2016年12月第1套 选词填空
When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense. But when it comes to one of the cruelest crimes—animal fighting—things 26__________ work out that way. Dog-fighting victims are 27__________ and killed for profit and "sport," yet their criminal abusers often receive a 28__________ sentence for causing a lifetime of pain. Roughly half of all federally-convicted animal fighters only get probation (缓刑).
Some progress has been made in the prosecution (起诉) of animal fighters. But federal judges often rely heavily on the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines when they 29__________ penalties, and in the case of animal fighting, those guidelines are outdated and extremely 30__________ .
The U. S. Sentencing Commission, which 31__________ these sentencing guidelines, is revisiting them, proposing to raise the minimum sentence from 6-12 to 21-27 months. This is a step in the right 32__________ , but we'd like to see the U.S. Sentencing Commission make further changes to the guidelines.
Along with this effort, we're working with animal advocates and state and federal lawmakers to
33__________ anti-cruelty laws across the country, as well as supporting laws and policies that assist overburdened animal 34__________ that care for animal fighting victims. This help is 35__________ important because the high cost of caring for animal victims is a major factor that prevents people from getting involved in cruelty cases in the first place.

A) convenient B) creates C) critically D) determine E) direction F) hesitate G) inadequate H) inspired I) method J) minimal K) rarely L) shelters M) strengthen N) sufferings O) tortured

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