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单选题 Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?

A.California has abolished death penalty because it fmls to find proper execution means.
B.The execution of death penalties has dropped below 100 since 1999.
C.Americans are no longer die—hard fans of death penalty.
D.There is an economic consideration behind the trend of repealing death penalty.

参考答案:B进入在线模考
根据文章内容,下列哪项陈述是不正确的?
[A]加州废除死刑是因为他们找不到合适的死刑执行方法。
[B]死刑执行的案例自1999年起已经下降到了100起以下。
[C]大多数美国人都不再是死刑的忠实支持者。
[D]在死刑逐渐被废除的背后有一定的经济考虑。
【答案】B判断题
【解析】[A]表述是正确的。第一段中以加州为例,提出了现在美国很多州都不再热衷于判处人死刑的现象。加州自2006年起,就没有执行过一例死刑,最初的原因是因为联邦法院认为加州施行的注射行刑方法有失妥当。其后,加州一直寻求更人道的方法,但是又一直被法官否决。[B]的说法错误。在第二段中,作者提到了两个年份,一个是2011年,一个是1999年,另外还有两个数字,一个是100,一个是56%,[B]混淆了年份对应的事件。原文中说的是2011年全国新增死刑判决总数首次跌破100例,而不是自1999年之后死刑执行次数跌破100。[C]的表述正确。文章倒数第二段中,作者提到美国就死刑展开的民意调查。调查结果显示,死刑支持率正在不断流失。1994年,有80%的受访者支持死刑,2001年,这一比例下降至61%。而且如果让受访者在死刑和终身监禁两个选项之间进行选择,大多数受访者会选择非死刑选项。可见,许多的美国人已经不再是死刑的忠实追随者。[D]表述正确。作者在文章第五段介绍了政府倾向于废除死刑的第二个原因,那就是经济考虑。执行死刑需要花费巨大的成本,这对于捉襟见肘的政府来说是一笔不小的开支。

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