【正文】 e context that the word slanted in the last sentence but one roughly means ____ [A] improved.[B] organized.[C] built.[D] the passage we may draw the conclusion that ____ [A] the four elements often influence the social structure.[B] the four elements are usually inseparable.[C] the four elements always affect each other.[D] the four elements may be dominated by the majorPassage 2I39。m afraid we have to accept the fact that criminals are getting younger all the time, but unfortunately the offences they mit are being proportionately more only wish we didn39。t have to admit this but, in doing so, we must first ask ourselves what39。s wrong with our society that our children apparently couldn39。t care less about law and days of the sneak thief who stole a couple of apples off a barrel or nicked a packet of sweets from a chain store are virtually had occasion to say this to a young offender the other day.39。Sweets from a chain store? 39。 he said, 39。you must be 39。s kid39。s stuff.39。 I may add that he was aged other words, today39。s young criminals would find it laughable to risk being caught for petty theft of this 39。ve got enough money in their pockets to buy the sweets they want, think we have e to the point where it39。s all too easy to put the blame on anyone but as they are with a society that frequently rejects them on the grounds of color, race or low academic ability, these children turn to crime as a means of boosting their on films and TV glamorizing the role of the criminal, they are quick to identify with these is a matter of increasing concern to the Police and magistrates that the Children and Young Persons Act, 1969 is being inadequate to deal with the rise in juvenile the emphasis has been placed on the cause and treatment of their delinquency, rather than an oldfashioned methods of punishment, the children themselves are well aware that there is very little that can be done to prevent them continuing to mug, vandalize and in some case even cause the death of those they choose to don39。t like the look of this situation any more than you our own interests and in those of our children and grandchildren, we cannot continue to take the 39。it39。s nothing to do with me39。 attitude we have adopted for so must unite in a mon demand for harsher and more disciplined methods against these young to the author, crimes mitted by teenagers can be ____.[A] very serious [B] very minor [C] the least serious [D] serious but harmless article says that children nowadays ____.[A] are unable to learn about law and order [B] have already known too much about law and order [C] hardly care about law and order [D] are greatly concerned about law and order question 39。Sweets from a chain store? 39。 means whether ____.[A] he wanted some sweets from a chain store [B] he was caught while stealing sweets from a chain store [C] the days of stealing sweets from a chain store were over [D] stealing sweets from a chain store was illegal39。s young criminals wouldn39。t mit such offences as stealing some fruit because ____.[A] they are afraid of being caught on the spot [B] people will laugh at them [C] they have enough money to buy them [D] it is not worth the risk to the author, the reason why some youngsters tend to mit crimes is, psychologically speaking, that ____.[A] they are often rejected on the grounds of race, color or education [B] they don39。t know what they are doing is against the law [C] they think it the only way of showing their selfrespect [D] both A and C people have seen so much violence and crime on TV and films that they ____.[A] know very well what crime is [B] can tell a criminal from a hero easily [C] have bee tired of them [D] would like to have a try themselves dealing with juvenile delinquency, the author is apparently in favor of ____.[A] severe punishment once used in the past [B] showing great concern about our children [C] more patient methods in reforming young offenders [D] treating every young offenders as our own child Passage 3 Influenza has been with us a long, long to some Greek writers, the outbreak of 412 of same has been suggested of the sickness that swept through the Greek army attacking Syracuse in 395 is a disease that moves most quickly among people living in crowded conditions, hence it is likely to attack the nineteenth