问题     President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American is the right to be free from domestic violence. That was 40 years ago, a time of civil 【B1】______ and high crime. "Domestic violence" really meant crimes between strangers. Now it means the 【B2】______, with two recent reminders in the news. On February 12, outside Buffalo, New York, Muzzammil Hassan, a well-known local businessman, told police that his wife was dead. Officers found Aasiya Zubair Hassan with her head cut off. The couple created the Bridges TV network, an 【B3】______to unite American Muslims and increase understanding across cultures. In the days before her death, Aasiya Hassan had taken legal steps to divorce her husband. She had also 【B4】______a restraining order demanding he stay away from her. Now he is 【B5】______with murder. Another case involved two popular young singers. On February 8, Los Angeles police 【B6】______Chris Brown after a fight that reportedly left injuries on his girlfriend, Rihanna. No charges have yet been brought, but Chris Brown said in a statement that he was sorry and saddened over what happened. The Justice Department says domestic violence can be 【B7】______as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner. It can be 【B8】______, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse—controlling someone’s finances. 【B9】______. And groups are working to bring more attention to abusive teenage relationships. 【B10】______. Legal protections do not always cover all kinds of abuse, 【B11】______
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答案opposite
解析 语义推断题。结合上文中的内容可知，以前domestic violence用来指陌生人之间发生的暴力行为，现在则正好与以前相反。结合录音不难得出答案为opposite。theopposite指“相反的人或事物”。
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