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1、(完整版)2015武汉大学考博英语真题武汉大学2015年博士学位研究生外语综合水平考试试题一、阅读理解Justice in society must include both a fair trial to the accused and the selection of an appropriate punishment for those proven guilty。 Because justice is regarded as one form. of equality, we find in its earlier expressions the idea of a punishmen
2、t equal to the crime. Recorded in the Old Testament is the expression ”an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth。” That is, the individual who has done wrong has committed an offence against society。 To make up for his offence, society must get even。 This can be done only by doing an equal injury t
3、o him。 This conception of retributive justice is reflected in many parts of the legal documents and procedures of modern times。 It is illustrated when we demand the death penalty for a person who has committed murder。 This philosophy of punishment was supported by the German idealist Hegel。 He belie
4、ved that society owed it to the criminal to give a punishment equal to the crime he had committed。 The criminal had by his own actions denied his true self and it is necessary to do something that will counteract this denial and restore the self that has been denied。 To the murderer nothing less tha
5、n giving up his own will pay his debt。 The demand of the death penalty is a right the state owes the criminal and it should not deny him his due.Modern jurists have tried to replace retributive justice with the notion of corrective justice. The aim of the latter is not to abandon the concept of equa
6、lity but to find a more adequate way to express it. It tries to preserve the idea of equal opportunity for each individual to realize the best that is in him. The criminal is regarded as being socially ill and in need of treatment that will enable him to become a normal member of society. Before a t
7、reatment can be administered, the cause of his antisocial behavior。 must be found. If the cause can be removed, provisions must be made to have this done。 Only those criminals who are incurable should be permanently separated front the rest of the society。 This does not mean that criminals will esca
8、pe punishment or be quickly returned to take up careers of crime。 It means that justice is to heal the individual, not simply to get even with him。 If severe punishments is the only adequate means for accompanying this, it should be administered。 However, the individual should be given every opportu
9、nity to assume a normal place in society。 His conviction of crime must not deprive him of the opportunity to make his way in the society of which he is a part.1. Thebesttitleforthisselectionis( )A. FittingPunishmenttotheCrimeB。 ApproachestoJustPunishmentC。 ImprovementinLegalJusticeD。 AttainingJustic
10、eintheCourts2。Thepassageimpliesthatthebasicdifferencebetweenretributivejusticeandcorrectivejusticeisthe( )。A.typeofcrimethatwasprovenB。severityforthepunishmentC。reasonforthesentenceD.outcomeofthetrial3.Thepunishmentthatwouldbemostinconsistentwiththeviewsofcorrectivejusticewouldbe( ).A。forcedbrainsur
11、geryB。whippingC。solitaryconfinementD.theelectricchair4.TheBiblicalexpression”aneyeforaneye,andatoothforatooth”waspresentedinorderto( )。A。prove,thatequalitydemandsjustpunishmentB.justifytheneedforpunishmentasapartoflawC。givemoralbackingtoretributivejusticeD。provethatmanhaslongbeeninterestedinjustice
12、Ineveryknownhumansocietythemalesneedsforachievementcanberecognized.。Ina greatnumberofhumansocietiesmenssurenessoftheirsexroleistiedupwiththeirright,or ability,topracticesomeactivitythatwomenarenotallowedtopractice。Theirmalenessinfact hastobeunderwrittenbypreventingwomenfromenteringsomefieldorperform
13、ingsome feat。ThisistheconclusionoftheanthropologistMargaretMeadaboutthewayinwhichtheroles ofmenandwomeninsocietyshouldbedistinguished.Iftalkandprintareconsidereditwouldseemthattheformalemancipationofwomenisfarfrom complete.Thereisaflowofpublicationsaboutthecontinuingdomesticbondageofwomen andaboutth
14、ecomplicatedsystemofdefenceswhichmenhavethrownuparoundtheir hithertoacceptedadvantages,takingsometimestheobviousformofexclusionfromtypesof occupationandsociablegroupings,andsometimesthemoresubtleformofautomaticdoubt oftheseriousnessofwomenspretensionstothelevelofintellectandresolutionthatmen,it issupposed,bringtothebusinessofrunningtheworld.Thereareagoodmanyobjectivepiecesofevidencefortheerosionofmensstatus。Inthe firstplace,thereisthewidespreadpostwarphenomenonofthewomanPrimeMinister,in India,SriLankaandIsrael。Secondly,t