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解析：The lives of very few Newar

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The lives of very few Newark residents are untouched by violence: New Jersey’s biggest city has seen it all Yet the murder of three young people, who were forced to kneel before being shot in the back of the head in a school playground onAugust 4th, has shaken the city.A、fourth, who survived, was stabbed and shot in the face. The four victims were by all accounts good kids, all enrolled in college, all with a future.But the cruel murder, it seems, has at last forced Newarkers to say they have had enough.
Grassroots organizations, like Stop Shootin’, have been flooded with offers of help and support since the killings. Yusef Ismail, its co-founder, says the group has been going door-to-door asking people to sign a pledge of non-violence. They hope to get 50000 to promise to "stop shootin’, start thinkin’, and keep livin’." The NewarkCommunity Foundation, which was launched last month, announced onAugust 14th that it will help pay for {{U}}CommunityEye{{/U}}, a surveillance (监视) system tailored towards gun crime.
CoryBooker, who became mayor 13 months ago with a mission to revitalize the city, believes the surveillance program will be the largest camera and audio network in anyAmerican city. More than 30 cameras were installed earlier this summer and a further 50 will be installed soon in a seven-square-mile area where 80% of the city’s recent shootings have occurreD、And more cameras are planneD、
When a gunshot is detected, the surveillance camera zooms in on that spot. Similar technology inChicago has increased arrests and decreased shootings. Mr.Booker plans to announce a comprehensive gun strategy later this week.
Mr.Booker, as well as church leaders and others, believes (or hopes) that after the murder the city will no longer stand by in coldness. For generations, Newark has been paralyzed by poverty— almost one in three people lives below the poverty line—and growing indifference to crime.
Some are skeptical. Steve Malanga of the conservative Manhattan Institute notes that Newark has deep social problems: over 60% of children are in homes without fathers. The school system, taken over by the state in 1995, is a mess.But there is also some cause for hope. Since MrBooker was elected, there has been a rise in investment and re-zoning for development. Only around 7% of nearby Newark airport workers used to come from Newark; now, a year later, the figure is 30%. MrBooker has’ launched a New York-style war on crime. So far this year, crime has fallen 11% and shootings are down 30% (though the murder rate looks likely to match last year’s high).
We learn from the passage that Newark has all the following problemsEXCEPT ______.A．violence

B、flood
C．poverty
D．indifference

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
本题为细节题，答案是B：洪水。 文章第1段谈到Newark的暴力问题，第5段谈到Newark的冷漠和贫穷问题(after the murder the city will no longer stand by in coldness．For generations，Newark has been paralyzed by poverty)，可见选项A．violence暴力，选项C．poverty贫穷，选项D．indifference冷漠，这3个问题文章都谈到，没涉及的只剩下选项B．flood洪水，所以可将选项B排除。可能会造成干扰的是第2段第1句have been flooded with，此处的flood为动词，意为“大量涌来”，如：Applications flooded in申请书大量涌来。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>

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