综合类C级完型填空

　　综合类C级试卷押中题目完型填空：

　　Gun Rights in the US

　　Immediately after the shooting at Virginia Tech University, Americans gathered to mourn the dead. The president and the state governor both hurried there to share the _____51 . But the majority of Americans still cling to their right to _____52 weapons.

　　Strictly speaking, the US is not the only country _____53 gun violence has destroyed lives, families and communities in everyday circumstance. But the US is one of the _____54 countries that seems unwilling and politically incapable of doing anything serious to stop it.

　　In countries like Britain and Canada, the government adopted stricter_____ 55 control soon after serious gun violence incidents. US leaders, however, are held _____56 by the gun lobby and the electoral system.

　　The powerful National Rifle Association, the major supporter of gun _____57 in the US, is too strong for any party to take on. Most Republicans oppose gun controls anyway. _____58 the years, the Democrats have found that they can either campaign for gun control or win power, not _____59 they prefer power.

　　According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, firearm incidents accounted _____60nine percent of the 4.7 million violent crimes in 2005. So, although opinion polls show most Americans want stricter gun laws, many dont want to give up their arms they _____61 to protect themselves.

　　Dave Hancock, a Virginia gun lover, is one example. In an interview he said. If one professor in Virginia incident had been carrying a legal weapon they might have been able to _____62 all this. In his opinion, the massacre is an argument for more people to carry weapons, not fewer.

　　But at the root of Americans clinging to the right to bear arms is not just a fear of crime, but a mistrust of_____ 63 , commented UKs Guardian newspaper.

　　One Virginia resident, who had a permit to carry a concealed firearm, told the Guardian that it was_____ 64 Americans responsibility to have a gun.

　　Each person, he said, should not rely solely _____65 the government for protection.

　　练习：

　　51. A) ceremony B) funeral C) tears D) grief

　　52. A) make B) own C) destroy D) trade

　　53. A) while B) which C) where D) that

　　54. A) few B) some C) much D) little

　　55. A) rifle B) knife C) bullet D) gun

　　56. A) prisoner B) hostage C) person D) home

　　57. A) fire B) attacks C) rights D) violence

　　58. A) Over B) Since C) Till D) Until

　　59. A) both B) either C) each D) one

　　60. A) of B) off C) for D) out

　　61. A) hide B) buy C) sell D) keep

　　62. A) control B) stop C) handle D) treat

　　63. A) government B) guards C) students D) professors

　　64. A) many B) few C) every D) all

　　65. A) on B) in C) at D) from

　　答案：DBCAD BCAAC DBACA