Gun Control in Los Angeles

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答案與解析

本文屬于新聞類，主要講述洛杉磯警方開展用購物卡換槍支以回收槍支的活動。這一活動是為了應(yīng)對康涅狄格州紐鎮(zhèn)瘋狂致命槍擊事件而采取的抗擊犯罪的舉措。

1. A。主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容和文章第一段可知。A項全面概括；B項偏頗；C項與整個文章內(nèi)容不符；D項不能概括全文內(nèi)容。

2. C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題?？梢赃\(yùn)用排除法。A項根據(jù)第三段中“and similar events have been organized in years past in several other cities， including Detroit and Boston. Police in San Diego had a buyback earlier this month”可知其他城市也舉行了類似活動；B項根據(jù)第五段中“Los Angeles normally has its gun buyback in May”可知，洛杉磯一般在每年5月舉行。C項根據(jù)第五段中“but Villaraigosa announced last week that the city would have this special buyback in response to the Newtown tragedy”可知為正確。D項根據(jù)第四段中“Villaraigosa promoted the buyback program as one step that can be taken in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown”以及后面女發(fā)言人的話可知錯誤，而認(rèn)為這種活動沒什么作用的是一些專家。

3. D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中“that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members”，“the shooter... killed himself and also shot to death his mother”可知造成共28人死亡。

4. D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“At last count， the Los Angeles gun buyback had collected 1，366 firearms”以及“The buyback ended at 4 p.m. local time， but a final tally of guns collected was not expected to be released before Thursday”可知，應(yīng)該為1366。

5. B。推理判斷題。正確答案根據(jù)最后一句可知。A、C項為錯誤推斷，根據(jù)常識可知，在美國洛杉磯人們是被允許擁有武器的，只是用購物卡吸引人們主動上交武器；D項由“People dropping off their guns were asked to leave them in the trunks of their cars， where officers got back the weapons”可知，并不是directly（直接）上交，故D項不對。

6. B。猜測詞義題。根據(jù)“There are a number of things we can do. This is just one of them”判斷市長安東尼奧·維拉戈沙反對槍支使用，故為deal with （處理）。

【長難句解析】

1. Police officers handed out S200 grocery store gift cards to people who turned in an automatic weapon， and [S] 100 gift cards to those who provided a handgun， rifle or shotgun. 警察向那些上交自動武器的人分發(fā)價值200美元的百貨商店購物卡，向那些上交手槍、步槍或獵槍的人分發(fā)價值100美元的購物卡。

分析： 此句是一個并列句， 后半句承前進(jìn)行了省略，同時前后各含有一個定語從句who turned in an automatic weapon和 who provided a handgun， rifle or shotgun，分別修飾先行詞people和those。

2. Some experts say the buybacks have little effect in reducing gun violence， but Villaraigosa promoted the buyback program as one step that can be taken in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown， Connecticut， on December 14，2012 that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members. 某些專家認(rèn)為回收槍支對于減少槍支暴力犯罪沒什么作用，但維拉戈沙宣稱回收槍支活動是應(yīng)對康涅狄格州紐鎮(zhèn)桑迪胡克小學(xué)槍擊事件的一個舉措。2012年12月14日發(fā)生的這起槍擊事件導(dǎo)致20名兒童和6名成年教職員喪生。

分析： 此句為but 連接的并列句。后面含有兩個that 引導(dǎo)的定語從句，分別修飾先行詞step 和 the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting。后者的先行詞和定語從句被in Newtown， Connecticut， on December 14， 2012分隔開了。