英语四级考前每日一练(15)

　　registered，and probably the guns were the property of the fathers of the boys who used them．Shotguns are the most common guns used in the sport of hunting small game animals and birds．
　　The possibility of passing laws forbidding sportsmen from owning shotguns would be very slight．There would be intense opposition to such laws．On the other hand，laws for bidding handguns have a greater chance of enactment．But then the familiar saying Would become fact，“When guns are outlawed．only outlaws will have guns．”
　　Many crimes in America are committed by people using guns．Most of these people have are cord of criminal offenses．By law these criminals are not allowed to purchase or own guns．Do they care? N0.They do not obey laws and find other Ways to get guns．
　　The problem is a people problem，not just a gun problem．In America，we have become a nation that has largely rejected the traditional rules and ethics of Western society that have helped it become a society of progress and the rule of law．
　　Behind societies ruled by law－maybe in the shadows，but still there－was the ominous(预兆的)feeling that over US all was a higher law that man is ultimately answerable to．Man's laws were therefore supposed to be an extension of this law．
　　Modern society has moved beyond this concept to a very self-centered concept of “I am my own law”．There is no more black and white or absolute right or wrong．No higher law determines it：we decide individually．What seems right and feels right for me is therefore “right”．Also．what is “right” in one situation may be “wrong” in another, and what is “wrong” for you may be “right” for me．This concept is called moral relativism．Depending upon circumstances and how we feel about an action．it becomes right or wrong for us．Since most of society does not teach that．
　　57. What brought about the outcry for gun control laws in America?
　　[A] High murder rates and acute social tension.
　　[B] The sports of hunting small game animals and birds.
　　[C] The tragedy caused by guns which happened in a school.
　　[D] The purpose of forbidding sportsmen from owning shotguns.
　　58. The word "outlawed" (Line 4, Para. 3) most probably means"__________".
　　[A] declared a criminal 
　　[B] declared unlawful
　　[C] out of the law control 
　　[D] criminals having not been caught
　　59. According to the author, gun control laws__________.
　　[A] could not help to catch the outlaws
　　[B] are the essentials to reduce murder rates
　　[C] could prevent criminals from getting guns
　　[D] could only control the people abiding by laws
　　60. The author thinks that the traditional rules and ethics of western society__________.
　　[A] are the main causes of the present social problems
　　[B] have largely been rejected, but should be found back
　　[C] have helped America in the past, but are out of date today
　　[D] could catch up with today's world moving at a furious pace
　　61. According to moral relativism, absolute truth __________.
　　[A] does not exist
　　[B] means moral conviction
　　[C] means the truth defined by individuals
　　[D] means the truth accepted by most people