Question

  An expert suggested that certain criminals should be sent to prison in their own home. When the scheme was first put forward publicly，many people opposed it or had serious reserva?tions about it. One very experienced social worker opposed the scheme in a television interview. When asked to explain the basis for his opposition，he thought for a moment and finally con?fessed, "Well,I guess, because it's new. That's my only reason.”

  Advocates of the scheme pointed out that courts frequently sentenced first offenders to com?munity service of some kind rather than send them to prison. The stigma of having a criminal re?cord was an adequate deterrent, and nothing positive was achieved by sending some types of convicted people to prison.

  Some critics rushed to take extreme cases. "If a murderer is allowed free in the community like this,what is to prevent him from killing somebody else?" This argument ignored the fact that nobody proposed to allow convicted murderers to use the bracelet system. One criticism put forward was that an offender could take off his bracelet and leave it at home or give it to a friend to wear while he himself wet off to commit another crime. The reply to this was that the bracelet would be made so that the computer would immediately detect any attempts to take it off or tamper with it.

  A more serious objection to the scheme was that the harsh life of prison was intended to be
part of the deterrent to crime. A prisoner who was allowed to live at home would suffer no parti-
cular discomfort and thus not be deterred from repeating his crime. No immediate action was
taken on the proposal. It was far too revolutionary and needed to be examined very carefully.
However, the idea was not rejected. Several governments appointed experts to investigate the
scheme and make recommendations for or against it.
(   ) 5. People's opinions are divided on the suggestion that      

A.     some criminals should serve their terms at home

B.     social workers can express themselves on TV

C.     first offenders should be sentenced to community service

D.     old offenders should be imprisoned

(   ) 6. A social worker opposed the proposal for the reason that      

A. it is unique    B. it is creative

C. it is novel    D. it is out-of-date

(   ) 7. The supporters of the scheme will probably agree that      

A.     the hard life of prison may prevent some people from repeating a crime

B.      the life at home is too comfortable for the prisoners

C.      high-technology should be deterrent to crime

D.     imprisonment will not achieve much to some offenders
(   ) 8. The prospect of the advice is that      

A.     it will be put into practice immediately

B.     it will be declined by the government

C.     it will be further carefully looked into

D.     it will be confirmed by appointed experts

Answer 1

 5-8 ACDC

B篇讲述了人们对专家提出的新的罪犯收押方法的不同意见。

5. A主旨大意题文章第一段第一句话指出"An expert suggested that certain criminals should be sent to prison in their own home",后文分别就这个提议陈述了几种不同的观点。对于结构为总分式的文章,我们往往需，^ 第一段去发现文章的主旨大意。

6. C细节理解题由^后^^ "Well, I guess,becau—se it’s new. That'  my only reason.，可以得出答案。,unique"独特的";creative"创新的';out-of-date"过时的"。novel 新奇的"，

7. D细节理解题A、B是该方案反对者的观点；第三段中"the bracelet would be made so that the computer would immediately detect any attempts to take it off or tamper with it"说明C 项中的"high-technology"事实上还没得到应用通过第二段"nothing positive was achieved by sending some types of convicted people to prison"这句话我们可以判断D是对的。

8. C逻辑推理题通过文章最后一句话"Sev-eral governments appointed experts to investi?gate the scheme and make recommendations for or against it."可以得出。