C.the poisonous gas
D.the shooting
According to the first four paragraphs,which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A.Ruth Ellis was shot by his lover, which was regarded as a crime of passion.
B.The death penalty may help the potential murderers to arouse moral awareness.
C.The intentional murderer should eat his own bitter fruit.
D.According to the religious doctrine, punishment should be as severe as the injury suffered.
In paragraph 3,"deterrence"means _____ .
A.proclamation
B.protest
C.prevention
D.protection
We can learn from the last paragraph that _____ .
A.neither the state nor the individual has the right to take a life
B.the sate has the right to take a life but the individual does not
C.the death penalty has nothing to do with individual conscience and belief
D.the deterrence figures have added up and the execution rate has fallen
The passage is mainly about _____ .
A.the argument in favor of the death penalty
B.the argument against the death penalty
C.the argument about the abolition of the death penalty
D.the argument about the reintroduction of the death penalty
Questions 41～45 are based on the following passage.
Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off—and on again when you return. You will choose the temperature for each room, the lighting and the humidity. A sensor will detect the presence of a human(and,with luck,ignore the dog!)and turn the systems on, and when the humans leave it will turn them off again.
The sensors will work through the central home computer, and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances,plugs or switches, isolate them so that they cannot harm anyone, and then warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and if you are out of the house, the computer will call the fire brigade. It will also call the police should the sensors detect an intruder. This will not be too difficult because the locks on the outside doors will be electronic.
You will open them using your personal card—the one you use for shopping—maybe using a number known only to you.
It will be impossible to lose the key, and a housebreaker will have to tamper(拨弄)with the lock or with a window. It is not very difficult to make such tampering send a signal to the computer.
The computer will be more than a firemanpolicemanservant. It will be an entertainer, and most of your entertainment will come right into your home. It does now, of course, but by 2040"entertainment" will mean much more. For one thing, you will be able to take part actively,rather than just watching…
The author intends to tell us that _____ .
A.in 2040 we will live without the lights and heaters
B.in 2040 we will use much more lights and heaters
C.in 2040 lights and heaters will be on and off automatically
D.in 2040 there will be no switches of lights and heaters |
