The police is officering a(n)_____of$3,000 to anyone who will provide information about
A.praise
B.prize
C.reward
D.award
A.praise
B.prize
C.reward
D.award
第1题
A.Go to the police station in the afternoon to get his passport.
B.Call the police office to make sure the time for getting his passport.
C.Call the police office to get his passport mailed to him.
D.Go to the post office in the morning to get his passport.
第2题
Where is the post office?
A.Near the road.
B.Near the bus stop.
C.Near the police station.
第3题
听力原文:Could you please tell me the way to the police office?.
A.
B.
C.
第4题
A.acknowledged
B.confessed
C.denied
D.responded
第5题
W: Well, if you call them in the morning, they’ll send your passport to you by post in the afternoon.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
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A.Go to the police station in the afternoon to get his passport.
B.Call the police office to make sure the time for getting his passport.
C.Call the police office to get his passport mailed to him.
D.Go to the post office in the morning to get his passport.
第6题
This passage mainly discusses how ______.
A.Hollerith got an idea for an invention
B.train conductors were in charge of recording cencus information
C.Hollerith was hired by a government office
D.train robbers were caught by the police
第7题
Fortunately, my friend's handwriting was quite unlike the thief's. He was not only allowed to go without further delay, but to take the necklace with him.
When the man asked if he could pay by check, the assistant ______.
A.refused to take any
B.invited him into the manager's office
C.said that was all right
D.said nothing was wrong with a check
第8题
听力原文: Mike Wilson worked as a low rank official in the War Office during the early 1940s. Though he didn't bold an important position, he got along very well with almost everybody, and was believed in by most of his leaders.
One day, Wilson arrived at his office in an expensive car. Little as his pay was, he appeared to have got a lot of money to spend. he bought an expensive house and gave parties one after another. At one of the parties he met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. When he was asked by the woman one evening how he had suddenly got so much money to spend, Wilson explained that he had a very rich uncle who lived abroad and posted him money nearly every month. But his story could not fool the woman. She was a policewoman and was sent to watch him closely by acting as his "girlfriend", because the police had noticed that he often stayed behind in the evenings and was usually the last person to leave the War Office.
His "girlfriend" and three other policemen entered his house when he was out and discovered copies of government secret papers and a radio transmitter hidden inside a piano. After Wilson was caught, it was learned that his real name was Jack Brown, and that he had been hired as a spy for the Germans.
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A.During the First World War.
B.During the Second World War.
C.During the Civil War.
D.During the Gulf War.
第9题
What is the race of the baby?
A.Asian.
B.Jewish.
C.American.
D.Not sure yet.
第10题
In theory, the jails of England and Wales can accommodate just over 80,000 people. By October 6th they were just 210 short of that limit. The obvious remedies—cramming two people into cells built for one, letting more prisoners out on probation and moving convicts far from their families—have already been taken. So, last-ditch measures were put in place this week. Some 500 police cells will be used for prisoners. Foreign convicts' appeals against deportation will no longer be contested, in order to liberate their beds. Others will be paid to go home.
This is one of history's less surprising crises. By the late 1990s Home Office statisticians were not only predicting a rapid rise in prisoner numbers, but also erring on the side of pessimism. Eight years ago, when the prison population was just above 65,000, the department predicted that it would rise to 83,000 by 2005. In 2002 the statisticians' forecasts were also too pessimistic. Yet the politicians still appear to have been caught by surprise.
One reason the prisons are full is that there are more police officers—141,000, compared with 122,000 in 2000. They can now go after crimes that are hard to crack but attract long sentences, such as drug trafficking. The number of people in prison for drug offences has trebled since 1994. And, while the overall crime rate in England and Wales is improving, it may be that some criminals are worse. Cindy Barnett, a London magistrate, reckons the defendants she sees are more violent and have graver drug problems these days. That helps to explain why magistrates sent 27% of robbers straight to prison in 2004—up from just 10% in 1993.
In the past few years, the Home Office has prodded judges and magistrates to punish serious, violent offenders more heavily, while encouraging them to go easier on petty thieves. The former has certainly happened: the number of life sentences has more than doubled since the early 1990s. The latter has not. Populist politicians forgot that judges tend to have fixed ideas about the relative seriousness of offences. Force them to increase sentences for murder, and they will also hand out longer terms to armed robbers.
Finally, there is media pressure. Tabloid newspapers such as the Sun and the Daily Mail hound judges who pass, or even seek to justify, lenient sentences. This week the Sun accused one wig of "living in an ivory tower". Because most people's experience of the criminal-justice system is rare and intermittent, such coverage strongly influences the public mood. Ivory towers notwithstanding, it also stings judges. Penny Derbyshire, an academic who has been following wigs for several years, says they pore over press coverage. "And many of them have wives who read the Daily Mail," she says.
How serious is the problem of crowdedness in prisons of England and Wales? What are the solutions taken by the authority?
第11题
听力原文: Ann Richards was a famous Democratic Party politician from the southern state of Texas.She served as the governor of Texas for four years.Richards was known for he big white hair,big smile,and sharply funny comments.She was also known for forming what she called a"New Texas"during her time as governor.She created a government in which women,Hispanics,and African-Americans played important roles.Ann Richards did not always have a career in public service.As a young woman,she worked as a teacher and raised four children.She and her husband were very involved in local politics.Richards began working hard to help Democratic Party candidates win seats in the Texas legislature.Then one day.she decided to run for office herself-and she won.She served first as country commissioner,then as Texas state treasurer.In 1990 she was elected governor.She fought for equal rights,environmental protection and laws to restrict guns.After losing a second term as governor to George W.Bush.Richards worked in public relations.She died this September at the age of seventy-three.At her funeral service,leaders from around the country gathered to celebrate her life. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the service.He said Ann Richards helped create a world where young girls could be scientists,engineers and police officers.He said she was a great woman with a big heart and big dreams.
What does the speaker say about Ann Richards?
A.She was famous for her sharply funny comments.
B.She served as the governor of Texas for 2 years.
C.She helped black people to get their rights.
D.She worked as a teacher of four students.