The passage discusses blackmail and why it is considered a crime. While blackmail appears to be a private form of law enforcement where criminals are punished by paying blackmailers, it is actually undermines the public monopoly on law enforcement and could result in over enforcement of the law. Specifically, if blackmail was legal, blackmailers could extract payments from criminals that are lower than the statutory punishment, reducing the effective cost of punishment below what was intended by the legislature. Maintaining a public monopoly on law enforcement helps avoid this problem of potential over enforcement that could occur if blackmail was permitted.
The passage discusses blackmail and why it is considered a crime. While blackmail appears to be a private form of law enforcement where criminals are punished by paying blackmailers, it is actually undermines the public monopoly on law enforcement and could result in over enforcement of the law. Specifically, if blackmail was legal, blackmailers could extract payments from criminals that are lower than the statutory punishment, reducing the effective cost of punishment below what was intended by the legislature. Maintaining a public monopoly on law enforcement helps avoid this problem of potential over enforcement that could occur if blackmail was permitted.
The passage discusses blackmail and why it is considered a crime. While blackmail appears to be a private form of law enforcement where criminals are punished by paying blackmailers, it is actually undermines the public monopoly on law enforcement and could result in over enforcement of the law. Specifically, if blackmail was legal, blackmailers could extract payments from criminals that are lower than the statutory punishment, reducing the effective cost of punishment below what was intended by the legislature. Maintaining a public monopoly on law enforcement helps avoid this problem of potential over enforcement that could occur if blackmail was permitted.
CONJUNCTION & READING TEXT but we preferred a romantic one. A. watching D. to watch ADVERB CLAUSE B. watched E. watch Preceded by a Semicolon (;) C. watches 07. I know it sounds impossible, but I still wish 1. Addition She ___ after all the things I’ve done to her. besides, likewise, moreover, in addition, . A. would forgive D. forgave additionally, furthermore B. forgiven E. would have forgiven 2. Contrast C. had forgiven however, nevertheless, on the other hand, in contrast 08. The plane ___ down before the official In spite of, despite, regardless at the control tower ____ yes. 3. Cause A. went - says D. went - had said because, since, as, because of, for B. had gone – said E. went – has said 4. Effect/Result C. went – said so, so as, therefore, as a result, accordingly, 09. ____ tornadoes are most common in the consequently central U.S., they sometimes occur as far 5. Condition east as New England. if, unless ,otherwise, provided, in case, A. Since D. In spite of whether B. Although E. However 6. Time C. Furthermore as, while, when, then, at that point, meanwhile, 10. In his poetry, Robert Frost expressed thereafter, after that emotions forcefully, ____ 7. Comparison A. were felt D. that he felt them similarly, correspondingly, likewise B. as he felt them E. they were felt 8. Example C. which was felt for example, for instance, such as 11. Only by reproducing at a tremendous rate 9. Iteration ____ to survive in the sea. that is, in other word A. many plant and animal species manage manage many plant and animal species Choose the correct one! B. do many plant and animal species manage 01. Moderate exercise is not the only behavioral C. manage plant and animal species many adaptation necessary to promote physical D. are many plant and animals species fitness, ____ it is a contributing factor. Manage A. however D. though E. manage plant and animal species B. despite E. nevertheless 12. _____ by word of mouth, much Native C. unless American literature is oral. 02. The most important senses for communica- A. It is transmitted D. Transmitting it tion are sight and hearing; _____, Our eyes B. Transmitted it E. Transmitted and ears are the most important. C. Being transmitted A. consequently D. moreover 13. The Virginia strawberry, native to eastern B. regardless E. in other words North America, ____ in pre-colonial times C. nevertheless to flavor bread. 03. Tom wanted us to get some practical A. was used D. used Experience; _____, he set us to work with B. use E. that used real tools. C. which was used A. since D. otherwise 14. ____ have a powerful influence on the B. therefore E. nevertheless shape of the entire magazine industry. C. furthermore A. That economic principles 04. Conditions in Iraq after the civil war have B. Why economic principles grown so severe ____ many refugees have C. Economic principles risked death to escape. D. Economic principles that A. what D. When E. What economic principles B. why E. That 15. Mr. Franklin was indeed a practical man; C. How ____ who gave a large part of his life to the 05. The company ___ our study tour to France service of his country. Used to be a regular donator to many educational A. although he was also an idealist institutions. B. that he was also an idealist A. sponsor D. it sponsor C. because he was also an idealist B. is sponsoring E. sponsoring D. because of an idealist C. sponsored E. nevertheless, he was also an idealist Page 1 of 4 16. ____ people to act recklessly, the color red B. to wear E. whose wearing Is the background color choice in gambling C. wearing Casinos A. It is thought to cause Reading Text B. Thinking about causing C. Thought to cause Blackmail may be defined as the sale of information to an D. To think about causing individual who would be incriminated by its publication, E. To be thought to cause and at first glance it appears to be an efficient method of 17. In addition ____ a successful mother, act private enforcement of the law (the moral as well as the ress, and writer, Thelma is the president of positive law). The value of the information to the her own company. blackmailed individual is equal to the cost of the A. to be D. to being punishment that the individual will incur if the information B. to E. to become is communicated to the authorities and he is punished as a C. being result, and so he will be willing to pay up to that amount to 18. _______ that you borrowed his car, he the blackmailer for the information. The individual is would be very angry. thereby punished, and the punishment is the same as if he A. If Matt finds out had been apprehended and convicted for the crime that B. Unless Matt found out the blackmailer has discovered, but the fine is paid to the C. Whether Matt had found out blackmailer rather than to the state. D. Were Matt to find out Why, then is blackmail a crime? One scholar’s answer is E. Should Matt find out that it results in under deterrence of crimes punished by 19. Over the river and through the woods ____ non pecuniary sanctions because the criminals lack the my grandmother lives. resources to pay an optimal fine. The blackmailer will sell A. the house is where his information to the criminal for a price lower than the B. where is the house cost of punishment if the criminal cannot pay a higher C. is the house where price. A more persuasive explanation of why blackmail D. where the house is follows directly from the decision to rely on a public E. which is the house monopoly of law enforcement is some areas of 20. When it is incubating, a chicken’s egg ___ enforcement, notably criminal law. Were blackmail, a form warm and dry. of private enforcement, lawful, the public monopoly of A. needs to keep D. need to kept enforcement would be undermined. Over enforcement of B. needs keeping E. need to be kept the law would result if the blackmailer were able to extract C. needs to be keeping the full fine from the offender for price lower than the 21. The police couldn’t catch the thief; _____ statutory cost of punishment to the criminal, which would fast they run after. reduce the effective cost of punishment to the criminal A. despite D. Although below the level set by the legislature. This problem, B. moreover E. since however, could be solved by a system of public bounties C. however equal to the cost of punishment (or lower, to induce the 22. _____ monetary crisis, our company didn’t enforcement industry to contract to optimal size). Then the lay off any workers. blackmailer could always claim a bounty from the state it A. since D. although the criminal was unable to pay a price equal to the optimal B. because of E. in spite of fine. C. despite of Consistent with this analysis, Axel’ s studies show that 23. I used the calculator; _____ I wouldn’t have practices indistinguishable from black mail, though not Completed the difficult sum in time. called by that name, are permitted in areas where the law A. otherwise D. although enforcement privately rather than publicly is not serious. B. nevertheless E. since No one seems to object to a person’s collecting information C. furthermore about his or her spouse’s adulterous activities and 24. ____ her absence in some seminars, she threatening to disclose that information in a divorce determined to take part in the final exam. proceeding or other forum in order to extract maximum A. Although D. Despite compensation for the offending spouse’s breach of the B. Therefore E. Since marital obligations. C. Thus Blackmail and bribery appear to be virtually identical 25. My best friend brought a plastic; ____ my practices from the standpoint of the analysis of private Little brother got seasick. enforcement. The blackmailer and the bribed official both A. thus C. in spite of E. however receive payment in exchange for not enforcing the law. We B. in case D. for instance therefore predict that in areas where there is a public monopoly of enforcement, bribery, like blackmail, will be 26. The lady, ____ a red dress attracted some prohibited, while in areas where there is no public eyes to stare without blinking for a few monopoly, it will be permitted. And so we observe. The seconds. settlement out of court of negligence claims is a form of A. worn D. that wears Page 2 of 4 perfectly lawful bribery, although the term is not used in more difficult for them to do any skillful act with the right these situations because of its pejorative connotation. hand with the left hand. Some believe, furthermore , that to compel a left-handed child to write with his right hand 27. The best summarizes of the main point of may make him nervous and may cause stammering. There of the text is ___ seems to be some cases in which this is true, although in A. Blackmail and bribery are valuable forms the vast majority of children who change over, no ill effects of law enforcement are noticed. In addition to these difficulties , B. private law enforcement is more efficient left-handedness sometimes seems to cause mirror than public law enforcement writing-writing from right to left-and reversals in reading, C. Punishment under private and public law as reading “was” for ”saw.” enforcement is the same. D. The law enforcement industry should con 32. The title below the best expresses the idea tract to optimal size. off this passage __ E. When public law enforcement is not A. Nervous Aspects Connected with Hand threatened, blackmail and bribery are writing permitted. B. Teaching Handwriting 28. According to the passage, which of the C. The Problems of the Left-Handed Child Following sets the cost of punishment? D. A special Problem in Teaching Handwri- A. the blackmailer ting. B. the offenders E. Stammering, Mirror Writing and Reversal C. the legislature 33. The author implies that __ D. the criminal A. parents should break children of left- E. the bribed officials handedness 29. In line 23, paragraph 2, “public bounties” B. left-handed children need special consi- refers to ___ deration A. a claim made to establish optimal fines C. left-handed persons are inclined to stu- for blackmailer tter B. a way to ensure that blackmailers receive D. left-handed persons are not more bri- the statutory cost of punishment lliant than right-handed ones. C. a way to ensure the optimal size of the E. left-handed persons are less skillful than law enforcement industry Right-handed ones. D. a claim paid by the state to blackmailer 34. According to the passage, the traditional po- to induce enforcement licy in teaching handwriting has __ E. a way to ensure that optimal punishment A. dismayed the experts is enforced by blackmailers. B. resulted in failure to learn to write 30. Which of the following best describes the C. aimed at mirror writing author’s attitude toward bribery? D. made many children skillful with both A. It will be permitted in divorce proceeding hands. B. It will be encouraged when over enforce- E. resulted in unsolved problems ment is not a serious problem C. It will be used in order to extract maxi- Text mum compensation For me, scientific knowledge is divided into D. it will be permitted where there is no mathematical sciences, natural sciences or sciences dealing public law enforcement monopoly with the natural world (physical and biological sciences), E. It will be permitted where private law en and sentences dealing with mankind (psychology, forcement is not a serious problem. sociology, all the sciences of cultural achievements, every 31. Which of the following law review articles is kind of historical knowledge). Apart from these sciences is the most likely source of this text? philosophy, about which we will talk later. In the first place, A. “The Private Enforcement of law” all this is pure or theortical knowledge, sought only for the B. “Public monopoly of Law Enforcement” purpose of understanding, in order to fulfill the need to C. “Comparing Bribery and Blackmail” understand that is intrinsic and consubstantial to man. D. “A critique of Out-of-Court Settlements What distinguishes man from animals is that he knows and E. “Bounties as a means of law Enforcement needs to know. If man did not know that the world was existed, and that the world was of a certain kind, that he Text was in the world and that he himself was of a certain kind, One of the most urgent problems in teaching he wouldn’t be man. The technical aspects or applications hand-writing is presented by the left-handed child. The of knowledge are equally necessary for man and are of the traditional policy has been to attempt to induce all children greatest importance, because they also contribute to to write with their right hands. Parents and teachers alike defining him as man and permit him to pursue a life have an antipathy to the child’s using his left hand. On the increasingly more truly human. other hand, psychologists have shown beyond a doubt that But even while the enjoying the results of technical some persons are naturally left-handed and that it is much progress, he must defend the primacy and autonomy of Page 3 of 4 pure knowledge. Knowledge sought directly for its practical applications will have immediate and foreseeable success, 41.Before and during the Civil War, abolitionists scope is in large part unforeseen, except by the imagination A B of the Utopians. Let me recall a well-known example. If the along the border between North and South Greek mathematicians had no applied themselves to the C investigation of cronic sections, zealously and without the hided fugitive slaves least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would D E not have been possible centuries later to navigate far from 42. Many private business have been expressed shore. The first men to study the nature of electricity could A not imagine that their experiments, carried on because of an interest in using mechanical robots to mere intellectual curiosity, would which we can scarcely B C conceive of contemporary life. Pure knowledge is valuable carry out their more mechanical tasks. for its own sake, because the human spirit cannot resign D E itself to ignorance. But, in addition, it is the foundation for 43. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that practical results that would not have been reached if this A knowledge had not been sought disinterestedly. afflicts about one out of every 800 infancies B C D 35. The most important advances made by man born in the United States kind come from __ E A. technical application 44. Several computer models have been able to B. apparently useless information A B C. the natural sciences succeed predict global climatic changes well D. philosophy C D E. The biological sciences in advance of their occurrence 36. The author does not include among the E sciences the study of __ 45. Although their larvae can take over a year to A. chemistry D. anthropology A B B. astronomy E. Literature mature, some varieties of adult mosquito live C. economics C D 37. In the paragraph which follows this passage, a little days. We may expect the author to discuss __ E A. the value of technical research B. the value of pure reseach C. philosophy D. unforeseen discoveries E. scientific foundations 38. The author points out that the Greeks who Studied conic sections ___ A. were mathematicians B. were interested in navigation C. were unaware of the value of their studies D. worked with electricity E. resigned 39. The title below that best expresses the ideas of this passage is ___ A. Technical Progress B. A little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing C. Man’s distinguishing Charecteristics D. Learning for Its Own Sake E. The difference between Science and Phi- losophy 40. The practical scientist __ A. knows the value of what he will discover B. is interested in the unknown C. knows that the world exists D. is a philosopher E. conceives of contemporary life