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距离2017年6月大学英语六级考试还有一个半月的时间，已经报名的同学备考一定要抓紧，不要临时抱佛脚。新东方网英语六级频道为大家整理了英语六级阅读理解每日一练，每天一道题考试不担心。
A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent
things to say to good people.
Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime.
Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It
has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I
think I know what it is: accountability (责任感).
My job as a police pfficer is to impose accountability on people who
refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every
policeman knows, external control on people's behavior is far less effective
than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where
schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that
proclaim:
"In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not
done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner
restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your
property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage
him.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty
years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in
a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his
underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the
church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn't
provide a stable home.
I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances
choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even
partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one
accepts responsibility for anything.
Americans desperately need more people who believe that the person who
commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
21. What the wise man said suggests that______.
A. it's certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about it
B. it's unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil
C. it's only natural for virtue to defeat evil
D. it's desirable for good men to keep away from evil
22. According to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime,
______.
A. society is to be held responsible
B. modern civilization is responsible for it
C. the standards of living should be improved
D. the criminal himself should bear the blame
23. Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have
A. better sense of discipline B. more mutual respect C. less effective
government D. less self-discipline
24. The writer is sorry to have noticed that______.
A. people in large cities tend to excuse criminals
B. people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standards
C. today's society lacks sympathy for people in difficulty
D. people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal
activities
25. The key point of the passage is that
A. stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and families
B. more good examples should be set for people to follow
C. more people should accept the value of accountability
D. more restrictions should be imposed on people
21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C
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