Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced (1) naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought (2) in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers and insects. (3) them, I had no ear (4) music and languages, I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.Before World War I we (5) our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the memory of the house we lived (6) , of my room and my toys. I can hardly (7) clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered (8) door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm (9) , the local birds and, (10) all, the insects.I am a (11) , not a scientist. I have a strong (12) of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigation. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy (13)  the midnight oil  (14)  reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then  (15)  happens that brings these observations together  (16)  my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy (想象), you see the answer  (17)  the riddle, and books, of which some might honor with the title of scientific research.But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential  (18)  required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only  (19)  but also hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is  (20) . If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
 

A:self-contained B:self-discipline C:self-centered D:self-governed

A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.
Days after days my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on—accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law— and, ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability to people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this faimily certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.
I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have ______.

A:less self-discipline B:better sense of discipline C:more mutual respet D:Less effective government

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A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.
Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn’t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together -- honesty, kindness, and so on- accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law -- and ultimately, no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people’s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately’ there are still communities’ smaller towns, usually -- where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim, In this family certain things are not tolerated -- they simply are not done!"
yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none, he considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage hint.
The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it’s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn’t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn’t provide a stable home.
I don’t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.

A:less self-discipline B:better sense of discipline C:more mutual respect D:less effective government

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A:less self-discipline B:better sense of discipline C:more mutual respet D:Less effective government

Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced (1) naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought (2) in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers and insects. (3) them, I had no ear (4) music and languages, I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.Before World War I we (5) our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the memory of the house we lived (6) , of my room and my toys. I can hardly (7) clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered (8) door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm (9) , the local birds and, (10) all, the insects.I am a (11) , not a scientist. I have a strong (12) of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigation. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy (13)  the midnight oil  (14)  reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then  (15)  happens that brings these observations together  (16)  my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy (想象), you see the answer  (17)  the riddle, and books, of which some might honor with the title of scientific research.But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential  (18)  required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only  (19)  but also hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is  (20) . If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
 

A:self-contained B:self-discipline C:self-centered D:self-governed

Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced (1) naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought (2) in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers and insects. (3) them, I had no ear (4) music and languages, I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.Before World War I we (5) our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the memory of the house we lived (6) , of my room and my toys. I can hardly (7) clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered (8) door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm (9) , the local birds and, (10) all, the insects.I am a (11) , not a scientist. I have a strong (12) of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigation. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy (13)  the midnight oil  (14)  reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then  (15)  happens that brings these observations together  (16)  my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy (想象), you see the answer  (17)  the riddle, and books, of which some might honor with the title of scientific research.But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist; one of the outstanding and essential  (18)  required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only  (19)  but also hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is  (20) . If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
 

A:self-contained B:self-discipline C:self-centered D:self-governed