•ExercisesReadingComprehensionStructureoftheTextUnit10:ExercisesVocabularyClozeTranslationUnit10:Readingcomprehension1.ForwhatpurposesdoesKochquotethewordsofcondemnedkillers?Kochquotesthewordsofthecondemnedkillerstoshowthattheydidnotreallyunderstandhowpreciouslifeisandhowwrongkillingisandshowthattheydeservethecapitalpunishment,thetopicofthearticle.ReferenceEx.I,p.196Unit10:Readingcomprehension2.WhatwasKoch'sattitudetowardsthosevoterswhofoundhispositionreprehensible?Helistenedtotheirideas,andweighedtheirobjectionscarefully.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension3.Whydidn'ttheopponentsofdeathpenaltystoptheirfightagainstdeathpenaltyafterseveralstatessuchasNorthCarolinaandTexasswitchedtoexecutionbylethalinjection?Becauseitisnotthemethodthattheyoppose.Rather,it’sthedeathitselftheyconsiderbarbaric.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension4.EvaluatetheanalogyKochusesinParagraph6.Howisinjusticelikecancer?Theanalogyisbasedonthesimilaritythatbothcuringcanceranddealingwithmurderneedthebarbaricmethodbeforethebestmethodisavailable.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension5.AccordingtoKoch,humanlivesdeserveprotection.Thenwhatcanguaranteethatprotectionofhumanlife?Onewayistoassurethatconvictedmurderersdonotkillagain,andonlythedeathpenaltycanaccomplishthisend.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension6.AccordingtoKoch,doescapitalpunishmentcheapenthevalueofhumanlife?Why?No.Kochbelievesthatdeathpenaltystrengthensthevalueofhumanlife.Whenwelowerthepenaltyformurder,itsignalsalessenedregardforthevaluesofthevictim’slife.Itisbyexactingthehighestpenaltyforthetakingofhumanlifethatweaffirmthehighestvalueofhumanlife.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension7.Isthedeathpenaltyappliedinadiscriminatorymanner?No.Theappealsprocessforacondemnedprisonerislengthyandpainstaking.Everyeffortismadetoseethattheverdictandsentencewerefairlyarrivedat.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension8.Whyhasthebiblicalviewpointbeenupheldtheseyearsbymanyphilosophers?BecausetheBibleisourgreatestsourceofmoralinspiration.Andbesides,opponentsofthedeathpenaltyfrequentlycitethesixthoftheTenCommandmentsinanattempttoprovethatcapitalpunishmentisdivinelyproscribed.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension9.Whyinparagraph12,doesKochcitealonglistofliterary,philosophical,andpoliticalauthorities?KochcitesalonglistofgreatauthoritiesinordertoshowthatmostofthemsupportthecapitalpunishmentaccordingtotheoriginalHebrewSixthCommandments.Theyallagreethatnaturallawauthorizesthesovereigntotakelifeinordertovindicatejustice.ReferenceUnit10:Readingcomprehension10.Comparativelyspeaking,whohasmorepower,theindividualorthestate?Why?Thestatehasmorepowerovertheindividual.Itistheindividualwhogivethepowertothestateinademocracy.Reference1.Introduction(Paras.1–4)2.Body(Paras.5–13)3.Conclusion(Para.14–16)TextOutlineUnit10:StructureofthetextEx.II,p.1961.Introduction(Paras.1–4)SeveralcasestoshowtheauthorKoch’spointstodeathpenalty,thatis,_____________________________________.TextOutlineUnit10:StructureofthetextDeathpenaltyshouldnotbeabolished2.Body(Paras.5–13):Koch’sargumentsagainsttheviewsofopponents.1)Deathpenaltyis“barbaric”,i.e.wemaynotlikethedeathpenalty,butitmustbeavailabletopunish.TextOutlineUnit10:Structureofthetext2)Noothermajordemocracyusesthedeathpenalty.KochpresentssomestatisticfiguresofthemurderrateintheU.S.3)Aninnocentpersonmightbeexecutedbymistake.2.Body(Paras.5–13)TextOutlineUnit10:Structureofthetext1)Deathpenaltyis“barbaric”,i.e.wemaynotlikethedeathpenalty,butitmustbeavailabletopunish.A.crime________________________.B.casesinwhich___________________________________________________________.ofcold-bloodedmurderersanyotherformofpunishmentwouldbeinadequateand,therefore,unjust2.Body(Paras.5–13)2)Noothermajordemocracyusesthedeathpenalty.KochpresentssomestatisticfiguresofthemurderrateintheU.S.TextOutlineUnit10:StructureofthetextA.between1963and1980:____________________.B.inNewYorkCityinthesameperiod:_____________________________.C.Kochholdsthatanyothermajordemocracywhere______________________________________________wouldsoonenactitintolaw.combined122percent75percentofthepeoplesupportedthedeathpenaltyalmost400percentincreasedby2.Body(Paras.5–13)3)Aninnocentpersonmightbeexecutedbymistake.TextOutlineUnit10:StructureofthetextA.Kochpresentsadozensofcasesofmultiplemurdertoprovethat________________________.B.Oneofthebestwaystoguaranteethespecialprotectionofhumanlifeisto_____________________________________________.C.Onlythedeathpenaltycan_________________.deathpenaltyisnecessarycensurethatconvictedmurderersdonotkillagainaccomplishthisend2.Body(Paras.5–13):Koch’sargumentsagainsttheviewsofopponents.4)_________________________________________________.TextOutlineUnit10:Structureofthetext5)Thedeathpenaltyisappliedinadiscriminatorymanner.Law_____________________.Capitalpunishmentcheapensthevalueofhumanlifetreatsallpeopleequally2.Body(Paras.5–13):Koch’sargumentsagainsttheviewsofopponents.TextOutlineUnit10:Structureofthetext6)TheBiblesays“ThouShaltNotKill”.TheUnitedStatesConstitutioncondemns________________________________,butdoesnotco