Unit 3 A healthy life Learning about language课时作业

第一节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(2018·江苏扬州中学高二期中)A PRANK (恶作剧) is naughty behavior that is at most scolded if it gets too much. This is__1__three Chinese students studying in California in the US described what they had done.

Zhai Yunyao，Yang Yuhan and Zhang Xinlei，all 19，called it a "prank"when they took their classmate Liu Yiran to a park where "Liu was. . . beaten，spat (吐痰) on，__2__with cigarettes and forced to eat her own hair during a five­hour attack"，__3__the Associated Press.

However，their "prank"in March 2015 was__4__a crime in the US. The punishment was years in prison for kidnapping and assault (攻击)．Zhai was__5__to 13 years in prison，Yang to 10 years and Zhang to six years on Feb 17. They will be sent back to China__6__serving their sentences，reported The Los Angeles Times.

The bullying (欺凌) case has caused quite a discussion in China where school bullying is not__7__but is seldom considered a crime. According to a survey done by China Youth Daily in July last year,73. 3 percent of the 1,002__8__said they had experienced or seen bullying cases at school.

However，__9__offenders (冒犯者) receive proper punishment. In most of the cases，offenders only get criticism from schools. Offenders under 14 have no criminal__10__. Those aged between 14 and 16 usually get a light punishment only when they__11__serious crimes like murder and rape (强奸)，according to China's laws.

"The articles about protecting minors (未成年人) have started to get__12__punishing school bullies，"commented an article in Bandao Metropolis Daily. "Some bullies even use the laws as a shield(挡箭牌)for their violent__13__. "

In__14__，the US is quite tough on bullying.

A(n)__15__of 11 of the 15 US states now have their own anti­bullying laws