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1、新视野大学英语book4unit2快速阅读答案Part4SkimmingandScanning(MultipleChoice+BlankFilling)(每小题：分)Directions:Readthefollowingpassageandthenanswerthequestions.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepas
2、sage.Questions1to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.LockedAwayForeverTheSadCaseofRebeccaFalconOnenightwhenshewasjust15,RebeccaFalcongotdrunkandmadethedecisionthatruinedherentirelife.Now,sheisservingalifesentencewithoutchanceofparole(假释)attheLowellCorrectionalInstitutioninOcala,Flori
3、da.Lookingback,Falconfaultsherchoiceoffriends."Iwaslikeamagnetforthewrongcrowd,"shesays.Atthetime,FalconwaslivingwithhergrandmotherinPanamaCity,Florida.OnNovember19,1997,upsetoveranex-boyfriend,shedownedalargeamountofalcoholandhailedataxiwithan18-year-oldfriend.Herfriendhadagunan
4、d,withinminutes,thetaxidriverwasshotinthehead.Thedriver,RichardToddPhillips,25,diedseveraldayslater.Eachoftheteenagerslatersaidtheotherhaddonetheshooting.InFalcon'scase,shewasfoundguiltyofmurder,thoughitwasneverknownpreciselywhathappened."Itbrokemyheart,"saysStevenSharp,oneofthep
5、eoplewhomadethedecisiontosendFalcontoprison."Toughasitis,basedonthecrime,Ithinkit'sappropriate.Still,it'sterribletoputa15-year-oldbehindbarsforever."Falcon'scaseisnotsouncommonintheUS,butitisrarearoundtheworld.About9,700Americanprisonersareservinglifesentencesforcrimestheycommitt
6、edbeforeage18.Morethanafifthhavenochanceforparole.Lifewithoutparoleisavailableforyoungcriminalsinaboutadozencountries,butarecentreportbyHumanRightsWatchandAmnestyInternationalfoundonly12youngcriminals—inIsrael,SouthAfrica,andTanzania—servingsuchsentences.IntheU.S.,morethan2,200pe
7、opleareservinglifewithoutparoleforcrimestheycommittedbeforeturning18.Morethan350are15oryounger.Cruel&Unusual?Youngcriminalsareservinglifeterms(withorwithoutthepossibilityofparole)inatleast48states,accordingtoasurveybyTheNewYorkTimes,andtheirnumbershaveincreasedsharplyinthepastdec
8、ade.Ofthoseimprisonedin2001,95percentwer
