Some countries still have death penalty (死刑), but it no longer 【B1】 in Britain. After a particularly 【B2】 murder, British people

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问题     Some countries still have death penalty (死刑), but it no longer 【B1】 in Britain. After a particularly 【B2】 murder, British people would sometimes call 【B3】 it to be brought back. In some people’s 【B4】 , the death penalty cannot be defended for a number of 【B5】 According to what these people 【B6】 , the first and the most important one is that one can 【B7】 be entirely certain that the person who is sentenced to death is 【B8】 . The accused might well be 【B9】 that he or she is completely innocent a few years 【B10】 the sentence. It is often 【B11】 that the death penalty 【B12】 crimes. However, many crimes are 【B13】 by a sudden and very powerful 【B14】 . In these cases, the individual is not thinking sensibly 【B15】 does not stop to consider the risk. Their final reason 【B16】 the death penalty is that it sets a bad example. The laws of the society should reflect its values, If it is wrong to murder another, 【B17】 it is also wrong for the state to execute (处死) an individual. To sum 【B18】 , they believe the death penalty cannot be defended. There are other ways of punishing criminals and these ways should always be 【B19】 . Obviously, these people are much more sympathetic with the accused than with the 【B20】 . Are the societies which have abandoned death penalty safer than the others? The answer is definitely negative.

选项 A、retains
B、exists
C、keeps
D、holds.

答案B

解析 第1句中讲有的国家有死刑,之后but no longer表转折,意为“英国没有死刑”,故选B,表“存在”。
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