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　　2015年9月12日ACT阅读机经【大范围】部分内容：

　　How should the law treat a mentally disturbed person who commits a criminal offense? Should individuals whose mental faculties are impaired be held responsible for their actions? These questions are of 5concern to social scientists, to members of the legal profession, and to individuals who work with criminal offenders.

　　Over the centuries, an important part of Western law has been the concept that a civilized society should 10not punish a person who is mentally incapable of controlling his or her conduct. In 1724, an English court maintained that a man was not responsible for an act if “he doth not know what he is doing, no more than . . . a wild beast.” Modern standards of legal responsibility,15however, have been based on the McNaghten decision of 1843. McNaghten, a Scotsman, suffered the paranoid delusion that he was being persecuted by the English prime minister, Sir Robert Peel. In an attempt to kill Peel, he mistakenly shot Peel’s secretary. Everyone 20involved in the trial was convinced by McNaghten’s senseless ramblings that he was insane. He was judged not responsible by reason of insanity and sent to a mental hospital, where he remained until his death. But Queen Victoria was not pleased with the verdict 25apparently she felt that political assassinations should not be taken lightly—and called on the House of Lords to review the decision. The decision was upheld and rules for the legal definition of insanity were put into writing. The McNaghten Rule states that a defendant 30may be found “not guilty by reason of insanity” only if he were so severely disturbed at the time of his act that he did not know what he was doing, or that if he did know what he was doing, he did not know it was wrong.

　　1 One of the author’s main points about the legal concept of responsibility in the passage is that:

　　A. the phrase “not guilty by reason of insanity” has made our legal system more efficient.

　　B. responsibility and guilt are legal concepts, and their meanings can be modified.

　　C. knowing right from wrong is a simple matter of admitting the truth to oneself.

　　D. people can become severely disturbed without a word of warning to anyone.

　　2 Based on the passage, the primary purpose for the 1970s redefinition of insanity proposed by the American Law Institute was to:

　　F. eliminate the insanity defense from American courtrooms.

　　G. more precisely define the concepts of responsibility and intellectual capacity.

　　H. redefine legal insanity so that it might include as many criminals as possible.

　　J. apply the McNaghten Rule only to trials involving cases of mistaken identity.

　　3 From information in the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 35–58) it can reasonably be inferred that the legal definition of insanity was changed in the 1970s after:

　　A. federal courts won a dispute with state courts over a proposal made by the American Law Institute.

　　B. the doctrine of “irresistible impulse ” was found to contradict accepted notions of justice.

　　C. proponents of the McNaghten Rule had been using the insanity defense in far too many murder trials.

　　D. several courts found that justice was not always best served when the McNaghten Rule was applied.

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