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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. 

A. psychological    B. proportion         C. suspected          D. confessed          E. kidnapped  F. minors              G. striving             H. Intermediate      I. transformed        J. mysteriously K. remained

Teen killers spur discussion on youth crime
NANNING—A high school student who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 9-year-old girl has sparked discussions on juvenile delinquency (少年犯罪) in China.
The defendant, surnamed Lyu,   【小题1】  the victim in December 2012, molested (骚扰)her, and beat her to death, according to a statement released by the   【小题2】  People’s Court in the city of Xinzhou in North China’s Shanxi province on Saturday.
The court said the crimes committed were so horrible that no mitigation (减轻) was offered.
The case was just one more in a series of similar cases committed by   【小题3】 .
Back in February of this year, the son of a famous Chinese singer was detained in Beijing along with four others for their alleged involvement in a gang rape.
Beijing police refused to disclose the name of the   【小题4】  minor, but police insiders who requested anonymity said he is the son of Li Shuangjiang, dean of the music department of the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Arts.
In April, a 12-year-old boy killed a 76-year-old woman in Guiping City in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The boy, who is currently in custody,   【小题5】  to police that he never wanted to kill the woman, and that he only wanted to steal money from her.
Many have expressed concern on the Internet about the   【小题6】  conditions of China’s underage population, wondering what   【小题7】  these little “flowers of the motherland” into “carnivorous plants” in a country   【小题8】  for a harmonious society. 
These cases are not rare, said Xia Xueluan, professor with the Department of Sociology at Peking University, adding that juvenile crimes in China, which have decreased in recent years, are still large in number.
From 2002 to 2011, the rate of recidivism of China’s juvenile offenders   【小题9】  at 1 percent to 2 percent, according to a white paper on judicial reform published in October of last year, which also reported drops in juvenile delinquency cases and the   【小题10】  of juvenile offenders among the total criminal population.
However, China’s juvenile offender number is still high, standing at around 67,000 in 2011, according to the white paper.
“The national average rate of juvenile delinquency may have fallen, but in many parts of the country, youth crimes are still on the rise,” Xia said.

Answer 1

【小题1】E
【小题2】H
【小题3】F
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
【小题6】A
【小题7】I
【小题8】G
【小题9】K
【小题10】B

解析试题分析：文章从最近发生的未成年人的犯罪事件，引发感想，是什么使青少年不断的犯罪，网络上表达对中国的未成年人的心理的问题的担心。
【小题1】在2012年12月份，被告人绑架了受害人，骚扰她，把她打死。kidnapped “绑架”和molested ，beat 并列。选E
【小题2】Intermediate People’s Court中级人民法院Intermediate中间的，中级的，选H
【小题3】从第一段的句子：NANNING—A high school student who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a 9-year-old girl has sparked discussions on juvenile delinquency (少年犯罪) in China.可知这个案件是一系列未成年犯罪中的一例。minors未成年人，选F
【小题4】北京警方拒绝披露嫌疑的未成年人的名字。suspected 是过去分词做定语，修饰monior，选C
【小题5】这个男孩向警方承认他从没想过要杀死这个妇女，confess承认，选D
【小题6】很多人在网络上表达对中国的未成年人的心理的问题的担心，psychological心理的，选A
【小题7】他们想知道指什么把这些祖国的花朵转变成食肉植物。Transform转变，选I
【小题8】striving是现在分词做定语，修饰country，指我们在努力奋斗，力求创建和谐社会的国家。选G
【小题9】中国的少年犯的比例还保持在1%-2%，remain保持，做连系动词，选K
【小题10】在整个的犯罪的人里面少年犯的比例在下降。proportion比，比率B
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