Nowadays, teenagers are committing more crimes. Countries around the world try hard to avoid youth crimes.
The parents of a US boy were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (过失杀人罪) because they didn’t stop their son from shooting (枪击) at school in Michigan, US. They were sentenced (判刑) to 10 to 15 years in prison on April 9 while the boy was sentenced to life.
This is the first time in the US that parents have been punished for what their child did in a mass shooting. Prosecutors argued that the parents ignored (忽视) clear signs of their son’s mental health problems and they even bought the gun he used in the 2021 attack. The boy was 15 years old when he killed four students and made seven others wounded at Oxford High School in Michigan.
“Opportunity (机会) knocked over and over again, louder and louder, and it was ignored,” Judge (法官) Cheryl Matthews told the court.
When kids do really bad things, like shootings, it makes people all over the world think about how to stop the tragedies (悲剧) from happening again. While most countries and regions have made 12 or 14 the lowest age for being held responsible for a crime, some tried to lower the age of criminal responsibility (刑事责任).
In 2010, Denmark lowered its age from 15 to 14. But it didn’t stop 14-year-olds from committing crimes. Instead, punishment made it harder for them to go back to school. That led to worse behaviors and an increasing number of youths committing crimes again. So, two years later, Denmark put the lowest age of criminal responsibility back to 15 years old.
In Germany, the government focuses more on teaching and helping young people who commit crimes, rather than just punishing them. As noted in a 2018 paper published in the Justice Evaluation Journal, they try to educate and guide young people to live better lives, instead of just putting them in prison.
【小题1】How might the judge feel according to her words in Paragraph 4?| A．Bored and tired. | B．Angry and sad. |
| C．Afraid and nervous. | D．Stressed and lonely. |
| A．Youths over 14 years old behaved better. | B．There were fewer crimes by youths. |
| C．Denmark lowered the age again. | D．More teenagers committed crimes again. |
| A．Never punish them. | B．Put them in prison as long as possible. |
| C．Help young criminals improve. | D．Give them money for a better life. |
| A．The causes of youth crime. |
| B．The roles parents play in youths’ development. |
| C．Governments’ responsibility for youth crime. |
| D．Youth crime and governments’ ways of dealing with it. |
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Name: Tom Height: 1.82m Weight: 90kg Details: Long history of violent crime including robbery and car theft. | B .
Name: Den Height: 1.95m Weight: 70kg Details: Well known to local police having been arrested several times for pick-pocketing. | C .
Name: Michael Height: 1.7m Weight: 65kg Details: Arrested as a youth for car theft and the selling of stolen goods. |
D.
Name: Mark Height: 1.6m Weight: 60kg Details: Is wanted by police for several armed robbery of banks and post offices. | E .
Name: Herb Height: 1.6m Weight: 90kg Details: Recently set free from prison where he served 2 years for selling stolen goods. | F. Name: William Height: 1.6m Weight: 90kg Details: Arrested 4 times for the selling of drugs and car theft. |
【小题2】Yesterday morning a man broke into the National Bank and robbed money. The man is short and thin with shoulder length blonde hair.
【小题3】A tall man with a thick black moustache and wearing dark glasses knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse last Saturday afternoon.
【小题4】Several people had their wallets stolen while waiting to buy food. The man is very tall and thin, clean shaven with short light hair.
【小题5】A car stolen from a car park on June 23 by a man described as very young, 1.7 meters tall with thin dark hair and carrying a blue backpack.
What would you do if a stranger gave you some medicine and said it would keep you thin or help you do well in exams?
This happens sometimes. The strangers want to give you drugs(毒品). A drug can change the way your mind or body works.
Liang, 16, was a good student before he tried drugs. One day, some friends told him it would be fine. After taking drugs only one time, he finds it very hard to stop. Liang begins to spend all his time and money on drugs. In the end, he stops going to school and starts stealing.
In China, taking drugs are becoming a big problem for teens. About one million people used illegal drugs last year, and 72% of them were young people. There are about 10,000 drug users under 16.
Teenagers don’t know much about drugs, they just want to try them. Never try them, even if you are curious.
【小题1】According to this passage, drugs can ________.| A．help you do well in exam | B．keep you thin |
| C．change the way your mind or body works | D．keep you safe |
| A．two thousand | B．two million | C．one million | D．ten thousand |
| A．they want to try them | B．they’re sure they are good | C．they are not good students | D．they have to do it |
| A．stopping to steal | B．taking drugs | C．going to school | D．starting to steal |
| A．Don’t be nervous. | B．Never try them. | C．Listen to stories. | D．Talk to drug users. |
It was a cold winter night when two police officers Lee and Smith were walking back to the police station. They saw that a robber（抢劫犯） on the other side of the road was attacking（袭击） an old woman. Lee and Smith ran over to the robber immediately.
The robber saw them and ran away as fast as he could. Lee and Smith followed him for a long way. The robber rushed into a subway station. Lee and Smith ran into the station and tried to find him. But they didn’t see him clearly. They just remembered what his build was like.
When they went in, they saw six men in the station. All of them had the similar build as the robber. Lee looked at them carefully, one by one.
The first man was arguing with a subway station worker. He seemed to be very unhappy.
The second one was watching the fight between the first man and the worker. It looked like he was quite interested in it.
The third one was quietly reading a newspaper. His face was behind the newspaper.
The fourth one was running around to warm himself up, as it was cold in the station.
The fifth one was waiting for the subway. ▲ He seemed to be in a hurry.
The sixth one was wearing a big coat, sitting on a bench and shaking.
Lee finally found out which one might be the robber. Do you know which one?
【小题1】A robber attacked an old woman_____________ .| A．on his way home | B．on a cold winter night |
| C．when he saw Lee and Smith | D．when Lee and Smith were running |
| A．onto the train | B．onto the bus |
| C．into the police station | D．into a subway station |
| A．He looked at his watch several times. |
| B．He sat calmly on the chair. |
| C．He watched the other five men carefully. |
| D．He went into the subway station quickly. |
| A．The robber ran away by subway at last. |
| B．Lee found out which man might be the robber. |
| C．Smith was running around to warm himself up. |
| D．All of the six men did the same thing in the station. |
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