1、1Gun Control in Los Angeles答案与解析 本文属于新闻类，主要讲述洛杉矶警方开展用购物卡换枪支以回收枪支的活动。这一活动是为了应对康涅狄格州纽镇疯狂致命枪击事件而采取的抗击犯罪的举措。 1. A。主旨大意题。根据全文内容和文章第一段可知。A 项全面概括；B 项偏颇；C 项与整个文章内容不符；D 项不能概括全文内容。 2. C。细节理解题。可以运用排除法。A 项根据第三段中“and similar events have been organized in years past in several other cities， including Detroit and
2、Boston. Police in San Diego had a buyback earlier this month”可知其他城市也举行了类似活动；B 项根据第五段中“Los Angeles normally has its gun buyback in May”可知，洛杉矶一般在每年 5 月举行。C 项根据第五段中“but Villaraigosa announced last week that the city would have this special buyback in response to the Newtown tragedy”可知为正确。D 项根据第四段中“Vill
3、araigosa promoted the buyback program as one step that can be taken in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown”以及后面女发言人的话可知错误，而认为这种活动没什么作用的是一些专家。 3. D。细节理解题。根据第四段中“that claimed the lives of 220 children and six adult staff members”， “the shooter. killed himself and also shot
4、 to death his mother”可知造成共 28人死亡。 4. D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“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，应该为 1366。 5. B。推理判断题。正确答案根据最后一句可知。A、C 项为错误推断
5、，根据常识可知，在美国洛杉矶人们是被允许拥有武器的，只是用购物卡吸引人们主动上交武器；D 项由“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 项不对。 6. B。猜测词义题。根据“There are a number of things we can do. This is just one of them”判断市长安东尼奥 ?维拉戈沙反对枪支使用，
6、故为 deal with （处理） 。 【长难句解析】 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. 警察向那些上交自动武器的人分发价值 200 美元的百货商店购物卡，向那些3上交手枪、步枪或猎枪的人分发价值 100 美元的购物卡。 分析： 此句是一个并列句， 后半句承前进行了省略，同时前后
7、各含有一个定语从句 who turned in an automatic weapon 和 who provided a handgun， rifle or shotgun，分别修饰先行词 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 Elemen
8、tary School shooting in Newtown， Connecticut， on December 14，2012 that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members. 某些专家认为回收枪支对于减少枪支暴力犯罪没什么作用，但维拉戈沙宣称回收枪支活动是应对康涅狄格州纽镇桑迪胡克小学枪击事件的一个举措。2012 年 12 月 14 日发生的这起枪击事件导致 20 名儿童和 6 名成年教职员丧生。 分析： 此句为 but 连接的并列句。后面含有两个 that 引导的定语从句，分别修饰先行词 step 和 the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting。后者的先行词和定语从句被 in Newtown， Connecticut， on December 14， 2012 分隔开了。
