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Over the years, I've heard a fair number of slurs shouted at campus cops. Seldom were they "pig" or "fascist." Far more often, they diminished the power of the officer, using words like " fake cop" or "rent-a-cop". This is which the power and class dynamics get tricky.(1)____ They are real cops. Employing by California, they are agents of the state.(2)____ They've got weapons. And the payment is not bad at all.(3)____
On the other hand, campus police at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis, patrol kids who'd call them failures if they grew up to be cops; kids who have more opportunities than the children of the campus cops; kids who will most be more successful than campus cops; kids who even enjoy the ultimate loyalty of U.C. faculty and most administrators.(4)____(5)____ Just look at what happened before U.C. Berkeley administrators sent in cops with batons, and U.C. Davis administrators sent in cops with pepper spray.(6)____ Predictive quarrels occurred.(7)____ Batons and pepper spray were used. Images leaked. And suddenly administrators were launching investigations!(8)____ And issuing statements about how deeply they cared for the students! Did they fail to anticipate that the weapons would be turned on passive protesters?
They' d do well to read " Shooting an Elephant," George Orwell's reflection on his time as a British imperial police officer in Burma, if so. To be clear, I don't think imperialism is an apt analogy when police forcibly remove from Occupy Cal or Davis protesters.(9)____ And I do think Orwell helps us understand why officers who aren't monsters might use wildly excessive force.(10)____

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文章大意
本文讨论的是美国校园警察施暴的问题。几年前校园警察被谩骂为“猪”、“法西斯分子”，而现在被称为“伪警察”、“租来的警察”，但事实上他们是警察，是加州的职员，他们有武器，且享受不错的待遇，他们负责巡视学生。加州大学聘请了备有武器的警察，在他们解决校园纠纷时使用了这些武器后，管理人员才突然展开调查，声称他们如何关心学生，但为何他们当初没有预计到这些武器会用来对付学生抗议者呢？
答案详解
1．which→where语法错误。此处是表语从句，引导词在从句中作状语，要用连接副词where引导。
2．Employing→Employed语法错误。此处分词短语作状语，employ与句子的主语they是被动关系，故应改为过去分词Employed。
3．payment→pay词汇错误。payment意为“支付；缴纳；报答”，放在此处与上下文语义衔接不上。pay作名词时，意为“工资”，而这里表示的是“校园警察有武器且薪水也不差”，故用pay合适。
4．them→themselves语法错误。由上下文语义判断，此处指代的是先行词kids，故应该用反身代词themselves．意为“如果长大当警察的话，孩子们会称自己是失败者。”
5．most→mostly词汇错误。此处修饰动词be需要用副词，most作副词，意为“很，非常”，mostly意为“主要地，通常”，此句要表达的意思是“将来通常要比校园警察更成功的小孩”，故应该用mostly，符合上下语义。
6．before→after语篇错误。根据上下文语义，下文所发生的事情．即警棍和胡椒水喷剂的使用，是发生在U.C. Berkeley administrators和 U.C. Davis administrators派来带有武器的校警之后，而不是之前，故应该用after来连接。
7．Predictive→Predictable词汇错误。predictive意为“预言的，预告的”，predictable意为“可预见的；意料之中的”，此句的意思是“争吵不出意料地发生了。”故用Predictable符合文意。
8．∧administrators→the词汇错误。此处特指U.C.Berkeley和U.C．Davis的administrators，且前文已经两次提到过administrators，故前面应该加上定冠词the。
9．from→from词汇错误。remove作不及物动词，常和from搭配，意为“迁移，移居”，remove作及物动词，意为“去掉，排除，使消失”，此句要表达的意思是“警察用武力驱赶Occupy Cal或Davis protesters。”故应该去掉from。
10．And→But语篇错误。由上下文语义判断，此句与上一句在意义上应是转折关系，上一句说到我认为“帝国主义”不是一个恰当的类比，下一句则说Orwell帮助我们了解警察为什么过度使用武力：从结构上来看，前句的I don't think写本句的I do think形成对照，故应改为表转折意义的连词But。