四级Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?.

今天，关于这个问题有一个严肃的问题：是否应该对处决罪犯设定最低年龄限制？换言之，被定罪的杀人犯在未满18岁时杀人，是否应该被判处死刑？。

2015年12月听力原文

考研College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the grade itself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program and graduation without incurring a big penalty.

大学官员倾向于强调，分数宽恕的目标与其说是分数本身，不如说是鼓励学生重修对他们的学位课程和毕业至关重要的课程，而不会招致巨大的惩罚。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级By accepting the penalty clauses.

通过接受处罚条款。

2013年6月听力原文

四级In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?

换言之，被定罪的杀人犯在未满18岁时杀人，是否应该被判处死刑？

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors.

在允许死刑的36个州中，30个允许处决未成年人。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Americans have always argued about the death penalty.

美国人一直在争论死刑。

2015年12月听力原文

四级In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.

在美国，州长有权将死刑改为终身监禁。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Then we will offset the penalty clause.

然后我们将抵消罚款条款。

2013年6月听力原文

四级In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor.

在南卡罗来纳州，一名被定罪的杀人犯因在未成年人时期犯下的罪行被判处死刑。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The penalty they will pay is permanent, as retirees who take benefits at age 62 will receive as much as 30% less in each months check for the rest of their lives than they would if they had waited until full retirement age (66 for those born after 1942).

他们将支付的罚款是永久性的，因为62岁时领取福利的退休人员在余生中每个月的支票将比等到完全退休年龄（1942年后出生的人为66岁）少30%。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Especially for women, there is a clear penalty at work for being overweight or obese.

尤其是对于女性来说，超重或肥胖在工作中会受到明显的惩罚。

2020年9月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级While the continued gender penalty in the labor market is frustrating, our finding that misperceived weight does not harm workers is more heartening.

虽然劳动力市场上持续的性别惩罚令人沮丧，但我们发现，被误解的体重不会伤害工人，这一发现更令人振奋。

2020年9月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

考研The current state of affairs may have been encouraged—though not justified—by the lack of legal penalty (in America, but not Europe) for data leakage.

目前的情况可能是由于（美国，但欧洲除外）没有对数据泄露进行法律处罚而受到鼓励的，尽管这是不合理的。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题