英语阅读理解习题.doc

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1、ExtraPassage1Imagineaclassroomwheretheinstructorsspeakaforeignlanguageandthestudentscan’ttakenotes,turntoatextbook,oraskanyquestions.Yetattheendofthefinalexam,oneparticipationmayfacelifeinjailorevendeath.That’sthetaskhandedtoAmericanjuniors,brieflythrowntog

2、ethertodecideaccusedcriminals’fate.In“ATrialbyJury”,PrincetonhistoryprofessorD.GrahamBurnettoffersarareglimpseinsidejurydeliberationsataNewYorkmurdertrialwhereheservedasforemanlastyear.Accordingtotheprosecutor,thecaseseemsclear-cut;asexualencounterbetweentw

3、omenwentawry.Thedefendantstabbedhisvictim26times,butclaimsheactedinself-defense,killingamanwhowasattemptingtorapehim.Burnettopenswithagraphicdescriptionofthecrime.Hethenintroducesthecharactersandwalksreadersthroughthe10-daytrial.Youhearthetestimonyofwitness

4、esdressedindragandfindyourselfputoffbyagrowlingprosecutorandthejudge’sindifference.Mostofthedrama,though,comesduringfourdaysandthreenightsofdeliberations.Onceretreatedinthejuryroom,confusionreigns.Mostjurorsdon’tunderstandthechargesorthemeaningofself-defens

5、e.Uninterestedjurorseemmoreconcernedaboutmissingappointments.Onthethirdday,onejurorrunstobathroomintearsafterexchangingcurses.Bythefinalday,nearly,everycries.Thoughhe’snomorefamiliarwiththelawthantheotherjurors,whoincludeavacuum-cleanerrepairmanandasoftware

6、developer,it’sfittingthatBurnettisateacher.Forus,heservesasapatientinstructor,illustratingwithhisexperiencejustwhataremarkableandsometimesremarkablystrangedutyservingonajurycanbe.Formanycitizens,jurydutyistheirfirstexposuretoourjusticesystem.Jurorsdiscoverf

7、irsthandthegapbetweenlawandjustice.Theyfacetwoflawedversionsofthesameevent,offeredbywitnessestheymaynotbelieve.AsBurnettobservers,“Weexpectmuchofthisroom,andwethinkaboutitlessoftenthanweprobablyshould.”Weassumejurorswilltaketheirjobseriously.Weexpectthemtod

8、igestcomplicateddefinitionsthatleavelawyersconfused.ButasBurnettquicklydiscovers,jurorsreceivelittlehelp.Thejudgeoffersthemnoguidanceabouthowtoconductthemselvesandracesthroughhisdeliveryofthemurderchar

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