Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section C
Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time， you should listen carefully for its general idea．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written．
I'm interested in the criminal justice system of our country．It seems to me that something has to be done，if we’re to 26 as a country．I certainly don’t know what the answers to our problems are． Things certainly get 27 in a hurry when you get into them，but l wonder if something couldn’t be done to deal with some of these problems．One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting 28 in jail who haven’t harmed anyone．Why not work out some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of 29 another debt by going to prison and，of course，coming‘30 hardened criminals．I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are 3 1serious crimes．Of course one alternative to this is to 32 capital punishment，but I'm not sure l would be for that．I'm not sure it’s right to take an eye for an eye．The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences.but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money．I also think we must do something about the insanity 33 ．In my opinion，anyone who takes another person’s life 34 is insane，however，that does not mean that the person isn’t guilty of the crime，or that he shouldn’t pay society the debt he owes．It’s sad，of course，that a person may have to spend the rest of his life，or a large part of it in prison for acts that he 35 while not in full control of his mind．
参考答案
26. survive
27．complicated
28．offenders
29．incurring
30．under the influence of
31．serving for
32．restore
33．plea
34．intentionally
35．committed