A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the victory of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people. Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together --- honesty, kindness, and so on --- accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law --- and, ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities --- smaller towns, usually --- where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that declare: “In this family certain things are not tolerated --- they simply are not done!”
Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you annoy him.
The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged (被剥夺基本社会权利的) upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.
I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it..
1.What the wise man said suggests that it’s __________.
A. unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil
B. certain that evil will be widespread if good men do nothing about it
C. only natural for good men to defeat evil
D. desirable for good men to keep away from evil
2. According to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime, ________.
A. society is to be held responsible
B. modern civilization is responsible for it
C. the criminal himself should bear the blame
D. the standards of living should be improved
3. Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have ________.
A. less self-discipline B. better sense of discipline
C. more respect to each other D. less effective government
4. The writer is sorry to have noticed that ________.
A. people in large cities tend to excuse criminals
B. people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standards.
C. today’s society lacks sympathy for people in difficulty
D. people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal activities
5. The key point of the passage is that ________.
A. stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and families
B. more good examples should be set for people to follow
C. more attention should be paid to people’s behavior
D. more people should accept the value of accountability
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Weekends Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday tours are chosen from the following topics. Consult Walking Tour Board at Kiosk in the Great Hall for times. American Paintings Impressionists and Their Times American Rooms Islamic Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Egyptian Galleries Old Master Paintings European Rooms Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Highlights of the Museum 20th Century Paintings |
1. Walking tours of the Museum’s collections are offered on __________.
A. November 29. B. December 20
C. December 31 D. December 10
2. What time is the latest Chinese Art Class?
A. 1:45 B. 2:45C. 9:30D. 10:45
3. When is the last Old Master Paintings?
A. Friday 7:00B. Tuesday 9:00
C. Friday 1:00D. Thursday 1:00
4. Which one starts the earliest?
A. Highlights of the Museum B. Egyptian Galleries
C. Chinese Art D. Ancient Mexico and Peru.
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Like many other parts of our lives today, education has become a global enterprise. In microcosm(微观世界), my school is proof of just how global. Monkseaton High School is an ordinary state-funded school of 850 students in the unfashionable part of northeastern England. Over the past seven years it has sent 12 students to American universities --- two of them to Harvard. Monkseaton has, in turn, attracted students from other countries, including Germany and Latvia. Monkseaton now almost routinely receives inquiries from students in Eastern European countries. Obviously, learning English is a big draw, but his pattern of student movement was unheard of five years ago.
The brain drain is a universal phenomenon, and countries that don’t face up to the new reality will be losing some of their most precious resources. The northeast of England is its poorest region, and has experienced a severe loss of highly qualified professionals-to-be. Some of the most able 18-year-olds are going to other parts of Britain, even to other countries. What is happening here is happening to Britain as a whole. Most noticeably, there is a growing trend of British students taking degrees in American universities. This year the number will break the psychological barrier of 1,000 students for the first time.
And what is happening at the secondary-school level is happening to higher education. Wherever they come from, today’s students have a very different perspective on education from their parents. Because of television, the Internet and their travels, these students see the world as a much smaller place than their parents once did. They are more confident in accepting the challenge of moving from one country to another, from one culture to another; in many cases they can even apply to schools over the Internet. Students are also more aware of the overall cost of education and are looking for value for money. Plus, for many, education linked to travel is a better option than education at home.
1. Why does the author say education has become a global enterprise?
A. Monkseaton High School used to be a very unfashionable school in the Northeast England.
B. Monkseaton High School is now one of the state-funded middle schools in England.
C. Monkseaton High School has sent two top students to the Harvard University in U.S.
D. There is now an extensive exchange of students among different countries.
2. What can we infer about northeast England from the passage?
A. It is one of the poorest regions in England.
B. It has experienced a severe loss of professionals.
C. It will face a more serious brain drain in the near future.
D. It is losing its young talents to other parts of the world.
3. According to the passage, students today have different perspective from their parents on the following EXCEPT that _________________.
A. education linked to travel is much better than education at home
B. overall cost of education should be considered against money value
C. moving from one culture to another is a welcomed challenge
D. the Internet is more popular and easier to access in the near future
4. The students today tend to see the world as a much smaller place NOT because __________.
A. they are having more exposure to the television programs
B. they are having easier access to the Internet
C. they are having frequent travels to the other parts of the world
D. they are having better communication with their parents
5. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to __________.
A. tell us the benefit of globalization of education
B. analyze the causes for students’ moving trend in Great Britain
C. criticize the universal phenomenon of brain drain worldwide
D. draw attention to students’ moving from one country to another
Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____ to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____ at both of us—at me for being _____ of my elder and at my father for _____ my bad behavior. I ____ both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____ of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____ of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____ had any living heirs(继承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____ to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____ by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____ the recipe with anyone else. ____ my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____ made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____ and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____ for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____ was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____ recipe. However, I keep them as ____ to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____ that anyone can build.
1. A. called B. thought C. regarded D. referred
2.A. coldly B. severely C. delightedly D. politely
3.A. disappointed B. disagreeable C. disrespectful D. dissatisfied
4.A. encouraging B. scolding C. forcing D. pushing
5.A. hated B. respected C. treated D. enjoyed
6.A. barn B. kitchen C. yard D. garden
7.A. beginning B. start C. end D. glory
8.A. nor B. and C. but D. yet
9.A. proud B. generous C. strict D. mean
10.A. seen B. tasted C. cooked D. sold
11.A. sharing B. telling C. selling D. giving
12.A. As though B. As if C. Even though D. Even if
13. A. ever B. never C. still D. yet
14. A. quarter B. bill C. note D. cheque
15. A. Hold back B. Hold up C. Hold onto D. Hold out
16.A. mattered B. failed C .succeeded D. worked
17. A. sorrow B. success C. schedule D. signature
18.A. usual B. normal C. ordinary D. common
19. A. regulations B. reflections C. reminders D. rewards
20. A. future B. fortune C. fantasy D. favor
Don’t be discouraged. ____things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life.
A. Taking B. To take C. Take D. Taken
She hurriedly left the room without saying anything as if ____.
A. she angry B. was angry
C. it was angry D. angry
