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_________(46). A long time ago, prisons were established for detention only. People were kept in prison to wait for torture, death, or other cruel punishment. Near the end of the Middle Ages the people of Europe became angry about the cruel acts of that system, and disagreed strongly. Therefore, less cruel techniques of punishment were used. ______ (47).
The early settlers of America brought with them the idea of isolating prisoners._________(48). After a long isolation, the prisoners could be allowed to go because they would not do any more wrong acts. At the end of the 18th century, however, a religious stopped that system.
About the time of the American Civil War, a new place for young offenders was built in N.Y. _________(49).
At the end of the 19th century, a new idea was introduced. It allowed prisoners to work together during the day. It also reduced problems of administration._________(50).
A. For example, people were sent away from their
[单项选择]Long time ago, the ancient people could not travel to any far away places for they had no vehicle to carry them across the wide oceans, deep valleys, long rivers or high mountains.
Nowadays people take advantage of steamships, trains, airplanes and modern bridges. Airplanes can carry us to the far countries in a short time; steamships can travel across the wide oceans. It is convenient to the modern people.
Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more knowledge, such as the customs, the geography of other countries. And people could travel among the different countries in the world. For it is easy to travel from the land by trains, or from the sea by ships.
We learnt that the Italian who made the world large was Mr. Columbus. He was a brave man. Up to the middle of the 15th century, the people were afraid of traveling because they believed it was a dangerous thing.
There is a saying in China, which is "Travelling for thousands is better than reading for t
A. the farther a man goes, the more treasures he gets
B. the more a man sees, the more knowledge he gets
C. travelling is more interesting than reading
D. the farther a man goes, the more hooks he reads