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police station wearing a toga (长袍) as punishment.
His crime? He was charged with underage drinking, illegal possession of alcohol and too much noise
while holding a party.
This shaming punishment has increased in the US in recent years, mostly imposed (强加) by local
judges for less－serious cri
mes, such as drunk driving and theft.They believe shame is the best petty crime deterrent (威慑). For example, in Tennessee, Judge James McKenzie has made shoplifters stand outside Wal－Mart with signs that read, "I am a
thief put here by order of Judge McKenzie."
"Alternative punishments like community service and fines don"t convey moral condemnation of the
criminal," said Dan Kahan, a University of Chicago Law School professor, in an article published on the
university"s website. "They aren"t shameful enough."
Supporters of shaming punishment argue that public shaming is a good way of expressing community
values. Some judges say shamed offenders seldom repeat their crimes.
Others aren"t so sure. "There is little evidence to suggest that shaming punishments are successful in
preventing people from committing specific crimes. And a shamed criminal may face a hard battle to
regain trust in society," said Hosmanek. "So, a shaming punishment may force the offender into more
crimes to support himself."
B. shame
C. duty
D. crime
B. drunk driving
C. serious crimes
D. petty crimes
B. Apologizing to the police for one"s wrongdoing.
C. Holding a sign in public that announces one’s own crime.
D. Being forced to work for the community without being paid.
B. they no longer have a sense of shame
C. there"s too much fighting in society
D. they do not want to do any work
B. alternative punishments
C. shaming punishment
D. community values
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York with Long Island. However, experts throughout the world thought that this was__1__. Even so,
Roebling could not__2__the idea in his mind. After much discussion, he__3__convince his son
Washington, an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. They hired their__4__
and began to build their dream bridge.
Only a few months__5__the project was underway, a tragic on－site accident killed John Roebling
and__6__injured his son, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to move or__7__. Surely now the
project would have to be__8__. Though Washington Roebling lay in his hospital bed, he was not__9__
and his mind remained as__10__as it was before the accident.Suddenly an idea__11__him. All he could
move was one finger, so he__12__the arm of his wife with that finger, __13__to her that he wanted her
to call the engineers again.Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to
do. For 13 years Washington tapped out his__14__with one finger until the bridge was__15__
completed.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of never-say-die attitude that__16__a terrible physical
disability and achieves an impossible__17__. Often when we face difficulties in our daily lives, our
problems seem very small__18__what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that
even the most__19__dream can be realized with__20__no matter what the chances are.
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| I grew up in an ordinary family,which is not so well off.I could understand the__1__ my parents were bearing at that time.__2__,I work very hard now in the hope of entering the university and change the__3__of my family and me. I think that in a certain sense,difficult situations can__4__a person"s potential and pave the way for him to__5__.One can be strong,brave and__6__after all these hardships he has__7__. All in all,I think that flowers from a greenhouse can never__8__a storm and tha  t ahard life is good for children. So I think parents should make their children grow strong, by helping them experience life in bad conditions,__9__a child will value the labour and be capable of facing hardship. I lived a happy childhood.Not only did my parents love me from the__10__of their hearts,but also they gave me chances to increase my ability. My parents__11__primary importance to the management of my pocket money,which led to the__12__that often I could only watch my friends eating candies with my empty pocket.This experience helped me__13__the truth that my parents worked hard to earn a life,and so would I in the future. As the saying__14__"No pains,no gains."It is__15__ that the way one lives in his childhood plays an important part in his development.If one is__36__in a family that is wasteful,he is likely to be lazy when he grows up.__17__,a child who lives a hard life in his childhood,learning that one must be independent and frugal to face the challenge,is__18__be strong.On parents" part,they can teach the child to help support the family.More can be done__19__food,hard work and bad conditions. Instead of being__20__,children should eat bitter food to learn to be frugal,do hard work to learn to cherish,and be sent to somewhere tough to learn to be brave. | |||
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| As Mrs Thompson stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie.Like most teachers,she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible,because there in the front row,slumped in his seat,was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.Mrs Thompson noticed that he didn"t play well with the other children,that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath.And Teddy could be unpleasant.It got to the point where Mrs Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen,making bold X"s and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers. However,when she reviewed his file,she got a surprise. Teddy"s first grade teacher wrote,"Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh.He does his work neatly and  has good manners...he is a joy to be around."His second grade teacher wrote,"Teddy is an excellent student,well liked by his classmates ,but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle." His third grade teacher wrote,"His mother"s death has been hard on him.He tries to do his best but his father doesn"t show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren"t taken." Teddy"s fourth grade teacher wrote,"Teddy is withdrawn and doesn"t show much interest in school.He doesn"t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class." Now,Mrs Thompson was ashamed of herself and felt worse when her students brought her beautifully wrapped Christmas presents.Teddy"s present,however,was clumsily wrapped in  rough brown grocery paper.Taking her time she opened it to reveal Teddy"s gifts,a rhinestone bracelet with stones missing and a quarter full perfume bottle.How the children laughed!"What a pretty bracelet!Mm,lovely perfume!Perfect on my wrist." The children were silent. Alone together,after school,Teddy told Mrs Thompson,"Today you smelled just like my Mom used to..." His teacher cried all night and,from that day,she stopped teaching reading, writing,and arithmetic and began to teach children inste  ad. | |||
| 1．What is the best title of this text?_____ | |||
| A．A Student"s Best Friend B．How To Be a Good Student C．The Story of a Good Teacher D．A Teacher"s Lesson | |||
| 2．Which of the following is true about Teddy?______ | |||
| A．He only bathed once a week. B．He had no friends at school. C．His clothes were usually untidy. D．He was the worst student in the class. | |||
| 3．How did Teddy"s behaviour change between Grade 1 and 4?______ | |||
| A．He became better at making friends. B．He beca  me closer to his father.C．He paid less attention to school. D．He stopped doing his homework. | |||
| 4．Why did Mrs Thompson feel ashamed after she read Teddy"s file?______ | |||
| A．She didn"t treat Teddy fairly. B．She was being unpleasant to Teddy. C．She took delight in failing Teddy in the exam. D．She disliked Teddy for all his problems. | |||
| 5．We can learn from the last paragraph that________. | |||
| A．Mrs Thompson was deeply hurt by Teddy"s words B．Teddy missed his mother and desired love very much C．Mrs Thompson realised it useless to teach knowledge D．Mrs Thompson cried because she lied to Teddy about his parents | |||
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When my mom said that we could  adopt a couple of kittens (小猫),I was very excited.So off we went to the Humane Society where there were a lot of animals for __1__. I noticed there was not a lot of __2__ for the animals and not a lot of supplies to care for them.__3__ they didn"t have much,the people who worked there did their best for them.__4__,it seemed they had just bare  ly (几乎没有) enough food and medicine tokeep the animals__5__. When we started looking around,I saw a lot of animals and  fell in__6__with each of them.But my mother and I __7__ settled on adopting two kittens we __8__ Sox and Sierra.We went up to the front desk to __9__the papers for them,and that"s when I noticed a __10__on the counter (柜台)．The Humane Society was hoping to get enough __11__to buy more supplies for the anim  als and also __12__a new building to help even more abandoned animals. We took our new kittens home,where they were __13__to get a lot of love.Later that day,my mom and I went __14__,and as we were walking through the parking lot at the store,I __15__ a green piece of paper not far away from our car.So I walked over and __16__ it up.It was a twenty－dollar bill! When I got home,I thought about what to __17__it.Right then,Sox climbed up into my lap, and I knew the answer.I __18__my mom to take me back to the Humane Society so that I could put the __19__in the donation box.The lady at the counter smiled and thanked me, and I felt re  ally __20__about what I did. | |||
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| It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange _1 as if he were staring down at something. Then the truth __2 _ me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers seeing was his daughter being born. Then the whole world went __3_ . Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to __4_ 11-year-old David to the __5_ of the state. Things seemed always to go for _6_ . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the path of a truck. David was not __7_ . The dog died. But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles(障碍困难) you have to _ 8_ in your life," he said. He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place-the X-ray department of an __9_ room. It was a hard job to _10_ by. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the Lighthouse, an organization _ 11_ to helping blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, a job _12_ everyone, not just he, must work in the dark, including those with __13_ eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result, __14__they offered to pay his first three months" salary. David works alone in a dark room that _ 15_ of chemicals. He doesn"t wear gloves. Otherwise, he could not feel. _16_ this is an emergency room, lives can be put either _17_ or out of danger. His director says he trusts him 100 percent. He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation goes 18_ money. "By working I can realize my own 19_ . That"s what really counts!" he said. What a shining example for us to 20 ! | |||
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