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1、91年考试题Awisemanoncesaidthattheonlythingncccssaryforthetriumphofevilisforgoodmentodonothing.So,asapoliceofficer,Ihavesomeurgentthingstosaytogoodpeople.DayafterdaymymenandIstruggletoholdbackatidalwaveofcrime.Somcthinghasgonetcrriblywrongwithouroncc-proudAmericanwayoflife.Ithashappcncdintheareaofvalue
2、s.Akeyingredientisdisappearing，andIthinkIknowwhatitis:accountability.Accountabilityisn，thardtodefine.Itmeansthateverypersonisresponsibleforhisorheractionsandliablefortheirconsequences.Ofthemanyvaluesthatholdcivilizationtogether--honesty，kindness,andsoon--account-abilitymaybethemostimportantofalLWi
3、thoutit，therecanbenorespect，notrust,nolaw--and,ultimately，nosocicty.Myjobasapoliocofficeristoimposeaccountabilityonpeoplewhorefuse,orhavencverlearned,toimposeitonthcmsclvcs>Butaseverypolicemanknows,extcrnalcontrolsonpeople"sbehaviorarcfarlesseffeetivcthaninternalrestraintssuchasguilt，shameandembar
4、rassment.Fortunatclytherearest订1communities--smallertowns,usually--whereschoolsmaintaindisciplincandwhereparentsholdupstandardsthatproclaim:"Inthisfamilycertainthingsarenottolerated--theysimplyarenotdone!"Yetmoreandmore,especiallyinourlargercitisandsuburbs,thoseinnerrestraintsareloosening.Yourtypi
5、calrobberhasnone,lieconsidersyourpropertyhisproperty;hetakeswhathewants,includingyourlifeifyouenragehim.Themaincauseofthisbreak-downisaradicalshiftinattitudcs.Thirtyyearsago,ifacrimewascommitted,societywasconsideredthevictim.Now,inashockingreversal,it"sthecrimirmlwhoisconsideredvictimized:byhisund
6、erprivilodgedupbringing,bytheschoolthatdidn，tteachhimtoread,bythechurchthatfedlcdtoreachhimwithmoralguidance,bytheparentswhodidn，tprovideastablehome.Idorftbelieveit.Manyothersinequallydisadvantogedcircumstanceschoosenottoengageincriminalactivitics.Ifwefreethecriminal,evenpartly，fromaccountabiliy,w
7、ebecomeasoci-ctyofcndlcssexcuseswherenooneacceptsresponsibility^foranything.WeinAmericadesperatelyneedmorepeoplewhobelievethatthepersonwhocommitsacrimeistheonercsponsiblcforit.Theperiodofadolescence,i.e.、theperso
