象会导致一个无辜的人被关押。

B

1. Knowing many places in China were badly flooded, actors and actresses volunteered to perform and appealed to charitable contributions from society.

2. Ifyou manage to get in touch with Mr. Smith, the problem will be solved easily because he is an expert in this field.

3. The advisor forgave him for mixing the two chemicals together; after all he had intended to help his advisor.

4. I want to throw away the computer I am using now for it gets stuck all the time.

5. Teachers are worried about students who seem to do everything by the book

6. He was in a bad mood for some time and therefore he felt everything around him was screwed up.

7. We all believe that he will succeed sooner or later though he failed more than ten times.

8. Teenagers over 16 years old should be responsible for what they say and do, because they are considered to have the faculty for doing and saying the right thing,

9. He thought everything was within his grasp but in fact, the result of the experiment turned out to be controversial.

10. Any average good fax machine can send a message in an instant across the ocean. Reading Practice

1. F 2.T 3. F 4.T 5. F

Unit Eight

Answer Key

Comprehension

A

1. The relationship between crime rates and keeping criminals in prison.

2. Locking up criminals for longer terms will not necessarily decrease crimes.

3. The logic.

A. a major shift toward mandatory minimum sentences

B. increased use of the death penalty

C. the introduction of"three strikes" laws

4. Because although prison sentences can prevent some crimes, the question is the degree to which they do.

5. A. We've tripled the prison population and we've doubled spending. That doesn't tell us that we shouldn't do more.

B. Most of those whom we put'in prison are not necessarily the most dangerous criminals.

6. Because it helps explain why and how he has become such a strong out- spoken proponent. It also casts a strong liberal or conservative as in this case, light on his position.

7. A

8. 1) Crime has certainly not decreased in proportion to the rise in ,mprison- ment.