Question

【题目】Anyone who wants to buy a gun in California will have to wait for 2 weeks. Four people waited for 15 days to buy guns. Then they robbed a store and shot 3 people .

Congress(国会) is now trying to pass a law that will make everyone wait to buy a gun. Many people do not want this law. Others are glad it might happen. California is one of the longest waiting times for someone to buy a gun. A gun dealer said that this waiting time does not seems to do much good．He has not seen crime(犯罪) go away because of it.

One good thing that has happened with the waiting time to buy a gun is a smaller number of suicide (自杀) . a lot of suicides are with a gun. In California, there are less suicides by gun than in other places. One reason to make people wait to buy a gun is to make sure the guns are not sold to criminals(罪犯). Last year, this check stopped 2,400 guns from being sold to criminals. This check does not stop anyone else from buying a gun.

Many criminals buy guns on the street and not in a store… some people think that a law like this will not do any good．But other people think that if only one person is stopped from getting a gun, then this law is worth it.

【1】A long waiting time to buy in California has led to ___.

A. a good gun control B. less suicides by gun

C. less shop robbery D. a sharp fall of gun sales

【2】If congress passed the law, ____.

A. no one could kill himself

B. there would be no gun deals

C. one would see more crimes go away

D. criminals couldn’t easily get guns in a store

【3】From the passage we can infer that ___.

A. California is the only state to have a waiting time to buy guns

B. Congress will surely fail to pass the law to have a waiting time to buy guns

C. Different states can have some different laws in the United States

D. No laws can cover all the states in the United States of America

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】试题分析：这篇文章讲的是关于加利福利亚州枪支购买的事情。国会准备颁布一项法律，即买枪需等一段时间，用于确认买枪的人是否为罪犯。一些人持赞同意见，一些人持反对意见。

【1】细节理解题。由文中“One good thing that has happened with the waiting time to buy a gun is a smaller number of suicide (自杀) . a lot of suicides are with a gun. In California, there are less suicides by gun than in other places.”可知，购买枪支需要等待一段时间这一规定带来的一件好事情是自杀人数变少了，大部分的自杀都使用的是枪，在加州，用枪自杀的远远少于其他地区。故选B。

【2】细节推理题。由文中“One reason to make people wait to buy a gun is to make sure the guns are not sold to criminals(罪犯). This check does not stop anyone else from buying a gun.”可知，法律颁布是为了确认枪不是卖给罪犯，但是这个检查并不阻止其他非犯罪人员买枪。所以法律通过后，犯罪分子想买枪就没有那么容易了。故选D。

【3】推理判断题。由文中“Congress(国会) is now trying to pass a law that will make everyone wait to buy a gun. California is one of the longest waiting times for someone to buy a gun.国会正试图通过一项法律，即每个人买枪都需要等待一段时间，加州的等待时间最长”，可知，国会颁布的法律是针对所有州的，但每个州可以自己规定等待的时长。选项AD排除。由文中“But other people think that if only one person is stopped from getting a gun, then this law is worth it.”可知，还是有很多人认为这一法律通过后只要有一个犯罪分子因为买枪受阻而不能犯罪，那么这个法律就是值得的。所有还是有很多人是支持这一法律，因此国会的这一议案是否能通过还不确定。选项B排除。故选C。